DIY science is the perfect way to use your creative skills and learn something new. With the right supplies, some determination, and a curious mind, you can create amazing experiments that open up a whole world of possibilities. At home-made laboratories or tech workshops, makers from all backgrounds can explore new ideas by finding ways to study their environment in novel ways – allowing them to make breathtaking discoveries!
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than with a flashback to some clean, green wind-powered goodness. Back in MAKE Volume 05, Abe and Josie Connally shared a detailed DIY on how to make their Chispito Wind Generator (Spanish for “little spark”). The Connallys are knee deep in creating an off-grid homestead in Mexico, and […]
Jimmie has this followup on his announcement for Maker Revolution in Boston this Saturday and Sunday: The event can pretty much be summed up as a two day extravaganza of makers, hackers, and artists getting together to share cool things they’ve made, and how to make them. There will be installation art pieces, workshops, and […]
Today, on EMS Labs, they run through some fun and even useful things you can do with magnets. And who doesn’t love magnets? Make almost anything (ferromagnetic) into a building set With magnets as connectors, you can build tins into anything you like. (Just be sure to get Bawls Mints, not Bawls Buzz). Extract batteries […]
The Institute for the Future has partnered with Sun and Boing Boing Video to create The Digital Open, an online tech community and competition for youth around the world, ages 17 and under. The top project in each category will earn a fantastic prize pack and be featured on Boing Boing Video! Collaboration is encouraged! […]
Floppy Disk Notepad – More DIY How To Projects Pocket notes are such a better way to remember than depending only on the gray matter software. Maybe you have a box or twelve of old floppy disks. If you can find the ones with software labels like Aldus Pagemaker, or the like, all the better. […]
Crafty Chica, Kathy Cano-Murillo, is posting an Earth Day-inspired project an hour for the 24 hours of Earth Day. It’s still early, and she’s already got cool projects like cigar box birdhouses and a fabric pillow ring. Be sure to check back in with her all day long for all the projects!
In honor of Earth Day, Scott Matthews of Electro-Harmonix digs up an interesting project from the company’s early days – a mobile demo/showroom powered by umbrella turbine – The inside of the truck was actually a small demo space where guitar players could try out the latest Electro-Harmonix gear (that’s Mike in the white shirt). […]
