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!
Vermicomposting: Zero Waste = A Vibrant Garden By Wendy Tremayne Daniel Tainow wishes to reunite fungus, bacteria, and invertebrate communities with the human communities of gardeners, eaters, and wearers of clothing. Tainow is the Compost Project Coordinator of the Queens Botanical Garden located in New York. He envisions a future in which there is no […]
Our pal, and MAKE contributor, RU Sirius, editor of h+ (Humanity Plus) magazine, sent us word of this interview, by mathenaut and sci-fi icon Rudy Rucker, with Stephen Wolfram of Mathematica fame, talking about his upcoming Wolfram Alpha search engine. Here’s the intro to Rudy’s interview: Stephen Wolfram has warped my life three times, and […]
Sean Ragan writes: I’ve recently developed an interest in scientific glassblowing and have been in the process of cobbling together the necessary equipment for about a month now. Besides an oxy-fuel torch, serious glass-blowing requires a torch holder to keep the torch flame stationary relative to the bench while both hands are used to manipulate […]
Limor gives a video overview of her recipe for twittering personal power via the hacker-friendly ASUS WL-520gU wireless router. Cited as reference is MightyOhm’s wifi radio tutorial. Hmmm รขโฌยฆ anyone for a third antennae? Read more of the project over at Adafruit Industries.
Philly design firm Mio is producing tyvek fabric that you can now buy! Get Loop by the Yard for only $13 a yard. Plus, how’s this for being green? Send back your scraps to get them recycled! There’s lots more photos to check out on the Mio site. From the site: Each order ships with […]
Crafting a Green World has a great quickie tutorial on using vinyl blinds as markers for plants.
From the comments: Our friend Rachel just took these pictures last week near Oaxaca (Mexico), and she shared them with us while staying at the Eco Village on her way to Portland. this “bici-maquina” (bike-machine), as they are called in Mexico, is used to power a water pump. i love the technological contrast, claypunkish.
