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!
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.
I LOVE this cargo container home, spotted on New World Geek. I could so live in that thing, provided I owned all the land beyond that window and my property was protected by a high fence, ’cause otherwise, it’s curtains (which would blown the whole effect). Exhibitionist Estates — coming soon to a development near […]
The Wired How-To Wiki has a piece on Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Your Old Gadgets. So far, it’s mainly about the recycling part, but hey, it’s a wiki, so you can add your own ideas for reusing old gadgets. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Your Old Gadgets
You’ve heard of balloon animals. How about trashbag whales? Spotted on our MAKE Flickr pool. Bertrand, air whale.
Talk about your village ingenuity. (And yes, clearly, it’s only for indoor lighting during the day). Use a 2-Liter Bottle as a 50 Watt Light Bulb lightbulb hack
