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!
Excellent piece on KQED’s Quest on this most unusual boat, modelled after a water spider, by engineer Ugo Conti, and great footage of his boat in San Francisco Bay. I enjoyed Conti’s quotes: Because I get seasick, I suffer at sea. I think there has to be a better way. I want to fix that. […]
Cheap Vegetable Gardener is having seed starting success with a grow box that uses cheap LED Christmas lights. It looks like a nice portable system, and they reported that the seedlings seem to be getting enough light so far. More: Plant growing LEDS
Glue and Glitter is kicking off 2009 in a very green way with the handy planner she made for herself…out of trash! She got the inspiration from this tutorial on GreenUpgrader.
In my classroom, there is a shelf by the sink. Occasionally, I drink a soda and put the empty bottle or can on the shelf. For years, there has been no more than three or four bottles at a time on the shelf. Sometimes, I take them off to the store and return them for […]
Dale recently posted about the similarities between making different fermented foods; now, you can make your cider and cheese with the same tool: Here is how I built my own combination cider and cheese press. After a great apple harvest this year, I was inspired to obtain my own cider press. However, after pricing one […]
Here’s a great design for a solar tracker, using bicycle wheels and a linear actuator (salvageable from an old satellite dish): Even simpler, this tracker uses an old clock to drive a gear for the tracker: What other useful designs have you found?
Photo from Green Home Building During the winter iciness, lots of people warm up by reading seed catalogs and planning their gardens. If you are among those sitting by the woodstove contemplating books full of DNA, you might want to think of where you will store all your grown goodies. In a recent post about […]
