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!
This how-to describes making a refrigerator that uses 1/10th the amount of energy of a traditional refrigerator. The website has a link to a PDF with all the building details. This would be a really great addition to any home running solar power, since the fridge is a major energy hog. More about a DIY […]
You can make your own USB microscope using an old webcam and a cheap toy microscope. All it takes is a soldering iron, some hot glue, and an hour of your time. Instructables user moris_zen has the details, which basically involves a little focusing trial and error before gluing things together: While you view the […]
What *is* it about cephalopods? You can build your own adorable squid at Te Papa’s Colossal Squid site – there’s lots of information about the real colossal squid, too.
Looking for just the right salad fixings and wrapping paper at the same time? How about celery stamped gift wrap? If you plan it right, you can have your vegetables do double duty. While you are at it, you might want to check out the rest of the referring site, a source of lots of […]
Image via Ecogeek Here’s a vertical farm that seems a bit more DIY-able than others, using shipping containers, for strong, cheap, stackable infrastructure. You can learn more about Organitech here. It’s not clear how production-ready they are, but this seems like an approach just begging for tinkering… Via Treehugger,)
Here’s the simplest design I’ve found for my favorite type of turbine. Check out Otherpower for a discussion on sourcing suitable motors, and see Makezine’s plans for the Chispito for a traditional blade design.
Why cut down a perfectly good pine when you probably have old hard drives, cardboard, or some other material just waiting to be a tree sitting around your house? My favorite is the Mountain Dew can tree: (via Ecofriend)
