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!
A new business, Mod Green Pod, focuses on 100% organic, American-grown cotton. They produce gorgeous printed upholstery and home furnishings fabric, wallpaper, and tote bags. If the printed designs are outside your budget, try the unprinted cotton and either use plain or silkscreen on your own designs! Try the interactive Room Creator to visualize how […]
Adventures in Ethics and Science blog has a nice mention of the MAKE Chemistry Gift Guide. I was marveling at the Chemistry gift guide at MAKE. It has lots of cool items for your budding chemist/mad scientist of any age looking to equip his or her basement/garage/treehouse laboratory. (It’s pretty hard to get fume-hoods installed […]
Although people might be consuming less, the demand for recyclables is crashing, so it’s all piling up… The economic downturn has decimated the market for recycled materials like cardboard, plastic, newspaper and metals. Across the country, this junk is accumulating by the ton in the yards and warehouses of recycling contractors, which are unable to […]
Absolutely beautiful and inspiring bottle-based objects from Ryter Design. via notcot via noquedanblog.
Jorge sent in a link to his latest creation, the Pan PC. It’s made from found and recycled parts that he has collected. Apparently it doesn’t even require electricity? Now that’s cool. [Thanks Jorge] Pan PC is my final draft of the graduate in electronics applied to the arts (IUNA), dictated by my friend and […]
Friend of MAKE Mikey Sklar writes in: Everyone has pallets. Wendy Tremayne explains just how easy it is to convert your standard pallet into a beautiful adirondack chair. The only costs involved is a few dollars in nuts, bolts, washers and screws.
This makes me deeply happy on a whole bunch of different levels. Mutoid Waste Company [via BotJunkie]
