Zen and the Art of Microscope Maintenance
One man’s quest to restore a busted scanning electron microscope.
Science
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!
4 Ways Amateurs Are Advancing Maker-Style Exploration
Makers are reinventing and reimagining the process of discovery with citizen science.
3D Printing a Robust Cubesat for Space-Bound Dev Boards
We talk to Craig Kief and Brian Zufelt from COSMIAC about their plans not just to fly the Raspberry Pi into orbit, but to 3D print the satellite that’s going to take it there.
How to Detect Killer Asteroids
Monitor the skies to spot asteroids and help save the Earth from annihilation by interplanetary projectiles.
New Prosthetic Arms Are Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars Themed
These 3D printed prosthetics look like they came right out of Iron Man, Frozen, and Star Wars.
11 Ways to Build Your Own Space Program
Here are a few impressive ways that Makers are building their way to outer space right now — and so can you.
NASA Crowdsources Exploration with Challenges, Grants, and More
The Centennial Challenges program is one of NASA’s shining stars, and frequently has incubated the cash-winning contestants into government-contracted entrepreneurs such as the winners of the Astronaut Glove, Lunar Lander, and Power Beaming challenges.