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!
Here’s an interesting contest: recycle discarded mattresses into useful products! Deadline has been extended to December 19: The competition aims to encourage entrants to form groups capable of creating a consumer product, instructions detailing how to make the product, and a plan for production on a larger scale. Entrants must create designs that take into […]
Dear Big 3, there is good news and bad news – the good news is, you’re getting a bail out – the bad news you can only make propellor cars from now on…
We’ve covered this simple kitchen-table science project before: how to make a spectrometer from a cereal box and a CD. Here, PopSci offers a 5-minute video on the project. More: A CD – cereal box spectrometer
Artist Gayle Chong Kwan has recreated the ancient city of “Atlantis” using recycled plastic bottles and other food packaging collected from ordinary citizens in London. The project attempts to question “notions of waste, climate change and how this is changing our planet’s climate.” Interesting installation made of objects that will also be recycled (again) after […]
This looks like it could be useful technique for your next build. At the very least, it is an interesting electrochemical experiment to try out. Just remember, copper sulphate is extremely poisonous, so keep your kiddies away. More about How to electroplate with copper
If you need some more decorations for the holiday, give this project a try. It’s a paper star ornament that can be made from recycled materials. I like the fact that it folds up into a neat little book when the holidays are over. Learn how to make Star ornaments
Thanks to Star Simpson (famous for exposing Boston Airport’s absurdity) for this tip on a new wiki covering an important topic: where to find good trash. Trashwiki is still very new and sparsely populated, but it’s a start. Please comment with any other links you have to trash- (aka treasure-) locating resources. You too will […]
