Plastic Water Bottles Become Sparkly Star Decorations
The folks at esprit cabane show readers how to make these wintry stars from the bottoms of plastic water bottles.
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!
Lights bloom in Cornwall
“Field of Light” by Bruce Munro (currently installed at the Eden Project in Corwall, UK) consists of 6,000 acrylic stems connected with fiber optic cables ending in a clear glass sphere. The stems themselves hold no power, so there are 11 external projectors that send light to the balls while the entire installation covers an […]
Add a trumpet to your tailpipe
รฏยฟยผThis tail-pipe hack is meant to make some noise every time the vehicle (in this case a motorcycle) spits out enough carbon monoxide that could be harmful to the environment. Since this might end up getting you into an accident, so we don’t condone this type of modification, still it’s kind of nice to hear […]
Smart car turned into a monster
The “Unique Monster” is a strange car mod that puts monster truck tires onto the Smart car, which is known as one of the smallest, most fuel efficient cars around. We like how this maker decided to turn this unassuming car into a road warrior and hope they don’t have any evil motives for this […]
Neil Young’s car
Maybe you like Neil Young’s music. You might have heard about his opinions, but how about his car? Neil got his hands on one of the heaviest production automobiles, a Lincoln Continental Mark IV convertible, and has set out to make it into a more earth friendly transportation alternative. The car will be entered into […]
Visualize the sun’s patterns with a roving robotic instrument
รฏยฟยผThe “Spiral Sunrise” by Esther Polak visualizes the sun’s rising and setting through a solar-powered robot that is tethered to a tree and moves in circular rings around the tree. The robot carries an open sandglass so that when it moves, it draws a line of sand and the thickness of the line depends on […]
“Dumb” eco-questions you were afraid to ask
“Dumb” eco-questions you were afraid to ask. New Scientist offers the definitive guide to everything you wanted to know about being green but were too embarrassed to ask… If I switch the light on and off every time I enter and leave a room, does this use more energy than leaving it on all evening? […]
