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!
Theodore Gray @ PopSci writes – All the components of glass can be found in two places: the beach and the laundry room. Itรขโฌโขs possible to melt pure white-silica beach sand into glass, but only at temperatures of 3,000 to 3,500รยฐF. Washing soda, lime or borax (a traditional laundry aid) added to the sand disrupts […]
Anna Borstad tells the story on Whip Up of how she ended up creating this recycled textile worm for a company that raises and sells red wriggler worms for home vermicomposting.
This “Soil Lamp” by Marieke Staps is made of mud and lights an LED through the natural metabolism of the biological organisms contained within it. We’ve seen fruit powering electronics before, but building it into something that resembles a commercial product is still pretty far off. Soil Lamp via Next Nature
Why old chemistry sets were better โ and how to make your own today.
Scott Beale of Laughing Squid writes: “Can Throwing”, it’s kind of like Parkour for recycling.
Sometimes it’s just that simple – a bottle opener from Togo, made with a piece of stick and a screw, with a lovely beaded handle. Togolese Bottle Opener Simplicity
From Treehugger, here’s an interesting call against recycling. In part: Lets call recycling what it is- a fraud, a sham, a scam perpetrated by big business on the citizens and municipalities of America. Look who sponsors the National Recycling Coalition: behind America Recycles Day: Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Anheuser-Busch, Coors, Owens-Illinois, International Bottled Water Association, the same […]
