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!
Some of you guys must knit, right? (Come out of the closet, boy knitters.) I’m always looking for weird knits – I love this star-nosed mole named Cris (short for Condyluria cristata). It’s one of Fawn Pea’s Free Pattern Friday shares and it looks like a quick knit that would make a great holiday present. […]
Here is another great idea form James Li. This time he used some scrap cardboard and an old case fan to make a laptop cooler. Let’s just hope his laptop does get too hot, cardboard ignites easily. My laptop needs to be slightly elevated to cool it down, so here is a laptop cooler (unfortunately, […]
Gio points out this unusual recipe for a circuit board drill using an an old cassette tape motor – it actually looks pretty comfy to hold, but any malfunction in that coupler/drill bit would likely not be comfy – be sure to wear the appropriate safety gear, suit of armor, etc. – Make@home PCB drill. […]
Theodore Gray @ PopSci writes – All the components of glass can be found in two places: the beach and the laundry room. It’s possible to melt pure white-silica beach sand into glass, but only at temperatures of 3,000 to 3,500°F. 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 — and how to make your own today.
