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!
Last night I saw Doctor Atomic an opera about building the first nuke. I think we’ll see more and more “technology” storied from history hit plays, operas, broadway musicals – they’re filled with interesting characters, struggle, conflict, love and all the things you need for a great story. Doctor Atomic by composer John Adams is […]
Mr. Zhu, a Chinese scrap metal business owner and big Transformers fan built his own towering bot-sculptures using car and other vehicular parts – The Transformers of Zhejiang Province
This amazing Bat-mobile car mod by Mark Shields was built using high density foam, glossy black paint, fiberglass, and a vintage 1978 corvette. The result is a replica of the Bat-mobile from the 1989 film by Tim Burton. ’78 Corvette Turned into a DIY Batmobile by Mark Shields
French/Swiss artist Guillaume Reymon who created the amazing human “Pong”, “Space Invaders”, “Tetris”, and “Pole Position” animations in large auditoriums with hundreds of people participating, has taken his craft to the streets with his latest take on “Transformers”. The piece brings together many diferent vehicles in perfect choreography to create a giant robot when seen […]
Here’s an update on the Escape from Berkeley, the non-petroleum road race from Berkeley to Vegas: An interesting adventure had by all racers yesterday as we had to navigate around Tioga pass which had been temporarily closed (opening mid day yesterday, such is life). Some chose to go south over the 178 some chose to […]
21 of the most amazing photos you’ll ever see of the Sun @ Boston.com… The Sun is now in the quietest phase of its 11-year activity cycle, the solar minumum – in fact, it has been unusually quiet this year – with over 200 days so far with no observed sunspots. The solar wind has […]
If you read all the articles about America falling behind in math and science you can’t help but be bummed out, but that’s not how we roll at MAKE… Below is a snip from a recent report about how we’re collectively making math uncool, instead of pointing fingers or complaining, I’d like to ask everyone […]
