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!
In this installment of Etsy’s Process video series, Shawn Taylor shows how she goes about salvaging materials and crafting a wooden bracelet/cuff. Great to see someone so knowledgeable and appreciative of materials putting otherwise discarded wood to good use! – Process: Sustainable Wooden Jewelry by PrasseinDesignStudio
This isn’t a Halloween trick or decoration, but it’s still a bit creepy. Not sure what a Psi wheel is? Check out the wikipedia entry. Making a psi wheel can be an interesting demonstration of telekinesis or science, depending on your individual perspective. Unlike a psi ball, a psi wheel creates a readily observable effect […]
This is a great, and green, way to decorate your house for Halloween. Almost everyone has a few pieces of scrap wood that they could use to make some scary looking boarded up windows. I first measured my windows and made a frame out of 1″x2″ furring strips. The “boards are scrap 1/4” plywood left […]
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 […]
