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!
Fig. 1 (a) Architecture of the optofluidic microscope (OFM); set of three arrows: illumination; single arrow: flow direction. (b) Photograph of the OFM prototype compared with a U.S. quarter. The actual nanoaperture array is 600 µm long. (c) The top view of the OFM; denotes the isolated aperture; denotes the corresponding aperture, as explained in […]
Apparently even kidney dialysis machines designed for children were too big for Millie Kelly’s 6-pound newborn body, so Dr. Malcom Coulthard (UK) made her a miniature dialysis machine – in his garage. It just goes to show that innovation can still happen at the individual level, even in the medical field.
Mister Jalopy of Dinosaurs and Robots points us to these cool collections of classic camping kerosene lamps and stoves. Having spent the better part of my youth hiking and camping, I fondly remember a lot of these models. Spiritburner.com Motoshi Makino’s Classic Camping Collection Other awesome stove/lantern collections via Spiritburner.com
Lenore Edman has some more pics and info about our recent Foo Camp field trip to Sturgeon’s Mill, a steam-powered saw mill being restored near Sebastopol, CA. A Visit to Sturgeon’s Mill, a Steam-powered Lumber Mill More: Sturgeon’s Mill field trip
Dunder and Blixem writes on Flickr: A light weight bladed turbine. Built to test the concept this little engine is fast but temperamental. Note the 2 cent coin used as a backing plate. Handmade Turbines
Sharon Stiteler blogs as Birdchick – she’s an avid birder and beekeeper, and is raising black swallowtail butterflies. She has some great videos of caterpillar activity – the top video is a caterpillar shedding its skin, the next one is a caterpillar sticking out its stink horns, a defense mechanism. Apparently raising black swallowtail butterflies […]
I’m not sure what the answers to existence and the universe might be, but I’m pretty sure the messenger will look something like this… behold, massive photos from the LHC… More: Large Hadron Rap, best supercollider rap ever. Known and unknown unknowns.
