Jack Nicholson – Green pioneer
Anticipating the Green Wave by almost 30 years, Jack gets rid of gas. (1978) This is crazy, Jack Nicholson had a hygrogen car (created with solar) over 30 years ago.
Science
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!
The sea glass of summer
Packing up for the beach today (yay!), I saw this link on Dinosaurs and Robots to Kevin Kelly’s blog, to a piece about sea glass (which we used to call “beach glass”). Kevin writes: A name yields knowledge. When I got home looked up sea glass. Aha! There are books. There are collectors. There’s a […]
Ignite NYC soldering competition (video)
Congrats to Brady, Bre and O’Reilly on an excellent night, Ignite NYC was a ton of fun – especially the soldering competition. Here’s all the action in a bite sizing video minute. Go Glen!
Tom Lehrer – “The Element Song”
By popular request . . .
The science of glass
NYTimes on the science of glass… It is well known that panes of stained glass in old European churches are thicker at the bottom because glass is a slow-moving liquid that flows downward over centuries. COMPLEX Glass in sheet and molten forms. Glass transition differs from usual phase transition. Well known, but wrong. Medieval stained […]
Odd bike…
A MAKE reader sent this in, anyone know what’s going on?
Replacing Nike+ receiver battery
Here’s an Instructable on how to replace the button cell battery on a Nike+ receiver for as little as the CR2032 battery costs you. To get a replacement receiver costs $20. Replace battery in Nike+ receiver for under $5 [via Lifehacker]