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!
Zach DeBord, who did the bots and photos in my Pummer, Dude! piece in MAKE Volume 08, and collab’d with me on the Vibrobots and Solar Roller pieces for Street Tech, has posted a bunch of new pics of his Pummers on his Flickr sets. 2006 BEAM Pummers More: MAKE Volume 08: Pummer, Dude! [Free […]
In today’s episode of BBtv, MAKE Editor at Large David Pescovitz and Xeni Jardin of BBtv get a tour of the TCHO chocolate factory. David also did a piece on TCHO for the Proto column of MAKE Volume 14. In part one of BBtv’s multi-part exploration of Tcho, we begin in the lab, and learn […]
This makes me want an iPhone – you can get these awesome Netter’s Anatomy flashcards. (via Street Anatomy)
Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt of Semiconductor created this video depiction of various magnetic fields and their behaviors – The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries . All action takes place around NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratories, UC Berkeley, to recordings of space scientists describing their discoveries . Actual VLF […]
Looking for some motivation to finish that bioluminescent fungus project? Well look no further – io9 wants to encourage mad scientists in every field, but especially in the area of synthetic biology. That’s because synthetic biologists are the people who are going to build new life forms, like ligers and unicorns and people with claws […]
Jake von Slatt has published a progress report on this project to turn an old 1929 Mercedes replica kit car (which is basically a 72 VW Beetle underneath) into a Von Slatt-fied steam-powered showpiece. Steampunk Car Update – Catalytic Converter on an Aircooled VW Motor
Create a nightime chorus of crickets that sing through the night by modifying an ordinary solar powered yard light. Original project by Michael F. Zbyszynski. To download Electronic Crickets MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the Electronic Crickets article MAKE 11 “Electronic Crickets” & You can see that in our
