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!
This appears to be a video of a homemade airplane made in China by a farmer called the “Shanzhai huaxiangji” via Kottke. It’s hard to tell what’s actually going on, it could be a fake but there are some interesting things about what it’s called — more about the airplane (name) here. “Shanzhai” means homemade […]
The LHC is not only a monumental machine, it might give us clues to how the universe works and what it’s made of… (from the Wikipedia)… The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) that lies under the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. The LHC is […]
Kids today… 4,000 miles on a juice carton boat via Gizmodo. His records for mountain climbing may lead some to say that Rhys Jones has his head in the clouds – but inspiration for the 22-year-old’s latest feat came from origami. The adventurer, who is the youngest person to climb the seven highest summits on […]
Although this mod won’t be seen by many people because it’s under the hood of a car, we still applaud this maker who managed to create a giant NES controller that sits on top of his car’s motor. Playing a game with this controller might be difficult if you are driving, although you’ll be the […]
On Johnny Lee’s website, he discusses (and shows video off) his latest computer-human interaction research at Carnegie-Mellon using the Wiimote. In the above video, he gives a presentation on different types of flexible, foldable displays using the motion tracking of the Wiimote and IR LEDs (and projection) to simulate the displays. On his page is […]
Here’s a how-to on building a lugsail land surfer that has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with steampunk. Steampunk Lugsail Land Windsurfer
Students at SUNY Canton made this jet engine. They have pretty interesting documentation of a long design and build process. Please keep in mind this project is very dangerous!
