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!
Ladyada’s Ranting featured this very simple yet completely awesome project from a forum member, Magician13134 explains – So, what is a perceptual chronometer? It’s basically a device that flashes numbers very quickly on an LED matrix or a 7-segment display. The human brain isn’t able to make out the numbers since the LEDs forming the […]
Today’s BBtv is a little ambient profile piece on the Oakland-based electricity arts group known as “Omega Recoil.” The video includes footage of their Bay Area Maker Faire ’08 performance. Omega Recoil: Electricity as art
CasaSugar has a tutorial and video by eco-architect Michelle Kaufmann on how to make an eco chopstick birdhouse.
Betz White has a tutorial on how to make sponge balls, a nice alternative to water balloons with plenty of splat for kids and none of the wasted balloons.
Weather, traffic, news reports, etc – there’s a lot of important (and often stressful) information readily available through modern devices. Might be nice to get an update telling you it’s time to go outside and stare at a beautiful sky – For years I have struggled to find a good way of alerting me to […]
The “Mind Chair” is a tactile interface for visual information – Designers Beta Tank have developed a working version of Mind Chair, a chair that transmits moving imagery to the sitter’s brain via a grid of solenoids on the chair back. The solenoids take imagery from a video camera to produce impulse patterns on the […]
ABC news explains the Mentos-Diet Coke explosion (Maker Faire photo by Schody) – “Water molecules like to be next to other water molecules, so basically anything that you drop into the soda that disrupts the network of water molecules can act as a growth site for bubbles,” Coffey told New Scientist. “And if you have […]
