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 World Environment Day slogan for 2008 is Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. Recognising that climate change is becoming the defining issue of our era, UNEP is asking countries, companies and communities to focus on greenhouse gas emissions and how to reduce them. The World Environment Day will highlight resources and initiatives […]
Stunning! – Animate Projects – Magnetic Movie via Kottke. Natural magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic, ever-changing geometries. Scientists from NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory excitedly describe their discoveries. Natural magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic, ever-changing geometries as scientists from NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratory excitedly describe their discoveries. The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields […]
This climbing wall / human size LED display called the “DigiGripper”, has a few tricks up its sleeve. If you hold onto an illuminated dot, the dot retreats into the wall causing you to fall on your butt. The longer you hold onto the display, the quicker the letters change and the person who holds […]
MAKE has a new chemistry book, I’m trying to convince the team we should have a chemical party sorta like this one Marie Curie’s “Chemicals having a party” – Sexy carbons, bored noble gases, explosive reactions… what do you think? Related: For students, DIY hobbyists, and science buffs, who can no longer get real chemistry […]
Solar Power System Design by Parker Jardine. How to use solar panels to supplement your home or workshop electricity needs. Page 160 – MAKE 14, if you’re a subscriber read this article now in the MAKE Digital Edition (or see a preview). You can also get MAKE 14 from the Maker store and/or subscribe to […]
Craftster Sharon.S collected some furniture curbside, deconstructed two found chairs, added a headboard and wound up creating this amazing looking bench.
The new ferris wheel on LA’s Santa Monica Pier is powered by solar panels and includes 160,000 LEDs on its surface that illuminate at night when the wheel is in action. The original wheel from 1996 was the world’s first solar powered ferris wheel, although the new wheel is also expected to generate 71,000 kilowatt […]
