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!
While Joel Johnson of Boing Boing Gadgets was at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, he was shown this amazing picture of the McMaster school logo Ion-etched onto a human hair: Dr. LaPierre’s group used a focus ion beam microscope (FIB) to shoot a beam of gallium ions at the surface of a human hair, carving […]
Whipup linked to this great tutorial on Craft Leftovers, which explains how to make your own reusable fabric teabags–perfect for steeping loose teas. DIY Teabags
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Flickr user Lewinski used the motor from a CD player in his symmetrical solar-powered bot. Hmmm . . . wonder how it could work with an actual CD incorporated as well. Related: Super-symmetrical Symet In the Maker store: Solarbotics Solarcell_A
The Ample Sample contest writes: More than 700,000 carpet samples will ship this year, helping architects and interior designers move closer to choosing the perfect carpet for installation into their projects. Ample Sample 2008 challenges you to “Rethink. Reuse. Upcycle”, and repurpose these samples, after their usefulness to a design project, to make a design […]
College student, Will Foster, built this amazing half-scale Tiger tank. It even has an air cannon for shooting rounds of paint balls. I would not want to be against him at the next paintball skirmish. Via Techeblog – 1/2 Scale Tiger Tank
Ok gang, try and figure out what the Kremlin is “making” with 3,200 mice… via Evil Mad Scientists. My guess, they’re going to enter the M-prize or a mouse-mouse for each office worker.
Here’s an excellent remake candidate; it even gives you a diagram! This wall-hanging holds plants. Great for that wasted wall space in small apartments! Mark Gypson wrote this one in.
