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!
Mark Rehorst and his son Alex had a Cub Scout cake auction fundraiser to attend, and decided to make something a little less traditional than a cake. Mark writes: I’ve had a few microbiology classes and cultured many different types of bacteria on different media, and I happened to have a case of pyrex Petri […]
One of my favorite talks at ETech this year was Saul Griffith’s – approaching our power needs as an engineering problem, while I think there are a lot of talks devote to identifying the problems this might be the first one that has a goal and actionable plans. But, it’s not pretty and it’s not […]
Prepared to be mezMOrized by the “kinetic geometries” of this flat-fold paper model. Flat Fold Paper Models [Thanks, Patti!]
Quick, simple and handy Instructable on using bike tubes to store batteries – also good to check out, 1,000+ uses of bike tubes. Related: Bike tube rubber bands, a one minute project, bike tube rubber bands. HOW TO – Bicycle Frame Protection. Clever instructable for protecting and camouflaging your bike using an old innertube…
Rob has an amazing gallery of Ziplock seals using the Eyeclops magnifying camera. Related: Eyeclops: Super magnifying camera.
Another good item for the ever-growing “How to make a memorable business card” category: Sean writes – I work part time as an organic chemistry tutor. I designed this laser-cut business card to include a drawing template to help my students with one of the most difficult diagrams they must master in o-chem. Both the […]
From Hackaday: Each coil is driven by a dedicated relay, and a PC power supply feeds the system juice, while a programmable logic controller does the work. Since it’s just a matter of triggering the coils in order, the PLC could be easily replaced by a micro controller. Coil Gun version 1 [via]
