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!
Here’s the latest on “Help save the Stanford dish antennas for citizen science” — To all Bracewell Observatory rescue supporters, I just received word that in spite of our best efforts, and in spite of an expected August 4th State hearing to rule on its historical status, Stanford began demolition of the five 60 foot […]
I really like the old Intel Play microscopes, you can find them on eBay for $20. They really weren’t meant to work on Macs, but you can grab this tool (miXscope) and you’re pretty much good to go. While the microscope isn’t professional grade, it does have 3 zoom levels and a light, so I […]
MAKE pal & video blogger Bre Pettis writes – “Recently I met up with Pablos to talk about inventions and innovation. We got to talking about new materials and Pablos got out these cool little baggies of interesting materials to share. In this video you’ll see two kinds of new materials that you may not […]
I asked Terry about the Flowbench he made, here’s what he said – “My flowbench started because I wanted to modify my car’s engine by porting the heads. I don’t know how familiar you are with engines, but “Porting the head” means modify the cylinder head so that more air will flow thru them and into the cylinder. Horsepower is directly proportional to airflow, i.e. 10% more air equals 10% more power. But I knew that just making the ports larger doesn’t mean more for airflow.”
This week at Treehugger, tune in, turn on, hug it out…Toys made from trash. Make your own eco-travel plans. And, we find upcycled art in our archives.Build a homemade digital camera. A backyard hydrogen station project in Florida.
In MAKE 03 we showed you how to mod your rod…but not like this – Google video usually has all sorts of wonderful gems, MAKE pal Star sent in this one – it’s a Fiat modded so it looks like it’s going backwards, but it’s not. This is almost like a Maker-meets-Rendezvous-Claude-Lelouch. Link.
MAKE is thrilled to offer this free 35 minute film for download! – “Glimpses of How it’s made” – a tour of how many things in our world are made, each segment is 6 minutes (hence the full name “Six-Minute Manufacturing Glimpses of How it’s made”). Learn about, get inspired, and see how it’s made: […]
