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!
This winner of the Innovate or Die competition filters water through pedal power: A peristaltic pump attached to the pedal crank draws water from a large tank, through a carbon filter, to a smaller clean tank. The clean tank is removable and closed for contamination-free home storage and use. A clutch engages and disengages the […]
Those scrunchy bath puffs made from plastic mesh have always kind of grossed me out, so I’m loving this crocheted version from Etsy seller Whitepaw. The ruffles look super soft, and like they’d produce a ton of suds. I also like that you can toss it in the wash and reuse it again and again. […]
MP4 Video | QT Video | HD | Subscribe in iTunes While at Maker Faire in Austin, I met Cristen Andrews of cristencrochet.blogspot.com who crocheted the most lovely backpacks, hats, cozies, bowls and more — all from plastic bags. Here in this video she shows us some of the cool things she makes and how […]
REMINDER: MAKE will have a booth @ the Greener Gadgets conferece – February 1, 2008 New York City. MAKE readers get a 25% discount (use code MAKE25discount) – On February 1st, 2008 in New York City industry leaders, entrepreneurs, journalists, and designers will gather to discuss the business case for the greening of the consumer […]
Jason @ Hackszine is on a nav-system-lockout disabling roll, he writes – After my post last week about disabling the navigation lockout on Lexus and Toyota nav systems, I received a request from an unhappy Ford owner with the same problem. After a bit of searching, I unfortunately wasn’t able to turn up any straightforward […]
Artist Virginia Fleck has an incredible portfolio of work made from plastic bags. Thanks Dan! – Link. Related: Plastic Bag Crafts – Link. Crochet Necklace from Recycled Plastic Bags – Link. Plastic Bag Tiaras – Link. Plastic bag fabric – Link. HOW TO – Welding plastic bags – Link.
Seed magazine has a great article about the future of science… It’s writes – In the early 1920s, Niels Bohr was struggling to reimagine the structure of matter. Previous generations of physicists had thought the inner space of an atom looked like a miniature solar system with the atomic nucleus as the sun and the […]
