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 a good way to avoid wasting water when you dry your dishes. The Dish Drainer Project puts a dish rack on your potted plants to give them the run-off watering they deserve. Dish Drainer Project – Link, [via]
Screw Big Wheels. If I were a toddler, I’d wanna be yabba dabba dooin’ my way around the ‘hood in these awesome Flinstones wheels. Toddler Flintstone Car – Link
Sespence07 writes – This film explains how to sew a digital display for use as a car accessory. It was created by our very own Steve Spencer as part of a competition that Scion held called “Craft My Ride.” Steve has been working on this during nights and weekends and its pretty fun stuff. He […]
Catchy headline for Halloween, but a real problem… – A force as insidious as Dracula is quietly sucking a nickel of every dollar’s worth of the electricity that seeps from your home’s outlets. Electronic gadgets running in standby mode use 5 percent of electricity in the United States. Insert the little fangs of your cell […]
Simple Tesla turbine made out of CDs housed in a plastic CD “cake box” disc pack. Several different experiments are tried, using air, water, magnets, no magnets, saw blade attachment(!), etc. See the other videos on the YouTube link. Revin’ Up the Tesla CD Turbine II With Magnetic Disc Pack – [via] Link Related: HOW […]
Inhabitat has a great write on artist Edina Tokodi’s “green graffiti” Abigail writes – Eco-minded street artist Edina Tokodi is putting a new spin on green guerilla tactics in the trendy art enclave of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tokodi’s site-specific moss installations of prancing animal figures and camouflage outgrowths are the talk of a local urban neighborhood […]
This look like a lot of fun and could be a good (re)make – Link.
