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!
On today’s Boing Boing TV, MAKE Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder shows how to make a simple electric motor out of stuff you probably have in your desk drawer. This is the same project that was in the premier Howtoons column in MAKE Volume 01. Mark’s Motor/EcoNouveau Fashion on BBTV – Link From the pages of MAKE: […]
Clever, here’s a video of non-turbine wind power generators from Shawn Frayne… Link & more.
Super handy Dynamic Periodic Table! Good ole’ AJAX is there anything you can’t do? – [via] Link. MASSIVE Periodic Table round up: Periodic table gets a makeover – Link. LEGO periodic table of elements – Link. The Wooden Periodic Table Table – Link. Periodic table of tools – Link. Periodic Table of the Internet – […]
Chris writes – Here are some pictures and plans of an homemade in-car camcorder mount. It fits very stiffness on the passenger’s seat headrest allowing hands-free filming from the driver’s viewpoint. To make your own that fits your car, you’ll need approx. 2 feet of 3/4" aluminum or steel square tube, 2 u-bolts, 4 wing […]
Mazda celebrates its 40th Anniversary of the Rotary Engine by showing you how they’re made, the videos are incredible. Thanks Jason! – Link.
Greg writes – From about 1956 until 1964, US aeronautics engineers and rocket scientists at the Langley Research Center developed a series of spherical satellite balloons called, awesomely enough, satelloons. Dubbed Project Echo, the 100-foot diameter aluminumized balloons were one of the inaugural projects for NASA, which was established in 1958. The Satelloons – [via] […]
From AfriGadget comes this item about a solar-powered donkey-drawn farm utility vehicle with 21st century extras: The HAPV (Advertised as HAPPY) is a twist on the ‘horse and buggy’ mode of transportation, making this a donkey, cart, solar panel on a canopy FUV (Farm Utility Vehicle) that is quite ingenious and absolutely AfriGadget. A donkey […]
