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!
And you thought that LittleDog video represented a leap-forward in robo-kind. The WD-2 (Waseda-Docomo face robot No.2) is a face-changing robot from the Takanishi Laboratory at Waseda University in Japan. Servo motors move armatures connected to contact points on a face mask made of Septon, a thermoplastic rubber. The face has 56 degrees of freedom […]
Sally writes in – Hi- I wondered if you might be able to help me find a way (if there is one) to construct a backup battery power system for keeping household appliances (fridge), lights, etc running for some time in the event of an emergency (I live in L.A.). Any suggestions? To purchase these […]
The Biospheres from MAKE 10 are still coming in! This one is from MAKE Flickr photo pool member Mushmouth26, made with a Smirnoff water bottle and critters from a local creek – Link. More: The Tabletop Shrimp Support Module (TSSM) is a fun demonstration of the ecological cycles that keep us alive. MAKE 10 – […]
Pop Sci has an amazing gallery from Nikon’s annual Small World Competition, some of the photos are of subjects less than half a millimeter! Link. Pictured here, Erpobdella octoculata (fresh water leech), magnified 25x. Photograph by Vera Hunnekuhl
Dale has a really interesting post about ACCRC (Alameda County Computer Recycling Center). ACCRC had a great event/booth at Maker Faire this year… – Let’s imagine that you set up a non-profit to recycle electronics and divert computers from going directly into landfills or otherwise being destroyed by a grinder. You look for ways to […]
MAKE is listed in The Scientist’s list of “favorite life science blogs” – we try and include enough science here for Makers, if you like what we have been cookin’ vote for us! – Link & vote (add a comment with your vote).
You probably remember Boston Dynamics’ BigDog, the four-legged robotic packmule, the video of which went viral last year. Here’s the latest BD creation, LittleDog. It’s astonishing, when a robot becomes this adept, ambulatory, how organic it seems, life-like. The robot: it plans. And there’s something uniquely unsettling about that. LittleDog Robot – [via] Link
