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!
Scientists from the Polytechnic of Turin, Italy claim to have created a “hierarchy of adhesive forces,” using carbon nanotubes, which are strong enough to hold the weight of a person suspended from a wall or ceiling. This tech could possible lead to a kind of microscopic hook and loop configuration, a la Velcro. And a […]
Mark sent in his “little” project with a L-4 Grasshopper thrown in to boot – wow, there are a lot of makers restoring planes! – Link. Are you a maker that restores planes? Post up the comments!
Check out the MAKE Flickr pool for some more lunar eclipse photos, great stuff! Link.
Nathan writes – Hello Phillip, I found out about the eclipse on the MAKE blog about an hour before it started. – and I took your suggestion about taking photos. I made a time lapse of the beginning. I put my Canon A95 on a tripod, and watched the time. I took a photo about […]
Amazing restoration of a 1937 wood-and-fabric airplane – Link.
Oskay posted up a creepy cool moon eclipse photo in the MAKE Flickr photo pool! He writes – From our driveway, in light-polluted Sunnyvale CA, you can still see the moon glow. Eclipse – Link. Related: Total lunar eclipse – August 28, 2007 – Link.
Here’s another homemade self-balancong scooter! Malcolm writes – In recent times, advanced electronic systems have become cheaper and cheaper and at the same time become more complex. The price of the components are now within reach of the hobbyist (e.g. Gyro and Accelerometer). This allows more complex systems to be built at relatively low cost. […]
