Solar BoGoLight
The Solar BoGoLight is a 4 to 5 hour flashlight and battery charger. Best of all, when you buy one the company will send another one to a developing country of your choice – [via] Link, more & get one…
Science
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!
DIY Segway
There’s a new DIY self balancing transpo in town… a student-made DIY Segway… project details and more here – Link.
Safe stunts with fire for the home chemist
writes – Popular Science 1934 – OF ALL home chemistry experiments, tests with combustibles offer the most in spectacular fun and harmless excitement. For even after some 60,000 years of use, fire still holds a mysterious fascination. Although we are accustomed to kindling a fire with a match or some other small flame, a spark […]
Cobbling together broken solar panels
In this well-written how to, the builder shows you how he collects broken photovoltaic (PV) cells and panels (sold on the cheap at places like Electronic Goldmine and Silicon Solar) and then wires them up and re-cases them to create new PV panels. How to MAKE PV Solar Panels – Link
BuggyRollin
This looks like a lot of fun… Thanks Terrie! Link.
Craftster Challenge Winners: Reusable Shopping Bags
Craftster’s Reusable Shopping Bag Challenge winners have been announced by Leah. Pictured above is the winner, Lydia the Strange, for her entry entitled “This IS a plastic bag! Recycled and very resuable!” Check out all the winners on the Craftster blog here. Link. Related: Plastic Bag Crafts – Link.
Anatomy tattoos
We posted up the science tattoos last week, so I suppose it’s only fair to point to these science-like tats… The arm one is my favorite – Link. Related: Branded with science – Link. DIY Tattoo’er – Link. Kurt, the tattoo-robot – Link. Tattoo kit for kids (DIY Miami Ink!) – Link.