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 one for the Hobo Tech file, it’s allegedly a “battery charger” that employs the Peltier-Seebeck effect — using a heat differential to generate a voltage (Seebeck Effect) and using a voltage to create a heat differential (Peltier Effect). Too bad there’s no info on the site except this captioned image. Seebeck battery charger – […]
FrankG writes in with the latest on his Tricumbent hybrid – This is the third installment of the Electric Recumbent trike project that started back in mid March of this year. On this page there is major reworking of the frame, adding the electronics and drive train with some basic testing. Tricumbent hybrid –Link.
Good science these are some nice tattoos! – [via] Link.
Randy sent in these shots from the STS 118 launch, he writes – Boring launch. Thankfully. The haze was so thick, pic #856 is when the shuttle was first visible after launch! Now if I were a MAKEr with government funding…..I would be riding rockets into outer space too! Lucky they let me watch and […]
Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a working prototype of what they are calling the world’s smallest gas turbine engine, a palm-sized motor they hope will one day be used to power autonomous robots and serve as a portable engine for personal transportation devices. “World’s smallest” gas turbine engine – Link
Rain barrels are easy to make and conserve both water and money. This tutorial, and the longer one it links to, shows you how. Build your own rain barrel to conserve water and save money – Link
Metal Meet forums thread about Dick Bear’s “McBearen” McLaren racer, built by hand, from the ground up, thanks Visgoth!. Link.
