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!
This Mid-century car has been packed with next century features. Not only has the engine, transmission, power steering, and electronics been brought up to date, but the car is it’s own WiFi hotspot and has two on-board computers, one running the navigation system and audio/video jukebox, and the other powering it’s voice-controlled Skype conferencing system. […]
Hacked Gadgets reveals the hidden world of magnetization with magnetic viewing paper, Alan writes – We can’t see magnetic flux lines but with an inexpensive piece of Magnetic Viewing Paper we can easily visualize what we are missing. I took the motor magnet out of an old 5 1/4 floppy drive and was amazed at […]
DNA worldwide can print your genetic code on your shirt, help figure out who’s related to who and they claim they can tell a new Mother if their kid is a boy or a girl 6 weeks in… Once a woman has taken the test, she sends her sample directly to the company’s laboratory for […]
This happen back in 2004, but it’s still very interesting – thousands of fluorescent lights from the emissions of the cables above– Hundreds of people are flocking each night for a close-up look at Richard Box’ artistic display of 1301 fluorescent bulbs that are lit by the overhead high-power lines — just from the ambient […]
R. Stern writes: I’ve started making blank books from recycled paper I find around work and home. The paper is blank on one side, so it provided plenty of space for notes and doodles, and even provides inspiration based on the printed matter on every other page. They tell a story about where they were […]
Wow, in California it might cost too much to go solar, any makers out there get hit with this? California homeowners are rejecting new rebates for solar power equipment, saying the state has made installing the rooftop panels far more costly than expected. As a result, Public Utilities Commission reports show a decline of 78% […]
R. Stern writes – I’ve started making blank books from recycled paper I find around work and home. The paper is blank on one side, so it provided plenty of space for notes and doodles, and even provides inspiration based on the printed matter on every other page. They tell a story about where they […]
