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!
The braided flame on this experimental methane rocket is beautiful- The main engine, built and fired by the NASA contractor team Alliant Techsystems/XCOR Aerospace, is still in an early stage of development and isn’t ready for space. But if the technology proves itself, methane engines like this one could eventually be key to deep space […]
Here’s FrankG’s first installment on the design and fabrication of an electric recumbent trike – Covering materials scavenging, initial frame welding, gear ratio calculations and the casting of the motor mount assembly – Link.
Producing cold with electricity and a “Quicksilver Heart” that beats – from Popular Science 1936… You are accustomed to seeing an electric element in a toaster or radiant heater grow red-hot when current passes through it–but did you know that when electricity flows through joints of certain metals, it produces a cooling effect? Have you […]
This will be a Maker tourist attraction, it looks stunning… BBC’s David Shukman on a solar station in Spain – There is a scene in one of the Austin Powers films where Dr Evil unleashes a giant “tractor beam” of energy at Earth in order to extract a massive payment. Well, the memory of it […]
Beth at Yarn Demon has a pattern to knit this net shopping bag which is perfect to carry your groceries. Link.
Lots of makers sent this in today, a $10 DNA replicator… Ben writes – A pocket-sized device that runs on two AA batteries and copies DNA as accurately as expensive lab equipment has been developed by researchers in the US. The device has no moving parts and costs just $10 to make. It runs polymerase […]
Stella writes – This guy built a spider-walking vehicle, which may not be as stealth as a real spider, but is still pretty quick on its 8 legs. It took 3 months to design and 6 months to build. After spending $15,000 in materials and countless man hours, the Spider was built in the name […]
