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!
I just posted about the Boozhound Laboratories, but this is worth another peep, check out this homemade mini-bike…. I have had the idea of building a minibike rattling around in my head (like the ball in a spraycan) for a couple years. Of course I wanted to build it from scratch, and scrounge up as […]
Earla writes – I made a Hilsch tube in my shop this weekend. It’s quite impressive! With just a little experimentation, at 80 PSI. the temperature is 17 Degrees on one end and about 70 degrees on the hot side. The pipes are 1/2″ PVC. The center hole where the vortex is formed is 11/32″ […]
Dale (MAKE’s publisher) has a great post on Radar about Paul Lauterbur (MRI inventor) hands-on discovery, and hacking away… Paul Lauterbur, the father of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology, died in March. MRI machines are widely used to examine physical tissue in the brain and other parts of the body. The Economist has a well-written […]
I was listening to Science Friday and the next in a series of X prizes is now asking for folks to review their competition guidelines, the competition? Go 100 miles on a gallon of gas. This one seems pretty approachable for more people I think — We’ve had posts about homemade 100 mpg+ cars. The […]
My friends and I have just arrived in Coulee City in Eastern Washington to make another attempt at launching our balloon to near space! The last time we tried to launch, we could only do a tethered test because, as you can see above, we had serious fog issues. You can download this KML file […]
Ferroucious writes – In this instructable I’ll give you a simple way to collect Hydrogen gas and if you want also, to collect Oxygen. Depending on the voltage and current that you use for the project this could be hazardous. I used a 14.4 volt power drill battery pack for the process but don’t recommend […]
Hydrocarbons are a subject for many spectacular experiments in the amateur’s chemical laboratory, Popular Science 1937 – Link.
