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!
Core77 has a bit about the open source car has been making the rounds on the web over the last week, c,mm,n showed off the world’s first open-source car, at the Amsterdam car show AutoRAI. Apparantly the schematics and drawings are available online, but I couldn’t find them (post in the comments if you do…) […]
Check it out, this project uses an old Intel digital microscope! The topic of the project works between interactiondesign and the biology. It concerns the communication between animal and the machine. The animal represents the user of a system and has the possibility to intervene. The User of the System are the so-called „Daphnien”. These […]
Some fun experiments to extend your knowledge with your home laboratory, from Popular Science 1933 – Simple Experiments and Home-made Apparatus Extend Your Knowledge and Speed the Work You Can Accomplish in Your Own Laboratory It is surprising what the amateur chemist can do with a fifteen-cent bottle of ordinary household ammonia. Being a mixture […]
Andy shows you how to make a ake a beer tin barometer – …There are simpler designs for barometers (though not much simpler it must be said). But this I think is effective, although quite vulnerable to temperature fluctuations, but if you keep it indoors it should be okay. Atmospheric pressure exerts a force on […]
Artist Luca Pancrazzi covered a Maserati Quattroporte with 1,763 lbs. of shattered glass. It looks like something Superman’s rich uncle would drive around… Luca Pancrazzi. 1:1 | Exhibitions | Events | Visitorline – [via] Link & more.
Harari writes – Ever wanted to presurize your water bottle rocket and couldn’t find anything to stop the air from going out? Ever wanted to transfer water or air from one place to another the easy way ? well you better try this ! HOW TO – Check a valve from bottles and a table […]
Derek posed a great question about chem lab equipment gone wrong, check out the comments for some good ones and post yours – Here’s a question for the readership that should generate some interesting answers: what’s the most valuable item you’ve seen someone ruin in a lab? I’ll leave it broad enough to include both […]
