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!
Modern Mechanix 1932 explains gravity and relativity – Maybe you think you weigh the same in Denver as you do in New York, but that’s because you don’t know your Einstein or your relativity. You really weigh more in New York, Why? Read this article and find out–we defy you to begin Mr. Miller’s story […]
This race race sounds tasty… Well, some of it. If you thought motor-racing was all about petrol-heads and champagne, WMG students at the University of Warwick will make you think again. Eco One is an environmentally-friendly race car with a difference: its shell is made from hemp, the tyres made from potatoes and the brake […]
Spluch writes – Mitsuoka Motor, a Japanese company, has just unveiled a micro kit car “K-4”, equipped with a 50cc engine on its classical tested sports car body, developed for the do-it-yourself customers in Tokyo. It is composed of more than 500 parts and takes approximately 40 hours to assemble. The Kit-Car measures just under […]
Instant laser coffee, I’m not sure if a 35W laser would work (this is a 2Kw) but I’ll try and experiment later – [via] Link.
Tenderbutton would be proud- In case you need to create a monolayer of lipids inside a spherical flask and don’t to spend $3000 on a commercial rotary evaporator, this is the design you need. Justin Ingram and I set out to build such a device from things found around the lab for a small fraction […]
Turns out rats are ticklish, and they laugh… It might even work using a bat detector like the one we showed you how to construct here @ MAKE… I supposed you could potentially tune in to the rat giggling… Aristotle declared that humans are the only animal to laugh, but then, he never saw this […]
Forrest M. Mims III has an article on using a data logger to record the temperature inside a beehive in the latest Citizen Scientist – Over the years I’ve done some consulting for the people at Onset Computer Corporation, the makers of Hobo Data Loggers and various related products. Consequently, I’ve accumulated a nice collection […]
