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!
Tim shows you how those Aquaskippers work and how to take one out for a spin… The “Aquaskipper” is a human powered hydrofoil made by Inventist.com . It’s similar to the original Swedish Trampofoil, which is no longer available. There’s also one called the “Pumpabike” from South Africa. They’re also called “hull-less watercraft” and “flapping […]
The Pinto/Vega bodystyle wouldn’t be my first choice for style and maybe that’s why hybrids didn’t catch on in 1969! Click through to read the old Pop Sci article. – Link
Here’s a vintage bicycle headlight that has been given a touch of current LED technology… How to and more @ howtofixbikes – Link. Let there be (bike) light: Make a LED Bike light system – Link. HOW TO – Make the ultimate 18v Bike Light! – Link. Tape case bike light – Link. HOW TO […]
This homebuilt 1984 Trans Am Knight Rider K.I.T.T car took over 4 years and $40k to make.. and now it’s on eBay… “…features a 2tv dash with real working digital gauges with dual 4” lcd screens….. gullwing steering wheel, upper console, lower console, pod unit …all complete with buttons and displays as they were in […]
Robert McCall’s online gallery of a future space travel, from 1960’s… Pictured here – “(48″ x 32″, oil on board, 1967; collection of National Air and Space Museum). A space plane launches from a half-completed space station, in McCall’s classic poster art for the 1968 MGM film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The image is not […]
I really like Pop Sci’s podcast series, the latest is an interview with the maker of an awesome homemade Zamboni, Jonathan Coulton writes – “Inventor Damian Renzello has been making portable skating rinks and related accessories for years, so it’s not surprising that it’s come to this: a homemade super zamboni that blows snow, shaves […]
This is pretty neat, you look up an element and see where it is mentioned in past comic books… “Welcome to the Periodic Table of ComicBooks. Click on an element to see a list of comic book pages involvingthat element. Click on a thumbnail on the list to see a full comic bookpage. For technical […]
