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!
Terrie writes – “The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is having a Citizen Science Toolkit Conference in June 2007. They’re bringing people from different citizen science projects together to develop a framework for developing, implementing, and evaluating citizen science programs. Citizen scientists augment the work of credentialed scientists by gathering data and contributing to research efforts. […]
Ever wonder what’s in fix-a-flat? The February 2007 issue of wired tells you! “Amorphous polyolefin – In the can, this shapeless mass of polymeric olefins (low-density plastics like poly-propylene and poly-ethylene) remains dissolved in the heavy aromatic naphtha. But once Fix-a-Flat is sprayed into the tire, the plastics coat the inner surface and plug the […]
Couple goodies from the past… Magnesium the BANTAMWEIGHT METAL. How Chemists Have Put It to Work as a Jack-of-All-Trades, Popular Science 1946 – Link. How to Handle a Rope, Popular Science 1942 – Link. More @ Modern Mechanix – Link.
Brian writes – “I saw Phil’s post about the $5 light probe, and it triggered a memory of something that’s pretty cool; the Atari Sensor Lab. Maybe I should pick one up on eBay I don’t know if it will work with my 130xe, but I need an excuse to buy an Atari 400 or […]
Kiteman writes – “About 300 years ago, Daniel Fahrenheit made and calibrated the first reliable thermometers. Some people* still use the scale he developed; the Fahrenheit Scale.” – Link. Related: LED Temperature thermometer project – Link. HOW TO – Make an AVR-Based statistics thermometer – Link. HOW TO – Make a digital thermometer – Link. […]
Wow, when you do tricks on a skateboard it composes music in the city you’re in making an urban soundtrack… “Musique Concrete is an interactive performance piece which explores sound and the urban landscape through the physical movements on a skateboard. The result is a musical composition which transforms the skateboarder into a composer. It […]
Popular Science’s Theodore Gray show you how to power a string of LEDs using a chain of five homemade gravity-cell batteries – Link. Related: Tomato soup battery and more – art by Ben Woodeson – Link. Penny-Powered LED – Link. Powering LEDs costs mere pennies – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Penny-Powered LED. Power […]
