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!
John writes in with the latest science podcast for the UVA Virtual lab… – “I’ve got a new presentation on how scanning tunneling microscopes work. STMs are the nanoscientist’s premiere tool for “seeing” individual atoms. Their invention was the subject of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics. But they have now become so simple and […]
GadgetmanKen writes – “I built a gas powered inverted push scooter using a chainsaw for a motor, two customized pulleys, and v-belt. I later added patios instead of the foot pegs and an aluminum cover for the rear end. It worked great and my son would go about thiry miles an hour, and me being […]
This is really nice, $225 is a little pricey though… – Link. Neat idea, not a bad gift for science-y giftee and not so hard to make, you can do it yourself – just need some wire (wrap it figure 8 around two tubes at a time). You can get the test tubes 3 for […]
Street Use has an interview with Bruce Simpson, pulse jet extraordinarre – “If there ever was a technology that calls out for street use, it is a jet engine. There is a small subculture of jet hackers. Among them is New Zealander Bruce Simpson who runs a cool website of his experiments. He tells how […]
Shawn from the Society for Amateur Scientists sent out this deal on DNA kits for SAS members (you can still get them if you’re not a member) – ‘Extracting DNA’ is by far the most popular experiment SAS has ever developed within the Labrats lessons or without. In fact, in the last few months hundreds […]
Oblongata writes – “This will show you one way to build yourself a Ski Bike (aka Snow Bike, Skibob, Skike, or Skicycle). It is a downhill only machine and if you like bikes a lot, then it will probably keep a stupid grin plastered on your face all the way down whatever crazy hills you […]
I’m not sure exactly what is going on here (anyone know) but these bikes are really fun to look at… [via] – Link. Related: Bicycle projects @ MAKE – Link.
