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!
The Steam Car Club of Great Britain has a steam powered moped project by Roger Ulsky – ” My SteamPed started life as a Motobecane Moped which I obtained in a non running condition but with all the parts intact. I eventually want to build a steam car and decided this would be a good […]
Last night, in a dark alleyway in the depths of the industrial district in Seattle the sport of shovercraft was born. Here’s a sneak preview of the hovercrafts we made! Watch the games this Friday in the weekend project podcast! Click here to subscribe in itunes and have them downloaded automatically as soon as they […]
“From brazen helmet and warrior’s shield of the ancient world to the modern flashlight cell and galvan-ized steel plate, zinc has worked in the service of man.” Experiments with Zinc, Popular Science 1947 – Link.
John Jenkins has one of the largest collections of scientific instruments in one place on the web! He writes – ” Welcome to my “virtual” radio and scientific instruments museum where I display the radios and other items I have collected over the past 35+ years. I hope you enjoy them as much as I […]
230 miles on a gallon of gas, 15 mph – wait, what? – Link.
Here’s a really intuitive parallel parking system designed by 5 seniors at the University of Toledo. “Our project is to build a parallel parking that is to attach a device to the rear underbody of a car. The concept is to first park only the nose of the car into a parking spot, then having […]
Pop Sci’s interactive periodic table showcases 93 element samples from the collection of PopSci contributing editor Theodore Gray, who spent four years assembling and photographing them, wow! – table & info. Related: Periodic table gets a makeover – Link. Periodic Table of keys – Link. Interactive Periodic Table – Link. Periodic Table of the Operators […]
