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!
MAKE Flickr photo pool member citifiedplainsman writes – “My father and his two brothers traded a .22 cal pistol for a Ford Model T and commenced to modify it into a prairie “dune buggy”. It originally had an old baler motor and two transmissions. It was a lot of fun when I was growing up. […]
Ok, we might need to do this for the next Maker Faire… Alesis69 writes – “They filled a pool with a mix of cornstarch and water with a concrete mixer truck. It becomes a “non-newtonian fluid“. When stress is applied to the liquid it exhibits properties of a solid. Recorded at Barcelona, Spain…” [via] – […]
Our editor at large David Pescovitz spotted these amazing sculptures and how-to… he writes – “Artist Julian Voss-Andreae sculpts magnificent representations of protein molecules out of wood, metal, and other materials. He’s also written a HOWTO on making your own protein sculptures from the datasets for three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules freely available from the […]
Mikael Carlson builds/restores and flies these amazing old airplanes – “Mikael Carlson was born in 1959 and he has ever since childhood been most interested in aviation. Already at an early age he was a very skilful model airplane builder which eventually resulted in gold and silver medals at two consecutive World Championships for R/C […]
Imagine being able to program your bumper sticker to say anything you want… CRAVE has a quickie about VW’s programmable electronic bumper sticker that “enables drivers to communicate real-time messages to other road users”… – Link. There are a lot of ways to do this now (LEDs, e-ink…) and I bet we’ll see some from […]
Here’s a homemade sub from Russia, check out all the pics! – “This Russian man from St. Petersburg got his personal submarine. He built it himself and it is the smallest submarine in Russia, officially registered as a boat by Russian boat registry and has got it’s own personal name and number. He can make […]
Ted constructed this simple cart for carrying a kayak to the water – it’s made from 2x4s and trash-picked bicycle wheels – Link. Related: Traditional Kayaks @ MAKE – Link.
