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!
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.
14 year olds of 2006, meet your predecessors from Mechanix 1933, you have your work cut out for you… – Link.
Popular Science 1947 looks back at science from 1872… – “IN 1872, the year Popular Science Monthly was founded, Thomas Alva Edison and Alexander Graham Bell were 25 years old. Edison had already improved the telegraph and was experimenting, in his Newark laboratory, with other uses for electricity. Bell was teaching phonetics for deaf pupils […]
