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!
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 […]
Make Flickr photo pool member gl3n writes with his penny-powered LED from MAKE 07 – “After finding out that you can make a 1.5 volt battery out of 13 dimes, 13 pennies, 13 paperclips, some salt water and an ice cube tray, of course we had to try it. It works! “ – Link. From […]
Simon from Big Blue Saw writes – “One of our customers is working on a very interesting project: a human electric trike. Some of the waterjet cut parts from Big Blue Saw are visible in this blog post.” – Link & parts. Related: Make 3D parts…Big Blue Saw – Link. HOW TO – Make a […]
