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!
You thought Friday would pass without knowing where to make fake bodily fluids right? – “There’s Frankenstein, and then there’s snot-covered Frankenstein. On Halloween, it’s all about the accessories. Vomit? Blood? Flesh wounds? They’re in your kitchen pantry. On Saturday night, Sylvia Branzei brings the recipes and demonstrates how to cook up all things gross. […]
Jim writes – “This project involves restoration of a rather rare breed of machine. Very few steam-powered motorcycles are known with the majority of historic “steamcycles” residing in museums (e.g., the “Field” steam motorcycle). There has been very little commercial exploitation of applying steam power to two-wheeled vehicles, so most “steamcycles” that come to light […]
Here’s a fun photo set of microwaved CDs that are placed on Tesla coils….Zork! [via] – Link. Related microwave’in and tesla action: CD-ROM’s in the microwave – Link. High Voltage Tesla Coil – Link. Large Tesla Coil Overview – Link. 5 things to do with old TVs – Link. New Tesla statue… – Link. HOW […]
Meet a new periodic table, what do you think? I think the interactive application makes it really useful. “The Periodic Spiral envisions a remedy to the flaws in conventional periodic tables by illustrating hydrogen’s ambiguous relationship to the noble gases and halogens while recognizing its relationship to the alkali metals; it also fully integrates the […]
Ah, the good ole’ days, when fun meant home experiments with hydrogen, Modern Mechanix 1936 – Link. Related: Electrolysis of water – Exploding hydrogen (video) – Link. Free Hydrogen Generator Plan with videos – Link. Running an Automobile on Hydrogen Using Water – Link. HOW TO – Make Hydrogen – Link. Hydrogen-Powered Motorcycles Just Around […]
The first flight…was steam powered! – “When the Wright brothers telegraphed home after Kitty Hawk, the only bit of their telegram which was commented on by the local press was “Wright brothers home for Christmas”. Why wouldn’t the press be carrying “Wright brothers first to fly” banners if they had just made history? The answer […]
Ray Hooley’s Ruston-Hornsby engine pages have the history and photos of many of the Ruston-Hornsby engines/machines including this “chain tractor” – ” The World’s first fully-tracked vehicle – 1905 Hornsby chain tractor: 20hp Hornsby-Akroyd engine, weighing c. 10 tons crossing a 1.4metre wide water-filled ditch. Meanwhile, they achieved speeds of 25mph (40km/h) with more advanced […]
