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!
Boyd’s site is filled with examples, photos, plans and information on building your own [via] – Link. Related: Stirling engines models – Link. HOW TO – Make a Stirling engine from a can – Link. From the pages of MAKE: The Two-Can Stirling Engine – The Stirling engine has long captivated inventors and dreamers. Here […]
A 75 year old Chinese farmer invented and built this DIY dual-use amphibious vehicle (called “The Happy Boat”). It has a 5 HP diesel engine and a 1 HP electric engine, he plans to take it on vacation soon… [via] – Link. Related: The inventiveness of farmers – Link. DIY projects, from China – Link.
Wow, row, row, row your home! This is still bigger than my first apartment – “The SNAIL SHELL SYSTEM is a low cost system that enables persons to move around, change their whereabouts and live in various environments. One unit supplies space for one person. It is mobile both on land and water. One person […]
Wow, HighmoonMedia @ The Dragon’s Landing Inn forum spotted this aweesome rideable mechanical lion built by a metalworker in Belgium – [via] – Link (photos and more). Update: Dirkus writes ” if you visit the creator’s site you’ll find that this is a Tiger, not a Lion, and her name is Shiva. More info and […]
MAKE pal Rob writes – “Ran across this while looking for something else- it’s from a 1937 Popular Science article on fun with luminous chemistry. Basically, the idea is that one funnel has a solution of luminol and sodium hydroxide in water, and the other funnel has a solution of pottasium ferricyanide and hydrogen peroxide […]
Chris Smolinski of Black Cat Systems has an article on The Citizen Scientist detailing some of the experiments with his GM-10 and GM-45 geiger counter radiation detectors. I use(d) one of these on planes to detect the different levels of radiation as we flew higher or lower, fun stuff… – Link. Related: Black Cat Systems […]
John writes – “Here’s an interesting site about an early model of absorptive (heat driven) cooler. Some history, a little “where are they now” and includes a link to a mentioned DIY version. Caution: it seems to involve ammonia at 240psi…I wonder if a Hilch tube would be a better way to seperate the ammonia […]
