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!
Here’s a really neat way to see sound waves… With fire! I think if I ever make a fireplace, it’ll have something like this. Twinrawk writes – “The classic physics experiment involving sound, a tube of propane and fire. Created for Flash Forward 2006, but useful in any case where you are not allowed to […]
Liquid_robot sent in this great collection of model Stirling engines – “This guy built the largest stirling engine I’ve seen (on a DIY scale) you’ll notice all stirling engines featured on your site are models with no significant power output. I wrote to ask if he’s selling the plans. he’s also selling an aluminium cast […]
Pentavista Digital Imaging has a fantastic gallery of early flying machines, some dating back to 1856… [via] – Link. Related: Warbird & Propliner photograph resource site – Link. Make your own airplane for $7000 – Link.
The Lemelson Center has a great video and audio podcast to check out, I’ve watched a few of these and they’re all great… Chuck Hoberman’s unfolding world – Chuck Hoberman, artist and engineer, discusses his innovative unfolding structures. Tom Newby makes the Muppets move – Tom Newby explains how he brought Kermit the Frog, Miss […]
The Cloud Appreciation Society (yup, there is one) has gallery with over 1,800 stunning photos of every type of cloud – [via] – Link.
Wow, forget those paperplate hovercrafts… This is what you want to make, you know… for your family… – “Powered by a 4-cylinder automotive engine, the UH-18SP is everything you’d ever want in a hovercraft. It was designed for people who love to play. For the family that gets together for fishing, skiing, cruising and all-around […]
Our pals at Popular Science explain how they made salt in an experiment, for popcorn. The video is rad – Theodore Gray writes – “Sodium is a soft, silvery metal that explodes violently on contact with water and burns skin by reacting with even the slightest moisture. Chlorine is a choking yellow gas, used with […]
