Laminar Water Jets from Copper Pipe, Scotchbrite, and Drinking Straws
Easy DIY design projects beautiful unbroken jet of water up to 15′.
Science
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!
Send Your Project into Space
Space is not just the final frontier. It’s the citizen-science frontier. And it’s getting easier to participate. Edward Wright, the founder and president of the United States Rocket Academy, and project manager of Citizens in Space, came to MakerCon to announce the new Lynx Cub Payload Carrier, which will enable more citizen scientists to send […]
Raising Jellyfish
Thanks to Jellykeepers, jellyfish are invading our homes as well — as pets.
Taking a Pounding: How Woodpeckers Avoid Concussions
Woodpecker adaptations can inspire designs that prevent impact and vibration damage.
Makers Launch to Space in Global Balloon Challenge
To date, 52 teams from 17 countries have successfully launched their balloons to the edge of space.
Making the “Luke” Bionic Arm
The “luke” arm has finally been approved for sale to the public.
Let Your E Go Free: Day Against DRM
Imagine if you bought a book, read and loved it, and wanted to share it — but couldn’t. Imagine that the publisher was somehow able to prevent you from physically handing that book to someone else. Perhaps they padlocked it in your bookcase; perhaps they weighted it with some gravitational magic; perhaps there are thugs […]