Clothespin Pocket Pistol
Launch matches and toothpicks with this simple hack.
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!
Making the Energy Garden
An 18-month experiment in self-sufficiency.
Walking Again in a Personalized Exoskeletal Robot
Talk about a step into the future… Exoskeletal robots, once the domain of science fiction, are now helping people in need rise from their wheelchairs. One day in the not-so-distant future, they may replace wheelchairs all together. Imagine being able to stand tall and walk again after months or years in a chair. It must […]
Crowdfunding the Recovery of a Lost Spacecraft
The hackers behind the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project have moved on to a different challenge. Not content with images, this time they want to recover a whole spacecraft. They want to bring the ISEE-3 space probe home to Earth.
Build This Model Arm and Explore Human Tinkering
What’s the best way to learn anatomy? Tinkering.
The Darwin Toolbox at the Edinburgh mini Maker Faire
I talked to Philip Boeing from UCL about the Darwin Toolbox—an affordable biotechnology laboratory in a compact toolbox-size container that should allow you to get started doing real DIY genetics at home.
Open-Source CT Scanner
Volumetric 3D scanners scan not only the surface of an object, but also see inside that object.