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!
Check out the cool Sanrio DIY Crafts page where a user has collected some super cute Sanrio cross stitch patterns. There is of course lots of Hello Kitty to choose from but I am loving a few I’ve never seen before, like Dokidoki the hamburger and Chicken Chums (little nuggets) both of which kinda make […]
The Miss Rockaway Armada is a theater group building a floating fleet of junk/recycled boats, taking then down the Mississippi holding workshops and performing along the way – “We’re building this boat entirely from salvaged materials. Wood dumpstered and begged from construction sites, buckets of screws donated by kind crew members, rope found on the […]
Seed Magazine has a video tour of the underground accelerator at CERN – “In Seed’s first exclusive short film, science communicator Alom Shaha travels underground and behind the scenes to probe the cavernous Large Hadron Collider at CERN. His tour offers a glimpse into the exciting preparations afoot as the accelerator is pieced together.” [via] […]
Nature footage has previews of their high def time lapse movies of plants growing, blooming and decomposing – [via] – Link. Related: DIY Time lapse snail races – Link. Time Lapse Movies on a Mac – Link.
Looking to remove low boiling organic chemicals on the cheap? Here’s how, Dylan writes – “Take a stroll through our labs and you will notice a curious number of black Crock Pots serving as water baths for the rotovaps. They cost $20 and came from Wal Mart. When I first joined I thought this was […]
FrankG sent in this rebuild & mod of a trashed mobility scooter that he’s turning into a light electric vehicle – Link.
Dog powered vehicle – Popular Science 1939 – Link.
