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!
Pretty neat, using zippers as sensors, then making music – “”Zipper Orchestra” is interactive video installation: a combination of the “Conductor Musical Score” as a physical controller and the “Zipper Actions Collage Video” as musical display. Users can play music by zipping and unzipping the physical zipper. The screen is a fashion collage, filled with […]
Ryan writes – “Capacitive sensors have historically been regarded with fear and hostility among hobbyists. They’re notoriously flaky, unreliable, and difficult to design. Further, they traditionally fall in the “analog domain” which is something the casual microcontroller hobbyist can sometimes wince at. They usually require fancy shielding, and are unsettlingly sensitive to changes in things […]
Steve writes – “I am converting my 1973 BMW 2002 engine to electronic fuel injection using the Megasquirt DIY controller, and will be blogging about it on finkbuilt. Megasquirt is an affordable, open-source, DIY engine management computer that you assemble yourself. A large community of developer/users provides for constant development, and great free support.” – […]
I haven’t used a glue gun in about 10 years. They were messy and hot. I think I burned myself the last time I used it so I’ve been forever scarred. I just got a new cordless Cold Heat Glue Gun to review which I have been testing out for a new craft project for […]
This art installation from Helmut Smits filters Coca-Cola into clean drinking water – [via] Link.
Hacked Gadgets has a follow up to to the hard drive laser oscilloscope, here’s how to make one – “A hard drive voice coil circuit is hacked to allow it to be directly connected to a stereo output. This allows audio to move the hard drive read write head. Mirrors are positioned on the center […]
I’ve seen tons of toilets with top handle kicked / damaged, you know, from kicking the handle to flush – Reykjavik has an Instructable that looks like a good DIY a solution – “This is a simple little project which will allow you to easily and quickly set up a foot flusher. A foot flusher […]
