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!
Iowahawk has an a great post about Turbonique Inc, a company from the 1960’s who wanted to bring jet engines & rocket technology to the consumer market – for cars. “Once upon a time in the postwar, before the advent of EPA and OSHA and the Consumer Products Safety Commission and weenies in bike helmets […]
Australia’s Bayside Bulletin has a story about a fellow who built his own jet – “MT Cotton’s John Gross has flown into the history books in his homemade jet plane. After seven years building the three-quarter-scale Grumann Panther in his backyard shed, John took to the skies this month at the Kingaroy Aerodrome. It is […]
Rob writes – “One of the simplest forms of an engine is known as a Hero’s engine. A Hero’s engine uses heat from a fire to create steam. That steam is then forced to exit through a pipe or jet, which causes the entire apparatus to spin. I did a little research and found that […]
Gfixler writes – “27 3/4″ clear acrylic cubes are drilled with 108 3/16″ holes, fitted with 108 D32 neodymium disc magnets with proper polarities facing out from each, and assembled into a size-matched magnetic version of the original Rubik’s Cube.” – Link.
Stanley writes in with a secret agent / spy how-to! – “Here’s how to covertly drill a pin hole through a wall for bugging purposes.” – Link.
Colin sent in this how-to on making your own Ferrofluid – “Ferrofluids are a stable (meaning inseparable) suspension of nanometer sized solid magnetic particles in a carrier fluid. The particles are coated with a surfactant; a chemical which prevents the particles from clumping together and forming a solid mass. The most common type of ferrofluid, […]
Katherine Salant / Washington Post on building a “green home” with a new DVD series – “If you will sit for several hours to read a book about home building, will you sit for several hours to watch a book-length DVD on the subject? After watching “Building With Awareness” and “Green Building,” two recent DVDs, […]
