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!
OK, so it was street legal in 1962, so 1.) Build a time machine. 2.) Travel back with this “street legal kart”, Modern Mechanix has all the pages up so you can make your own go kart – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make your own go kart – Link. More cart-like projects – Link.
A few Makers sent in links about building their own KITT cars from Knight Rider & here are some great dashboard recreations…. Juha writes – “The images are presented in reverse chronological order…the drawings from 2002/2004 are the most accurate – dare I say, the ultimate – reproductions of the original dashboard. Note that in […]
Dan writes – “This is a pointer to a web site which shows a number of different design ideas. Use these as a starting place and come up with your own creative design. What you build will depend on what materials you have available to you.” [via] – Link.
John writes – This podcast is drawn from the “UVA Virtual Lab” (www.virlab.virginia.edu) which uses 3D virtual reality animations to explain electronics, microelectronics and nanotechnology. This podcast explains how the transistors of an integrated circuit are made – Link. This complements our earlier podcast on “How Semiconductors and Transistors Work.” (here).
New video! Bre writes – Bre and his friend Cielito hung out in Ajay‘s car with voice controlled functionality. His speech recognition system is set it up with 4 mics, two of which capture his voice and the other two cancel noise interference. With the windows wide open in traffic, Ajay was able to boss […]
Joe writes – “This simple LED light can replace the reflector hang tags that everyone loses from their timbuk 2 courier bag. It uses a 555 timer to alternately flash each set of 9 LEDs, for 18 blinking LEDs of goodness.” – Link.
Here’s a DIY imaging system that uses four different wavelengths from LEDs for detecting melanoma [via] – Link.
