Astrophotography with a modded Quickcam…
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Ben Sinclair modified a Quickcam 4000 and used an 8″ Meade LX-200 to take this photo of Saturn Link. Have cool things you’ve made? Join the MAKE Flickr photo pool!
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!
Popular Science blog
Our pals at Popular Science have a brand spanking new blog – go check it out! Link.
Learn about physics from Walter Lewin (videos)
Lots of fun video that will leave you laughing -and- learning physics from Walter Lewin of MIT. Physics I course, physics II course, & physics III course. [via] Thanks Nat!
DIY Genetics
From Tim on Radar – “Paul Boutin describes his hands on attempt at gene engineering with no prior experience: “How hard is it to build your own weapon of mass destruction? We take a crash course in supervirus engineering to find out.” Boutin’s conclusions challenge the conventional wisdom that this kind of thing requires the […]
“Vacuum tube age” technical books online
Pete writes – “Preserving the Knowledge of the Ancients? I’ve found that most of the technical books published before about 1964 never had their copyrights renewed, so now are in the public domain. So I am endeavoring to digitize and post some selected books relating to the “vacuum tube age” of electronics here.” This is […]
DIY Hoverboard
Here’s how to build a DIY hoverboard from a leaf blower engine [via] Link.
Volvo uses robots for towing tests…
Volvo has robots that reproduce the same steering/driving movements to better test the towing performance and stability of their cars – robot truck drivers aren’t to far away it seems! [via] Link.