DIY Hoverboard
Here’s how to build a DIY hoverboard from a leaf blower engine [via] Link.
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!
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.
Virtual Breadboarding
Windows tool to test out your electronics ideas – there are free and more advanced versions ($) – “VirtualBreadboard is an easy to simulation and modeling tool that can be used in place of a real breadboard for quickly performing experiments and testing out electronic and microcontroller powered ’embedded’ applications.” Link.
The Jellyfish Bike
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Guero Loco writes – “I made this bike for Burning Man 2002 (oceanic theme). It consists of 7 strands of Lytec EL wire. The tentacles are threaded/tied to hardware cloth mesh that I attached inside the frame. The inverter box is located inside the larger box on the rack. The […]
1001 things to do with liquid nitrogen
Here’s a huge list of things you can do with liquid nitrogen, including how to make ice cream with it. My other favorites on the list seems like a really messy prank (but MAKE pal Rob seems to have debunked it)- “Freeze a can of shaving cream and then peel the can away from the […]
Build you own metal detector
Here’s a pretty simple and fun metal detector you can make. It’s a BFO (beat frequency oscillator) – when metal is detected it changes the sound coming out from the speaker. [via] Link.
Make stuff float, with the magnetic levitation kit
This looks like a pretty fun kit – “This simple electronic kit uses magnetic levitation to suspend small objects up to about 1/2 ounce (15 Grams) or so in mid air. The air gap is about 3/8″. The electromagnet dynamically controls the position of the suspended rare earth magnet(s) attached to the levitated object. Feedback […]
