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!
It seems like every single day I read about a new report, initiative, competition, or program geared toward getting more women involved in science, or investigating why there are not more women in science to begin with. If you want to see girls in science making themselves and everyone around them proud, then get thee to a Maker Faire!
Yvonne Doyle’s Science Class model details a Friends set that ought to exist, but doesn’t.
This is part one of a 10-part series about the trials and tribulations of building a wave energy converter. Throughout the project, our mission has always been to promote the idea of ocean energy and share our designs with the maker community.
Open-source DIY Bio company IO Rodeo created a DIY gel electrophoresis power supply, which creates the electrical field that manipulates molecules suspended in a gel or liquid.
In this classic video Collin Cunningham describes power supplies and walking through building a dual linear regulated power supply from a kit.
Best 20 bucks I ever spent.
The Trimble Gatewing X100 drone was drawing a lot of attention at Saint Malo Mini-Maker Faire. Capable of autonomous operation—all the way from launch through to its landing—the drone it’s designed to map terrain it’s overflying.
