Robo Roach
Building your very own cockroach cyborgs.
MAKE 31
Welcome — Three Test Tubes and the Truth
Peer under rocks, into microscopes, and up into the heavens. Extract your own DNA. Play with your food.
My Scanning Electron Microscope
I decided to design and build a scanning electron microscope (SEM) in my home workshop to see if it was even possible. Spoiler alert: it is. I didn’t originally intend to create an SEM that could compare to a $75,000 entry-level commercial model, but the project turned out more successful than I expected. It produces […]
Unblenders, Dremelfuges, and Optical Tweezers
Making research-grade equipment from repurposed parts.
3 Rules for Successful Citizen Science
Make it measurable. Make it cheap. Make it open.
Country Scientist — Transform Things into Sounds with the PunkPAC
Why not hack the Atari Punk Console so that its tones can be controlled by light?
Blissful Bedrooms
DIYers team up to create cool rooms for disabled kids.
