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!
Andy shows you how to make a ake a beer tin barometer – …There are simpler designs for barometers (though not much simpler it must be said). But this I think is effective, although quite vulnerable to temperature fluctuations, but if you keep it indoors it should be okay. Atmospheric pressure exerts a force on […]
Artist Luca Pancrazzi covered a Maserati Quattroporte with 1,763 lbs. of shattered glass. It looks like something Superman’s rich uncle would drive around… Luca Pancrazzi. 1:1 | Exhibitions | Events | Visitorline – [via] Link & more.
Harari writes – Ever wanted to presurize your water bottle rocket and couldn’t find anything to stop the air from going out? Ever wanted to transfer water or air from one place to another the easy way ? well you better try this ! HOW TO – Check a valve from bottles and a table […]
Derek posed a great question about chem lab equipment gone wrong, check out the comments for some good ones and post yours – Here’s a question for the readership that should generate some interesting answers: what’s the most valuable item you’ve seen someone ruin in a lab? I’ll leave it broad enough to include both […]
Modern Mechanix 1932 explains gravity and relativity – Maybe you think you weigh the same in Denver as you do in New York, but that’s because you don’t know your Einstein or your relativity. You really weigh more in New York, Why? Read this article and find out–we defy you to begin Mr. Miller’s story […]
This race race sounds tasty… Well, some of it. If you thought motor-racing was all about petrol-heads and champagne, WMG students at the University of Warwick will make you think again. Eco One is an environmentally-friendly race car with a difference: its shell is made from hemp, the tyres made from potatoes and the brake […]
Spluch writes – Mitsuoka Motor, a Japanese company, has just unveiled a micro kit car “K-4”, equipped with a 50cc engine on its classical tested sports car body, developed for the do-it-yourself customers in Tokyo. It is composed of more than 500 parts and takes approximately 40 hours to assemble. The Kit-Car measures just under […]
