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!
In the latest Citizen Scientist Lance Osadchey shows you how to measure the absolute motion of the earth, as Shawn from CS says it “challenges one of the bedrocks of modern science, Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity”… so just keep that in mind :) Since a single light ray is believed to exist in its […]
Our friends at PopSci have a great “5 minute project” up on Instructables, a drilled powered skateboard for a kid! Do you have a skateboard that is gathering dust in the corner of your garage? Breathe some new life into those wheels by zapping them with some volts. Specifically, attaching a battery-powered electric drill to […]
Here’s a gigantic gallery of VW Beetle mods and creations — Dark Roasted Blend: What can be done with the VW Beetle – [via] Link.
CHEMISTRY: An exciting and profitable hobby, Popular Science 1932 WITH simple equipment requiring surprisingly little financial outlay, you can build in your home a small chemical laboratory that will provide a fascinating hobby. Here you may amaze your friends with seemingly magical chemical tricks, as by the manufacture of paint that shines in the dark […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Markfftang shared an amazing photo of the lunar eclipse from the UK… Link.
BG writes – A multiple-exposure photo that I took of last night’s eclipse, using a webcam, a timelapse program (bTV), and the free ImageJ program from the National Institutes of Health. Lunar Eclipse over Shelton Street – Link & video.
mushmouth26 from the MAKE Flickr photo pool posted up a picture from tonight’s lunar eclipse, nice work! If you took photos, post them up in the photo pool! Lunar eclipse on Flickr – Link.
