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!
Popular Science 1939 – Walking on rollers that are geared to the rear wheels of a novel treadmill wagon, a child can propel the odd vehicle along the ground. Invented by Harry Kister, of Philadelphia, Pa., the cart is fitted with removable floor boards that cover the rollers, so that it may be used as […]
Seth writes – After a month of messing around, I finally got my act together and started working on my PID heating pad controller. Well, actually it is only a P heating pad controller right now, but I will go into that later. The Goal: Create a PID controlled heating pad to regulate the temperature […]
Roger Nelson’s Global Consciousness Project searches for meaning in random numbers.
Dr. James Hardt hopes his DIY neurofeedback tech will fire up the global brain.
This is great, a tiny grain silo explosion you can make yourself in your home lab, Popular Science 1933 – HARMLESS, miniature explosions make experimenting with combustibles a thrilling, yet safe, amusement for the amateur chemist. With inexpensive homemade apparatus, he can duplicate the explosions in a gasoline motor and amuse his friends by burning […]
From Popular Science 1932 – for when cars basically came in three models… Using the exhaust gas of the automobile to clean the upholstery is the accomplishment of a recently invented device. An aluminum attachment is fastened to the exhaust pipe and the engine is allowed to idle. As the exhaust gas passes through this […]
Kiteman shows you how to make a Leyden Jar -an early form of capacitor from at 35mm film cannister. Be a Scientist: Bottle Electricity – Link.
