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!
The Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge named the top 25 Inventions of 2006 and we have some pictures! These are part II! Dr. Hugh S. McLaughlin, Doctor, Groton, MA. Activated Carbon Facilitated Oxidation (AC FOX): AC FOX is a new phenomenon whereby activated carbon exhibits a slow oxidation in air over a temperature range of […]
Kilogauss writes – “Project to change the backlighting on a car radio to use blue LEDs. I originally wrote and posted this on my blog and can be found here. The radio is the Delco AM/FM/CD model that appeared in many GM models anywhere from 1996 – 2002. The buttons and labels on the faceplate […]
Real time movies of protein! – “Chemists at Harvard University have developed the first technique providing a real-time, molecule-by-molecule “movie” of protein production in live cells. Their direct observation of fluorescently tagged molecules in single cells – providing striking real-time footage of the birth of individual new protein molecules inside – greatly increases scientists’ precision […]
New Scientist’s Barry Fox digs up cool and interesting patents, like this one, a tiny remote controlled implant – “Remember Fantastic Voyage, the 1966 sci-fi movie in which a medical team is miniaturised and injected into the body of a dying man aboard a tiny submarine? No one has yet shrunk a surgeon, but Lawrence […]
Edo from Pink Tentacle translated what this photo is all about – “Scientists using special laser technology have crafted a pair of mini-spectacles (2 mm) and placed them on the head of a housefly.” – [via] – Link (Japanese).
Zunkworks writes – “The Citizen Scientist is a weekly e-zine published by Society for Amateur Scientists. Check out the projects and lab tips sections, lots of cool things to Make. TCS also maintains an archive with topics from outdoor photography to making vacuum pumps to monitoring atmospheric pollution.” – Link. I just got a membership, […]
Professor John C. Bean from The University of Virginia Virtual Lab writes – “I completed the podcast conversion (including narration) of the “UVA Virtual Lab” webpage explaining “How Semiconductors and Transistors Work”. If use of this podcast materializes, I’ll proceed with conversion of additional webpage presentations to podcasts. Suggestions welcome on which website pages might […]
