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!
Jean-Louis writes – “The Lifter works without moving parts, flies silently, uses only electrical energy and is able to lift its own weight plus an additional payload. The Lifter uses the Biefeld-Brown effect discovered by Thomas Townsend Brown in 1928. The basic design of the Lifter has been fully described in the Townsend Brown US […]
Aaron writes – “This bicycle trailer is made from 1/2″ EMT conduit that is bent and brazed into a frame. It uses scavenged bicycle wheels, has a plywood cargo bed, and can be modified for any use easily. The frame alone weighs 15lbs, and with a hitch, plywood, and wheels it weighs 25lbs or so. […]
Bob writes – “The Can Stirling engine can rotate using a candle as the heat source. This engine is constructed with very simple materials. There are a can, a balloon, a wood board and others.” Thanks cybervanig2000! – Link.
Turns out you can fit a lot of computers (and other things) on the back of a truck – here’s a gallery of the “overloaded” – [via] Link.
Amazing wooden Periodic Table table that contains samples of the elements – Current count: 1010 samples, 109 elements, 92 minerals, 14 stories, 453 rotatable images, 222 smooth rotations, 283 videos, 56 sounds. [via] Link. The Periodic Table Table Construction History – Link.
Printing circuitry on self copying robots – “A self-replicating 3D printer that spawns new, improved versions of itself is in development at the University of Bath in the UK. The “self replicating rapid prototyper” or RepRap could vastly reduce the cost of 3D printers, paving the way for a future where broken objects and spare […]
Rick writes – “Videos of the 1974 – 75 Royal Institute lectures featuring the maverick professor of electrical engineering of Imperial College, London, Eric Laithwaite. Well worth watching, banned by the BBC because they were considered scientifically flawed even though they ask questions still not yet answered by science.” – Link. Pictured here, gyroscope from […]
