Science DIY Projects for Makers - Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers https://makezine.com/category/science/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:40:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://i0.wp.com/makezine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/favicon-32x32.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Science DIY Projects for Makers - Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers https://makezine.com/category/science/ 32 32 179013238 5 Hacks for Your Discarded Electric Toothbrush https://makezine.com/projects/5-hacks-for-your-discarded-electric-toothbrush/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:40:34 +0000 https://makezine.com/?post_type=projects&p=568606

Salvage tiny motors from discarded electric toothbrushes and use them for five fun projects!

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]]> 568606 Hack the Climate: DIY Geoengineering With Big Balloons https://makezine.com/projects/hack-the-climate-diy-geoengineering-with-big-balloons/ Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:19:10 +0000 https://makezine.com/?post_type=projects&p=568438 Luke Iseman holding a large balloon filled with sulfur dioxide

It’s easy to feel like climate change is too big of a problem for makers to tackle; I certainly felt this way.

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]]> 568438 Remaking History: Raise Water Using Fire With Thomas Savery’s “Miner’s Friend” https://makezine.com/projects/remaking-history-raise-water-using-fire-with-thomas-saverys-miners-friend/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:46:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?post_type=projects&p=568007 Remaking History: Raise Water Using Fire With Thomas Savery’s “Miner’s Friend”

Re-create Thomas Savery’s proto-steam engine — the first industrial machine to use fossil energy.

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]]> 568007 Amateur Scientist: Detect Cosmic Dust & Space Debris https://makezine.com/projects/amateur-scientist-detect-cosmic-dust-space-debris/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:54:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?post_type=projects&p=567993 Amateur Scientist: Detect Cosmic Dust & Space Debris

Tweak the Make: Twilight photometer
to detect micrometeors and orbital junk 400 miles high.

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]]> 567993 Toy Inventor’s Notebook: Weather Bird https://makezine.com/projects/toy-inventors-notebook-weather-bird/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:22:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?post_type=projects&p=567963 Toy Inventor’s Notebook: Weather Bird

Make a science toy that can forecast the weather.

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]]> 567963 Storm Chasers: The Maker Know-How Behind Real Twister Tech https://makezine.com/article/science/storm-chasers-real-twister-tech/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:44:12 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=567696 Storm Chasers: The Maker Know-How Behind Real Twister Tech

Catching the DIY spirit of storm chasing vehicles and science gadgets during my adventures at the National Storm Chaser Summit.

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]]> 567696 Computed Axial Lithography: 3D Printing in Seconds https://makezine.com/article/digital-fabrication/computed-axial-lithography-3d-printing-in-seconds/ Wed, 29 May 2024 13:39:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=567401 Computed Axial Lithography: 3D Printing in Seconds

Layerless, all-at-once resin printing is a reality with the astonishing CAL system

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]]> 567401 Walk This Way: DIY Mobility Walker https://makezine.com/projects/walk-this-way-diy-mobility-walker/ Fri, 03 May 2024 23:26:05 +0000 https://makezine.com/?post_type=projects&p=567110 Walk This Way: DIY Mobility Walker

Mobility walkers can be expensive. Build your own personalized, strength-tested version for less.

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]]> 567110 Harvest Disposable Vape Batteries https://makezine.com/projects/harvest-disposable-vape-batteries/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:24:00 +0000 https://makezine.com/?post_type=projects&p=567036 Harvest Disposable Vape Batteries

Give trendy products destined for e-waste a second life.

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]]> 567036 Roc the Eclipse Festival is Totally Cool https://makezine.com/article/science/space/roc-the-eclipse-festival-is-totally-cool/ Fri, 05 Apr 2024 19:03:07 +0000 https://makezine.com/?p=566977 child viewing eclipse

Dan Schneiderman has been the producer of The Maker Faire Rochester for many years. He worked with Make during covid producing virtual fairs, and then he joined the Rochester Museum and Science Center in New York to develop programming to engage the public in the upcoming eclipse. The result is the three-day Roc the Eclipse […]

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