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The Light Fountain: a Bioluminescent Hourglass
Imagine having a lamp that requires no energy and turns off on its own. Also imagine having a pet that won't die without your constant supervision. These come together in the bioluminescent hourglass!...
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DIY BioPrinter
Bioprinting is printing with biological materials. Think of it as 3D printing, but with squishier ingredients! There's a lot of work being done at research labs and big companies like Organovo on print...
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Small leatherwork projects
Just a couple of small leatherwork projects I've done over the past couple months. Roughly in order: - A set of leather rings for me and my babe (yes, I'm #2 ;-). This was my first piece of...
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Ghost Heart in a Jar!
Exercise in tissue engineering, Halloween decoration, or mad scientist show piece? Take your pick... Some people like to make their Halloween decorations from papier mache. We used raw, bleeding pig's...
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Highly sensitive Arduino light sensor
In the Bioluminescence Community Project at BioCurious, we've been working with a number of bioluminescent bacteria and algae. We'd love to be able to measure accurately how much light these organisms...
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Build a "Warp", a full-contact combat RC aircraft.
Some of the guys at the local RC club (Brindlee Mountain RC Club) and other clubs around the North Alabama area have designed a plane for full contact combat flying. The whole object is to bump/crash...
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Cosmic Light With LEDs Embedded in Resin
I wanted to make a light out of resin that used LEDs but no soldering (I know a lot of people don't solder, and there are probably a few like me that can do it but don't really like to do it.) It's...
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Giant Fresnel Lens Deathray: An Experiment in Optics
So you don't have access to your own rail gun or military space laser....but never fear, we'll use the 1000 Watts/m2 of free sunlight in your backyard! But how?....A 13 square foot magnifying...
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50 Handy Tricks
Here's a collection of fifty how-to tricks that can be understood from a photo or two.To see even more of them, check out Handy Tricks 8: Island Handy Tricksand 40 More Handy Tricks and Yet More Handy...
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How I built a carbon bike frame at home (and a bamboo frame too)
I have built this carbon composite MTB frame four years ago using simple building method which is described in this Instructable. Of course, this method is not suitable for mass production, but if you...
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MintyBoost! - Small battery-powered USB charger
This project details a small & simple, but very powerful USB charger for your mp3 player, camera, cell phone, and any other gadget you can plug into a USB port to charge! The charger circuitry and...
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40 More Handy Tricks
Continues the saga begun at Fifty Handy Tricks.http://www.instructables.com/id/Handy_Tricks_8_Island_Handy_Tricks/To see even more of them check out Handy Tricks 8: Island Handy Tricksand Yet More...
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How To Make A Cocktail Stirrer Snail
Learn how to make a cool snail out of a cocktail stirrer.By: paperpopeContinue Reading »
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Realistic, Animatronic Lion Mask with stereo night vision and amplified hearing
This is the full step by step on building a realistic lion mask with moving jaw with stereo night vision/color vision system, and amplified hearing augmentation. This system was first line prototyped...
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100 Ways to Reduce Your Impact
The world's most abundant and richest energy supply is conservation.Developing energy efficient lifestyles are the first step in reducing the environmental impact that humans have on this earth. I made...
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Flower Whirligig Robogigithingy
Now here's a flower ornament with a robot theme or a robot with a flower theme. (Judges pull out rulebook to look at fine print again...) Whirligigs are mechanical contraptions that are powered by the...
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DIY Glow 3D Printer
If you read my interests, you probably know that I love studying the 3D printer we have at school to see how it works. If anyone wants to know more about 3d printing, there is a really cool article...
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How to create a Science Hack Day
(photo by Matt Biddulph) Science Hack Day is a 48-hour-all-night event where anyone excited about making weird, silly or serious things with science comes together in the same physical space to see...
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The Asteroid Belt
Lets start off with a FAQ What is The Asteroid Belt? It's a belt. It's a video game. It's ridiculously awesome. Why is it made out of brass? 'Cause I am so steam-punk-pirate-zombie and brass is the...
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How to make solid culture medium plates for yeast culture
If you would like to culture your own yeast, either from strains available commercially or from unpasteurized craft beer, then you can easily do this outside of the lab with a pressure cooker and a few...
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DIY Flexible Printed Circuits
Produce your own single-sided flexible printed circuits using a solid ink printer, copper-coated polyimide film, and common circuit board etching chemicals. You will find flex PCBs inside most...
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Tennessee Whiskey / Bourbon, Jack Daniels
I wanted to make Tennessee Whiskey and Kentucky Bourbon is not much different its just a slightly different recipe and you miss out one of the steps that you would use when making the Tennessee...
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