Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have come up with a way of making solar photovoltaic cells more efficient by making them fuzzy with nanowires.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.20 at 12:22
You can use Spaceweather. com or Heavens-Above to enter in your location and see the Space Station pass over your location on Earth, the next couple nights should be particularly bright.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.20 at 11:04
BurnSim is a solid rocket steady-state ballistic simulation software for the Windows platform. In a nutshell, input your motor, nozzle and propellant characteristics and BurnSim calculates the Kn (kilonewton) through the burn and predicts estimated chamber pressure and motor performance.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.19 at 16:00
Shannon writes in - The How + Why is an electronic taxidermy installation that is part of the Parsons Design & Technology senior thesis exhibit. I was inspired by vintage How + Why Wonder books to create a fictional natural history museum display with animated creatures.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.19 at 10:43
This is my second year as an amateur beekeeper, and this last weekend we split our first hive, creating a second colony which will be relocated to a new home in the suburbs.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.19 at 10:19
This very low frequency radio reciever kit is sold by Nasa's Inspire project - a group based around the study radio atmospheric phenomena, aka whistlers.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.18 at 22:39
High voltage plasma arc! Thanks to ewilhelm for the original instructable and Prometheus for the tips. This is my version of the Five foot tall jacob's ladder.
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.05.16 at 12:57
This very low frequency radio reciever kit is sold by Nasa's Inspire project - a group based around the study radio atmospheric phenomena, aka whistlers.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.16 at 11:39
The human eye cannot discern flicker with a frequency greater than roughly 30 Hz. A light turning on and off faster than this does not appear to turning on and off.
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.05.16 at 06:10
Jenny @ CRAFT writes:
Heavy Petal has a great tutorial showing how to drill an alder log and fill it with mushroom spawn-laced wooden plugs to create a super-cool log that will eventually sprout shiitake mushrooms galore.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.13 at 22:58