This is a functional glass seismograph for measuring earthquakes. It stands about 40" tall, and is about 48" wide installed. It measures vibrations along the x and y axes (side to side), as well as the z axis (up and down), on three helicorders.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.20 at 17:12
More crazy jet-powered action, this one a pulse-jet strapped to the side of a 1950s cruiser bike. Jet bike,75 MPH.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.20 at 15:05
More crazy jet-powered action, this one a pulse-jet strapped to the side of a 1950s cruiser bike. Jet bike,75 MPH.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.05.20 at 14:16
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