Collaborate Disseminate
Every diabetic knows that one of the major burdens of the disease is managing supplies. From insulin to alcohol wipes, diabetes is a resource-intensive disease, and running out of anything …read more Continue reading DIY Chemistry Points the Way to Open Source Blood Glucose Testing
The history of making fire at will is a long and storied one, stretching back to the days when we’d rub wooden sticks together, or use flint and steel to …read more Continue reading Promethean Matches: The Ancestor to Modern Matches
All it takes is one knucklehead to go and do something stupid to screw things up for everyone. We’re not exactly sure who the knucklehead is behind the recent ban …read more Continue reading Homebrew Gel Fuel Keeps the Steam Coming, Legally
Researchers at UCLA recently developed what they are calling a thermal transistor: a solid-state device able to control the flow of heat with an electric field. This opens the door …read more Continue reading A Transistor, But For Heat Instead of Electrons
Many inventions happen not by design but through failure. They don’t happen through the failure directly, but because someone was paying attention and remembered the how and why of the …read more Continue reading Tech In Plain Sight: Superglue
[Hyperspace Pirate] wants to make his own dry ice, but he wants it to be really, really cheap. So naturally, his first stop is… the beach? That’s right, the beach, …read more Continue reading Dry Ice from Seashells, the Hard (But Cheap) Way
We’ve been eagerly following [ProjectsInFlight]’s stepwise journey toward DIY semiconductors, including all the ups and downs, false leads, and tedious optimizations needed to make it possible for the average hacker …read more Continue reading Simple Chemistry to Metallize and Etch Silicon Chips
The process of creating new battery chemistries that work better than existing types is a slow and arduous one. Not only does it know more failures than successes, it’s rare …read more Continue reading The Slow March Of Sodium-Ion Batteries To Compete With Lithium-Ion
Take a little time to watch the history of Radithor, a presentation by [Adam Blumenberg] into a quack medicine that was exactly what it said on the label: distilled water …read more Continue reading Radioactive Water Was Once a (Horrifying) Health Fad
You may know William Blake as a poet, or even as #38 in the BBC’s 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. But did you know that Blake was also …read more Continue reading William Blake Was Etching Copper in 1790