This new Edible Chemistry Kit from the Maker Shed lets you experience chemistry in the best way possible; by using your mouth!
Posted by Michael Castor | Tuesday July 24th, 2012 8:00 AM
Categories: Education, Food & Beverage, General | 2 Comments
Catarina Mota and Nick Vermeer experimented with magnetic ink: I used to buy magnetic paint, but I wasn’t very happy with its strength, consistency and color, so Nick Vermeer and...
Posted by John Baichtal | Friday July 13th, 2012 8:30 AM
Categories: Science | 2 Comments
NYC Resistor’s Herb “POTUS31” Hoover experimented with a titanium anodizer project that uses daisy-chained 9V batteries and a sponge soaked in Coke. I’ve been wanting to anodize titanium and use...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday July 12th, 2012 11:30 AM
Categories: Electronics, Home, Science | 4 Comments
Here, friends and neighbors, is the eighth and final video of Engineer Guy series #4. The element of the week is called 'plumbum' in Latin, abbreviated to 'Pb' on the...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday July 5th, 2012 1:00 PM
Categories: Electronics, Science | 2 Comments
I'd call this a very successful experiment from photographer Fabian Oefner. Don't miss the short making-of video here that shows off what this process looks like in action.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday July 5th, 2012 9:19 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Photography & Video, Science | 4 Comments
In honor of The Fourth of July, here's John A. Conkling, adjunct professor and fireworks expert to show us the chemistry behind fireworks. Watch this video and learn the science...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Wednesday July 4th, 2012 7:00 AM
Categories: Science | 2 Comments
The elements of the week are tungsten and thorium, which are alloyed to make the filament in the special type of vacuum tube—called a magnetron—that produces radiation in your microwave...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday June 26th, 2012 7:41 AM
Categories: Education, Science | 4 Comments
One of the great treats of my chemistry education at UT-Austin was having the original gaseous diffusion process for enriching uranium explained to me by a man who worked on...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday June 19th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Science | 2 Comments
DangPro shows you how to create your own solder flux: Flux is a wonderful goo that makes soldering faster and easier. In previous videos we compared different types of commercial...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday June 14th, 2012 11:00 AM
Categories: Electronics, Science | 18 Comments
Here is the fifth video in Engineer Guy Series #4. The element of the week is cesium, as in "cesium fountain atomic clock." Watching it, my jaw was on the...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday June 13th, 2012 6:29 AM
Categories: Education, Science | 10 Comments
A finger rubbed in superhydrophobic aerogels and submerged in water takes on a decidedly T-1000-esque appearance. And a droplet of water on a piece of paper treated with the same...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday June 8th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Science | 7 Comments
As much as I love Engineer Guy videos, I am especially partial to Series #4, because it is themed around the chemical elements—each installment features a different element and a...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday May 29th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Education, Science | 2 Comments
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