May 7 2010

Paper solar cells

Scientists at the Eni-MIT Solar Frontiers Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created an inkjet-style printing technology that can successfully print solar cells on paper.
The paper solar cells are one of many avenues being pursued around nano-scale materials. Layers of these materials could essentially be sprayed using different manufacturing techniques to make [...]

May 3 2010

Visible Body

The Visible Body is an online, 3-D Interactive Tool that lets users explore the human anatomy and all its various system of the human physiology.
Visible Body is produced by Argosy Publishing, provider of content and technology to the medical, pharmaceutical, scientific, consumer products, television, and educational communities.
Check out the video embedded below for an [...]

Nov 3 2009

Science Tattoo Emporium

Checkout Discover magazine’s huge and amazing collection of tattoos inspired by Science. Complete collection is here. [via]

Aug 21 2009

Egg in a Bottle:Science Experiment

Here is an interesting video of How to suck an egg into a glass bottle. No magic but basic science.

The matches in the bottle burn up the oxygen. This creates a negative pressure environment, or vacuum. The egg is sucked through the neck of the glass bottle. This is just one of the [...]

May 21 2009

Missing link found?

NY Daily news report: A team of researchers Tuesday unveiled an almost perfectly intact fossil of a 47 million-year-old primate they say represents the long-sought missing link between humans and apes. Officially known as Darwinius masillae, the fossil of the lemur-like creature dubbed Ida shows it had opposable thumbs like humans and fingernails instead of [...]

Apr 3 2009

Glow Brick

Glow brick has a light bulb inside a solid acrylic brick. This works on the same concept as Glowstones, we posted earlier. The concept is called ‘photo luminescence’ or in other words, energy absorbed by a substance is released relatively slowly in the form of light.
Buy for UK £ 20

Feb 20 2009

Ferrofluid art

Following video is a visual description of the Project “Protrude, Flow” by Sachiko Kodama and Minako Takeno.

Protrude, Flow uses magnetic fluid, sound, and moving images. Affected by the sounds and spectators’ voices in the exhibition place, the three-dimensional patterns of magnetic fluid transform in various ways, and simultaneously its flowing movement and dynamic transformations [...]

Dec 10 2008

Eco-friendly citrus-powered clock

Florian Dussopt & Julie Girard designed this desk clock that’s powered by one of my favorite early chemistry experiments: the Citrus Clock has zinc and copper electrodes under the lemon halves and through oxidation and electrolysis, powers the clock. I bet it makes your desk smell nice, too. via MAKE

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