Comments on: Building DIY research equipment

By: asiwel

asiwel — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:53:49 +0000

I wish manufacturers would publish 3-D printer instructions for simple replacement parts such as the little flat filters for Roomba vacuum cleaners, etc. These would be like software updates, downloadable manuals, etc., to be found in the “support/maintenance/troubleshooting” sections of corporate web sites. At present, anyway, this would hardly detract from commercial sales of parts and would be so educational and exciting as activities for children to learn and contribute by making good stuff. That would sure beat the generic “can-opener” we learned to make and fire in “metal shop” when I was in junior high school.

By: Bri

Bri — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:17:48 +0000

I read it in popular science magazine, so if your the FEDS reading this, please don’t bust down my door.

By: Bri

Bri — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:14:11 +0000

i hope so. Pinky is so cute. He’d make a great vice president. I don’t know about the brain. He’s a little too sinister for my tastes!

By: Bri

Bri — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:06:15 +0000

Not really. IED and IUDs are really easy to make. Even good old fashion gunpowder is amazingly powerful. Stump remover, lamp black and sulphur. There you go, just don’t blow yourself up!

By: Foye Lowe

Foye Lowe — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:56:32 +0000

Do it yourself, from IUDs to IEDs . . .

By: Gauss156

Gauss156 — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:48:20 +0000

And citizen science…

By: Marcos Marin

Marcos Marin — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:29:17 +0000

They will soon! :-D

By: Bri

Bri — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:14:20 +0000

Oh if only pinky and the brain had access to this! They could rule the world.

By: Gorden Russell

Gorden Russell — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:25:07 +0000

Just think what this will mean to poor grad students.