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I'm looking for websites which document people just getting together and doing weird, quasi-scientific experiments for fun.
some examples of what I'm thinking of are cockeyed, infusionsofgrandeur, and myscienceproject. Anything that involves getting a large group of people together and screwing around is great. Especially if a lay person could actually replicate the experiments.
some examples of what I'm thinking of are cockeyed, infusionsofgrandeur, and myscienceproject. Anything that involves getting a large group of people together and screwing around is great. Especially if a lay person could actually replicate the experiments.
To replace my prior, misinterpreted answer:
I love cardhouse, which is where I first read about the tollbooth in the desert.
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posted by JonnyRotten at 2:13 PM on April 29, 2008
I love cardhouse, which is where I first read about the tollbooth in the desert.
Temple ov thee lemur
The Sneeze
posted by JonnyRotten at 2:13 PM on April 29, 2008
You should check out amasci.com which is the website of Mefi's own Bill Beaty. While I don't think it is exactly what you are looking for, it is one of the oldest and most comprehensive amateur science websites on the Internet.
If you are in Seattle, Bill holds "Science salon" meetings the first Friday of every month. These generally don't get documented and uploaded to his site, but useful discoveries have originated there. Like using carbon fiber to create "ball lightning" in the microwave oven (shameless self-promotion).
Bill has moved into the Internet video era, and has a number of good videos on his site. Wired and Boing Boing have featured his stuff.
posted by Tube at 4:39 PM on April 29, 2008
If you are in Seattle, Bill holds "Science salon" meetings the first Friday of every month. These generally don't get documented and uploaded to his site, but useful discoveries have originated there. Like using carbon fiber to create "ball lightning" in the microwave oven (shameless self-promotion).
Bill has moved into the Internet video era, and has a number of good videos on his site. Wired and Boing Boing have featured his stuff.
posted by Tube at 4:39 PM on April 29, 2008
The Annals of Improbable Research occasionally do crazy experiments -- it's more of a humor magazine, though.
posted by spiderskull at 6:59 PM on April 29, 2008
posted by spiderskull at 6:59 PM on April 29, 2008
I attended Bill's Weird Science Salon last night, and learned that he has a YouTube channel with a number of interesting videos. His dry ice video has more than 100,000 hits!
Last night he was zapping a Crookes tube with a hand-held Tesla coil...
posted by Tube at 10:44 AM on May 3, 2008
Last night he was zapping a Crookes tube with a hand-held Tesla coil...
posted by Tube at 10:44 AM on May 3, 2008
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