Tag: "do-it-yourself"
Feeling Biocurious? How To Get Your DIY Bio On
Maybe you have an idea to make bacteria that can sense or even break down mercury in the environment. Or you just always wanted to do some biology. Where can you turn?
Post on Jan 23, 2012 by Dr. Barry Starr from QUEST Northern California
Access to Geologic Maps: The Landscape's Hidden Rooms
A geologic map presents a set of clues that, diligently pursued, can teach you to perceive the hidden rooms of the landscape. Some of the best are free.
Post on Aug 04, 2011 by Andrew Alden from QUEST Northern California
Producer's Notes: Amateur Astronomers
In 1968, John Dobson started the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers with the help of two boys who loved astronomy but couldn’t join an amateur astronomy club in the city because they were too young. So the trio created their own club, carting two homemade telescopes onto Jackson and Broderick Streets and inviting curious passersby to [...]
Post on Apr 29, 2008 by Sheraz Sadiq
Producer's Notes - MAKE it at Home: Table-Top Biosphere
Do-it-yourself tabletop biosphere..Last season, QUEST TV went on a field trip to the Maker Faire to see some of the wacky do-it-yourself things coming out of people’s garage work shops. This season, we took Quest Radio Editor Andrea Kissack out to the Make Magazine Test Lab to tinker and experiment with some of our favorite [...]
Post on Apr 15, 2008 by Chris Bauer
