DIY Science Projects & Experiments
The following pages are designed to help science and technology enthusiasts find ways of creating fun educational diy projects while learning the principles of how things work. This section gives details of many DIY science projects and equipment which can be made at home. The Experiments section gives details of interesting science experiments and demonstrations. The included projects range from beginner to advanced level. Projects and experiments may be dangerous and should be supervised by a competent adult.
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DIY HHO Hydrogen Production a Water Fuel Cell
DIY HHO Hydrogen Production a Water Fuel Cell DANGER: This project involves creating a mixture of Hydrogen and Oxygen which ...
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DIY Plasma Globe
There are all sorts of ways to make a plasma globe. This page deals will detail how to make one ...
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DIY Mini Tesla Coil
A DIY Mini Tesla Coil DC Powered with Plasma Output The aim of this design was to get the highest ...
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DIY Kirlian Photos
A kirlian photo is a photograph of electrical corona produced around objects under the influence of high voltages. There are ...
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Popular DIY Projects

DIY Induction Heater
This great little project demonstrates the principles of high frequency magnetic induction and how to make an induction heater. The ...
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DIY Ignition Coil Driver
A DIY HomemadeIgnition Coil Driver Circuit - A High Voltage Power Supply One of the simplest ways to make a ...
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DIY Mini Tesla Coil
A DIY Mini Tesla Coil DC Powered with Plasma Output The aim of this design was to get the highest ...
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DIY Power Pulse Controller
A DIY Power Pulse Controller This device uses a built in pulse width modulated signal generator circuit for triggering a power MOSFET. The ...
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DIY Plasma Gun
A Hand Held Tesla Coil Battery Powered 'Plasma Gun' The design for this Tesla Coil is based on the larger battery ...
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DIY Voltage Multiplier
A Homemade Voltage Multiplier (HV DC PSU) Using a voltage multiplier is a great way to make a high voltage DC ...
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DIY Jet Engine
A DIY Mini Pulse Jet Engine The valveless pulse jet engine or pulse detonation engine is the most simple type ...
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DIY Kirlian Photos
A kirlian photo is a photograph of electrical corona produced around objects under the influence of high voltages. There are ...
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DIY PWM Signal Generator
A DIY Square Wave Signal Generator with Pulse Width Modulation This circuit is very simple and has a fantastic range ...
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DIY Tesla Coil Tuner
A DIY Tesla Coil Tuner By Terry Fritz The Tesla Coil Tuner (TCT) is a simple and low cost signal ...
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DIY Cymatics Display
A DIY Cymatics Display A simple vibrating platform can be made from a piezoelectric sounder mounted on a plastic tube ...
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DIY Van De Graff Generator
How to Make a Van De Graff Generator (An Electrostatic Generator) There are a number of devices that utilise contact ...
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DIY Power Pulse Generator
A Multi-purpose power pulse generator capable of driving Tesla Coils and other high power coils. This device is based on ...
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DIY Electrohydrodynamic Thruster
DIY Lifter - An Electrohydrodynamic Thruster (EHDT) The diagram below shows a EHDT in its most basic form. It consists ...
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DIY Signal Generator
A Tiny Homemade Square Wave Signal Generator ('Dead Bug' Style) This page shows you how to make a super simple ...
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DIY HHO Hydrogen Production a Water Fuel Cell
DIY HHO Hydrogen Production a Water Fuel Cell DANGER: This project involves creating a mixture of Hydrogen and Oxygen which ...
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DIY Supercooler
DIY Supercooler The aim of this project was to create a simple device capable of keeping components as cool as ...
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DIY Magnetohydrodynamic Thruster
A Homemade Magnetohydrodynamic Thruster (MHDT) Based on the image on the left, it is possible to make a simple MHD ...
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DIY SRSG Tesla Coil
DIY SRSG Tesla Coil with synchronous rotary spark gap This Tesla coil runs from a 220V mains input at around ...
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DIY Plasma Gun II
DIY Plasma Gun II The DIY Plasma Gun II is an improved version of a compact, portable, spark gap Tesla ...
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Magnetic Linear Accelerator
Magnetic Linear Accelerator This experiment is a simple way of demonstrating the distribution of the field inside a solenoid and ...
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Hydrogen Cannon
Hydrogen Cannon This experiment demonstrates the splitting of water into Hydrogen and Oxygen by electrolysis, and the re combining of ...
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Franklin’s Bells
Franklin's Bells In 1752 Benjamin Franklin was experimenting with one of his inventions, the lightning rod. Using the setup shown ...
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DIY Dehumidifier
A DIY Dehumidifier Using the Thermoelectric Effect This device utilises the cooling effect of peltier heat pumps in order to ...
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Exploding Water
Exploding Water This experiment demonstrates how a substance can change from a liquid to a gas in an instant! A ...
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Vortex Experiments
Water Vortex There are several ways to demonstrate the motion of a vortex. The most simple method would be the ...
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Tesla Coil Experiments
Tesla Coil Experiments A homemade Tesla Coil is great for special effects style science experiments. The high voltage, high frequency ...
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Kelvin’s Thunderstorm
Kelvin's Thunderstorm This is a device is a simple method for generating a high voltage charge or static electricity. It ...
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DIY High Speed Flash
DIY High Speed Flash This DIY project uses a high voltage system to create a very bright and short burst ...
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DIY Plasma Globe
There are all sorts of ways to make a plasma globe. This page deals will detail how to make one ...
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Zheng Bang ZB3245TSS Pick & Place Machine
We purchased a small Pick and Place machine from China for doing small batch runs and prototypes. This post is ...
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Curie Effect
Curie Effect Demonstration The curie effect usually refers to a magnetic phenomenon discovered by Pierre Curie. He discovered that ferromagnetic ...
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Electricity from Heat
Free Energy from the Environment This is a simple setup that uses the thermoelectric / seebeck effect for converting heat directly ...
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Electricity from Light
Homemade Solar Panels This shows a simple demonstration of how a homemade solar panel can be used to show the ...
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Electrostatic Motor
Static Electricity Motor A CD with one side covered in foil can be made to spin at high speed by ...
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Ferrofluids
FerroFluids Ferrofluids are made from a suspension of tiny magnetic particles in a liquid such as water or oil. Such ...
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DIY Puppet Animator
A DIY Mechanical Puppet Animator This is very simple device that uses a simple mechanism to animate some small puppets to ...
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DIY Solid State Tesla Coil
A Simple DIY Solid State Tesla Coil This Solid State Tesla Coil is easy to build, upgradeable and gives great ...
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DIY Air Quality Meter
DIY Air Quality Meter & Emissions Tester This little project shows how a simple hand held meter can be made ...
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SHM Resonance
Resonance and Simple Harmonic Motion This experiments is a simple way to demonstrate the principles of resonance and simple harmonic ...
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DIY Vacuum Chamber
DIY Vacuum Chamber This is very simple to construct, and is made from low cost materials. The main chamber its ...
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DIY Underwater Video Camera
DIY Underwater Video Camera This underwater camera is made by housing a small security camera inside a pressure tight container ...
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Liquid Metal Experiments
Liquid Metal Experiments Most metals are a tough solid material at room temperature, but some metals can be liquids. The ...
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DIY Robot II
A DIY Robot This Arduino robot is built using the chassis from our old DIY Robot Project, but we have ...
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ZB3245TSS Pick & Place User Manual
ZB3245TSS Pick & Place User Manual Unofficial Manual by RM CyberneticsUsing Software “FlyerSMT V2.0” Due to the lack of detail ...
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Thermal Updrafts
Thermal Updrafts Thermal updrafts are a natural phenomenon produced by localised heating of air. This causes air to rise and ...
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DIY Outboard Motor
This is a battery powered motor for a small rowing boat. The motor used is from an electric wheelchair which ...
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Breakdown of a Capacitor
Violent Discharge of Static Electricity The reflective film used to make one way windows can react quite violently to high ...
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Diamagnetic Levitation
Diamagnetic Levitation Diamagnetic materials are those that will repel magnetic fields. Many common materials such as water are diamagnetic, but ...
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Induction Heating
Guide to Induction Heating This page will discuss the practical side of induction heating to help you understand how to ...
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Bipolar PWM with Arduino
Our popular power PWM control circuits use a single transistor to pulse all sorts of loads for power control. The ...
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Lasers and Interference
Diffraction and Interference Diffraction is the phenomenon where waves can be bent around obstacles. When coherent light passes through a ...
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Heat and Resistivity
Thermal Effects on Resistance The temperature affects the dimensions of the conductor; a higher temperature causes an expansion in a ...
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DIY Sensor Multiplexer
DIY Sensor Multiplexer This device was created to allow more analogue sensors to be added to a homemade robot. It ...
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Spark coil uses
You probably wouldn’t realize but you use spark coils all the time whether you’re cooking a meal or driving a ...
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