Lego Optics Lab: Panoramic Mount

Lego Optics Lab: Panoramic Mount

I’ll demonstrate how I built a very simple panoramic mount out of Lego for your various Lego optics lab lens and filter holders. Follow me on Twitter: @SteveSchuler20. Parts needed 1 Lego…
Lego Optics Lab: Mirror/Filter Holder

Lego Optics Lab: Mirror/Filter Holder

I’ll demonstrate how I built a simple mirror or filter mount out of Lego. This mount can then be attached to a pan and/or tilt mechanism. Follow me on Twitter: @SteveSchuler20. Also see my…
Lexus Hoverboard Gets Off The Ground

Lexus Hoverboard Gets Off The Ground

By Michael Greshko, Inside Science - In the classic 1989 film Back to the Future 2, intrepid time traveler Marty McFly jumps ahead a few decades, to October 21, 2015. Luxury car manufacturer Lexus…
Lego Optics Lab: Large Lens Holder

Lego Optics Lab: Large Lens Holder

For my Lego Optics Lab I have so far built a beam splitter, and a small lens holder. The beam splitter article got a link on io9 (my name is misspelled) and on Scientific American. The small lens…
Lego Optics Lab: Small Lens Holder

Lego Optics Lab: Small Lens Holder

In my previous article, I started building a Lego optics lab with a dichroic prism I salvaged from an old computer projector that I took apart (I used the prism to build a beam splitter). I also…
How To Cut A Vortex Into Slices

How To Cut A Vortex Into Slices

A lot of problems, associated with the mixing of the liquid in the microchannels, could be solved via proper organization of the inhomogeneous slip on the walls of these channels, according to a…
Lego Optics Lab: Beam Splitter

Lego Optics Lab: Beam Splitter

 I finally took apart a broken computer projector. Some of the optics were burned or broken but I managed to salvage several lenses, mirrors, filters, and a curious little glass cube.  …
Microscopic Sonic Screwdriver Invented

Microscopic Sonic Screwdriver Invented

A team of engineers have created tiny acoustic vortices and used them to grip and spin microscopic particles suspended in water. The research by academics from the University of Bristol's Department…