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My new favorite sciencey DIY site. It reminds me of the early Popular Mechanics and Scientific American projects. Now all I need is lots more time (or less responsibility). These are the sorts of things that should be available in middle and high schools everywhere.

edit: Adding a link to a page with a list of projects on the site.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/topic/diy/

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I'm the editor of Spectrum's "Hands On" DIY column: thank you so much! The general goal is to have projects that can be done in a weekend or three for less than roughly $300 and which point to something interesting beyond just the build itself. A lot of credit has to go to David Schneider who is the author of this piece, and has contributed many of Spectrum's citizen science projects.

BTW, If you want to see just the DIY projects instead of all our DIY-related coverage (which can include e.g. interviews or news articles) another handy link is:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/type/hands-on/

Worth noting that IEEE is the professional society for electrical engineers. Spectrum seems to be their kind of pop-sci outreach magazine. But, being under IEEE’s umbrella makes it quite special, pop-sci magazines are always pulled toward the bombastic and over-dramatic. Spectrum, because of their origins in a research/professional EE society seems to remain more… grounded.

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