Nanotechnology and Chemistry in a DIY Setting Talk: at University of Chicago

I’m nearly recovered from Notacon (had a lot of fun and I already can’t wait till next year’s Notacon).  While there, my friend Christina invited me to speak at the Ripple conference in creativity in education conference on Saturday, April 24 at 5735 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 (university of chicago).

I’ll be giving a slightly longer (20 extra minutes…what will I do?) and cleaner (no swearing… I swear) version of the talk and chemistry demo I gave at Notacon.

The talk will be at 11:10-12:30

Free Ripple signup is here and schedule is here.

A few programming notes:

  • If you attended the talk at Notacon, you know that I’ve promised to post my ferrofluid recipe here – it will be posted here in a few days (lots of writing and photos go into making a good recipe).
  • My Notacon video will also be posted here when it goes live.
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April 19, 2010 | Posted in: Announcement | Comments Closed

History: Wired’s Don’t Try This At Home Article

This is an old article, but it’s still very relevant.  The June 2006 edition of Wired Magazine has this article detailing the rise and fall of the garage chemist: Don’t try This At Home (here it is all on one page, but without all the pretty pictures).

The reason you should read this:

Taking chemicals and lab equipment away from kids who love science is like taking crayons and paints away from a kid who may grow up to be an artist.

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