Scienceshow/Microtechnology

Demonstration Experiments and Activities Related to Microtechnology

See also the Open source handbook on Microtechnology.

This page is currently a brainstorm - detailed activity descriptions will come. Please add comments and ideas!

=Brainstorm for New Activities=
 * Make cakes 'lithography style'
 * Play with acceleration sensor and make your own sensors
 * Recreate the first transistor (piece of semiconductor and cut gold foil)
 * Lego Mindstorm programmable toys
 * Experiments with Optical fibers - light through running water to introduce the concept
 * Solar cells - make your own and compare to commercial ones
 * Light emitting diodes -band gaps and materials properties as fct of temperature
 * Webcams and their IR sensitivity
 * Webcams, can they be used to detect a radioactive source?
 * Maize starch in water for microfluidic demonstration?