As a lover of lava lamps, [Julian Butler] knew when he saw ... he added a decorative base to his LED column that hides a Raspberry Pi and all the lamp’s associated electronics.

The Lava Lamp system goes beyond single-point temperature measurements by leveraging an elastic network of infrared cameras, a central gateway hub, and cloud infrastructure with video feed storage and ...

Perfect for budding scientists! Make this awesome fizzy lava lamp using bicarbonate of soda, sunflower oil, food colouring and water in a jar. Put a torch behind it to watch those bubbles dance.

Jessica Orwig: No. It really does look like human fat. Jones: That's me and my boss opening up a lava lamp. [glugging] Oh! Are we getting these noises, guys? Our goal was simple: to figure out ...