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mad_scientist@yahoogr...
Jun 1, 2004 7:39 pm
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Actually, The hill is in one of the rougher areas of a po-dunk town . . . I know my wife used to teach at the local elem. school(while I studied at the local...
Being new to this forum let me introduce myself really quickly I'm an illustrator of books to help Hawaiian children learn to read in Hawaiian. My hope really...
I have read numerous books and articles on co2 lasers, but they tend to be water-cooled. There are commercial units that are air-cooled. What components or...
While Ed Fomalont of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and Sergei Kopeikin research has in fact been debated and I would not argue that they established...
I like the idea in Popular Science when I was younger: A bit of radioactive material caused scintillations in a phosphorescent material like your run-of-the...
I spent an hour or so this weekend taking apart a microwave oven. Long story: those spring twist type kitchen timers are either way too expensive ($15 for a...
Great sourse for the mad scientist these... Transformer. Leathal 2.1KV at 500mA, but great for jacobs ladders (need ballast or they burn out quick.) Tesla coil...
If you got the magnets out, you must've opened the sealed metal can. Did you use a dremel or somehing to cut it, or brute force with screwdriver and hammer? ...
Gee, and I though the label read "No user serviceable parts"? ^_^ Sounds like you got a mess o' good stuff out of that thing. I'd be will to bet even the...
To be honest, 2 pairs of pliers, a screwdriver (for using as a chisel/lever) and a hammer are all I've used. Wear thick gloves unless you want your hands to...
... If you get a ham license, you can try to tune the magnetron to the 2.2 GHz band and have a nice transmitter. Modulating the signal is left as an exercise...
... The casing, if left intact, will make a dandy Faraday cage. You can build a computer inside it so that the people in the black helicopters can't read your...
... You can build a ham radio amplifier in it. You can use it for any noisy electronic item that is really messing up your reception -- the computer, for...
... can use. ... noisy ... And then you need to add orange LEDs in the computer and keep the working clock on the microwave. Funny to see your friends faces...
From personal experience, a Uwave oven makes a terrible Faraday cage. Try putting a portable AM, FM, or SW radio in one, or your cell phone or cordless phone....
[quickly formatting top-secret hard drive] Oh no! I'm just sure that black helicopter with the slew of antennas read my hard drive! I'm doomed! Now they...
... Gotta have the tinfoil hat, man. No lab is complete without one for every member; like safety goggles or steel-toe shoes, it's basic protection from ...
... every ... protection from ... No, no! Those are -aluminum- foil! It's a trick, it only makes you -think- you are safe. Gotta have good real -tin- foil. How...
I was suddenly reminded of a Gary Larson cartoon my favorite college professor had put onto a T-Shirt. It shows two scientists in labcoats. One is hanging...
... I have to ask... does it give a specific indication who is talking to whom? The cartoon would change significantly depending on who's saying that. ^_^ Dave...
From Bill Beatty: Closest approach, moon of Saturn http://ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/view_event.php?id=2 http://ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/ Hey, I think I see a...
Hello friends, I want to help from u. my exam was complete before some day ago. I decide to make project in this vacation. my aim is ‘tele medicine ‘ In my...
Good morning! We're trying to build a machine to run a 60' loop of rope through a pair of rollers mounted parallel to the ground so the rope will go flying up...