Collaborate Disseminate
If you need to measure the presence of photons down to a very small number of them, you are looking at the use of a photomultiplier, as explained in a …read more Continue reading How Photomultipliers Detect Single Photons
Following in the tracks of unconventional science projects, [The Thought Emporium] seeks to answer the question of whether you can use a potato as a photograph recording medium. This is …read more Continue reading Using a Potato as Photographic Recording Surface
After 47 years it’s little wonder that the hydrazine-powered thrusters of the Voyager 1, used to orient the spacecraft in such a way that its 3.7 meter (12 foot) diameter …read more Continue reading Voyager 1 Completes Tricky Thruster Reconfiguration
The number of people going on cruises keeps rising year over year, with the number passengers carried increasing from just over 3.7 million in 1990 to well over 28 million …read more Continue reading Cruise Ship-Lengthening Surgery: All the Cool Companies Are Doing It
Programming languages are generally defined as a more human-friendly way to program computers than using raw machine code. Within the realm of these languages there is a wide range of …read more Continue reading Assessing the Energy Efficiency of Programming Languages
Although not the first to try and build a DIY solar-powered remote control airplane, [ProjectAir]’s recent attempt is the most significant one in recent memory. It follows [rctestflight]’s multi-year saga …read more Continue reading Hard Lessons Learned While Building a Solar RC Plane
Many have sought the holy grail of making commercial media both readable and copy-proof, especially once everyone began to copy those floppies. One of these attempts to make floppies copy-proof …read more Continue reading PC Floppy Copy Protection: Softguard Superlok
While plastics are very useful on their own, they can be much stronger when reinforced and mixed with a range of fibers. Not surprisingly, this includes the thermoplastic polymers which …read more Continue reading Reinforcing Plastic Polymers With Cellulose and Other Natural Fibers
The European Space Agency (ESA) is showing 3D-printed metal parts made onboard the International Space Station using a printer and materials the agency sent earlier this year. While 3D printing …read more Continue reading Printed in Space: 3D-Printed Metal Parts Shown Off After Returning From the ISS
Recently, [Richard Audette] bought an Akaso EK7000 action camera for his daughter’s no-smartphones-allowed summer camp, which meant that after his daughter returned from said camp, he was free to tinker …read more Continue reading Reverse Engineering The Web API of an Akaso EK7000 Action Camera