Autochrome For The 2020s
For all intents and purposes, photography here in 2024 is digital. Of course chemical photography still exists, and there are a bunch of us who love it for what it …read more Continue reading Autochrome For The 2020s
Category Archives: chemistry hacks
AI-Created Coffee Blend Isn’t Terrible
Weren’t we just talking about coffee-based sacrilege the other day? Here’s something to make the single-origin bean snobs chew their espresso cups: an artisan roastery in Helsinki is offering a …read more Continue reading AI-Created Coffee Blend Isn’t Terrible
DIY Bimetallic Strip Dings for Teatime
Do you like your cup of tea to be cooled down to exactly 54 C, have a love for machining, and possess more than a little bit of a mad …read more Continue reading DIY Bimetallic Strip Dings for Teatime
Almost Making a Camera Sensor From Scratch
On our travels round the hardware world we’ve encountered more than one group pursuing the goal of making their own silicon integrated circuits, and indeed we’ve seen [Sam Zeloof] producing …read more Continue reading Almost Making a Camera Sensor From Scratch
Wine in Beverage Cans Had a Rotten Egg Problem, Until Now
Aluminum beverage cans are used for all kinds of drinks, but when it comes to wine there are some glitches. Chief among them is the fact that canned wine occasionally …read more Continue reading Wine in Beverage Cans Had a Rotten Egg Problem, Until Now
Implantable Battery Charges Itself
Battery technology is the major limiting factor for the large-scale adoption of electric vehicles and grid-level energy storage. Marginal improvements have been made for lithium cells in the past decade …read more Continue reading Implantable Battery Charges Itself
Synthetic Spider Silk
While spider silk proteins are something you can make in your garage, making useful drag line fibers has proved a daunting challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Japan and …read more Continue reading Synthetic Spider Silk
Flux, From Scratch
Soldering flux is (or at least, should be) one of the ubiquitous features of any electronics bench. It serves the purpose of excluding oxygen from a solder joint as it …read more Continue reading Flux, From Scratch
Nanotechnology in Ancient Rome? There Is Evidence
Anything related to nanotechnology feels fairly modern, doesn’t it? Although Richard Feynman planted the seeds of the idea in 1959, the word itself didn’t really get formed until the 70s …read more Continue reading Nanotechnology in Ancient Rome? There Is Evidence
This Unique Flip-Flop Uses Chemistry and Lasers
One of the first logic circuits most of us learn about is the humble flip-flop. They’re easy enough to build with just a couple of NOR or NAND gates, and …read more Continue reading This Unique Flip-Flop Uses Chemistry and Lasers