Collaborate Disseminate
It used to be that nearly every home had at least one decent high-voltage power supply. Of course, it was dedicated to accelerating electrons and slamming them into phosphors so …read more Continue reading High-Voltage Fun with an Inexpensive Power Supply
When you set out to build a 60,000-volt power supply and find out that it “only” delivers a measly 50,000 volts, you naturally have to dive in and see where …read more Continue reading Lessons Learned from a High-Voltage Power Supply
It’s not entirely clear why [Advanced Tinkering] needs a 50,000-volt power supply, but given the amount of work he put into this one, we’re going to guess it will be …read more Continue reading An Adjustable High-Voltage Power Supply Built with Safety in Mind
In our age of pervasive digital media, “pics or it didn’t happen” is a common enough cry that most of us will gladly snap a picture of pretty near anything …read more Continue reading Enjoy the Beauty of Corona Discharge with This Kirlian Photography Setup
While it almost seems like an insane fever dream from an otherwise brilliant inventor, Nikola Tesla’s plan to harvest energy straight out of the atmosphere and essentially give it away …read more Continue reading Atmospheric High-Voltage Motor Makes Useful Power
As the coronavirus pandemic circles the world, a fact of daily life for millions of people has become the wearing of a face mask. Some people sport colorful fabric masks, but for many, this means the ubiquitous Chinese disposable mask. They have become the litter of our time, which as …read more
[Serge Vaudenay] and [Martin Vuagnoux] released a video yesterday documenting a privacy-breaking flaw in the Apple/Google COVID-tracing framework, and they’re calling the attack “Little Thumb” after a French children’s story in which a child drops pebbles to be able to retrace his steps. But unlike Hänsel and Gretl with the …read more
Continue reading COVID-tracing Framework Privacy Busted by Bluetooth
With countries slowly trying to find a way back to a new normality, contact tracing is one of the means to keep the infection rate on an acceptable level. Digitalization might be one way to support these activities – the corresponding apps on pho… Continue reading Privacy Principles in Tracking Apps
Terrestrial radio may be a dying medium, but there are still plenty of listeners out there. What would a commute to or from work be without a check of “Traffic on the Eights” to see if you need to alter your route, or an update of the scores from yesterday’s …read more
Continue reading A Dangerous Demonstration of the Power of Radio
The infamous Maze Team has struck again, this time infecting an urgent walk-in care center in Texas with its system-crippling ransomware. Sticking to its traditional modus operandi, the hacking group is threatening to leak the caregiving unit’s p… Continue reading Maze Ransomware Continues to Hit Healthcare Units amid Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak