Collaborate Disseminate
Electricity always follows the past of least resistance, and that can make for some dangerously beautiful effects. Continue reading Watch 100,000 Volts of Electricity Course Through a Circuit Board in Slow Motion
The YouTuber ‘Styropyro’ recycles tech to turn old parts into lightsabers and laser bazookas. Continue reading This Scientist Makes the World’s Strongest DIY Lasers Out of E-Waste
After a year away from YouTube, the ever-energetic [Styropyro] has returned with whiteboard in hand to remind us just how little we actually know about lasers. In the last month he’s really hit the ground running with plenty of new content, but one video of his particularly stands out: a practical demonstration of laser levitation. Even better, unlike most of his projects, it looks like we can replicate this one without killing ourselves or burning our house down!
For those unaware, laser levitation is probably as close as we’ll get to Star Trek-style tractor beams in our lifetimes. In …read more
After a year away from YouTube, the ever-energetic [Styropyro] has returned with whiteboard in hand to remind us just how little we actually know about lasers. In the last month he’s really hit the ground running with plenty of new content, but one video of his particularly stands out: a practical demonstration of laser levitation. Even better, unlike most of his projects, it looks like we can replicate this one without killing ourselves or burning our house down!
For those unaware, laser levitation is probably as close as we’ll get to Star Trek-style tractor beams in our lifetimes. In …read more
