Collaborate Disseminate
Well, that de-escalated quickly! It was less than a week ago that the city of Shenzhen, China was put on lockdown due to a resurgence of COVID-19 in the world’s …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: March 20, 2022
Here’s an interesting and detailed teardown and repair of a Keithley 2001 7.5 Digit multimeter that is positively dripping with detail. It’s also not every day that we get to …read more Continue reading Vintage MMU Repair? It’s Easier With X-Rays
Once you’ve built your own X-ray machine to take 2D images of the insides of stuff, there’s really only one logical next step: building your own computed tomography (CT) scanner to get 3D reconstructions instead. That’s exactly what [Fran Piernas] has done, and documented over on hackaday.io. While the original …read more
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Fran Piernas likes to push the envelope a bit with projects that others might shy away from. A quick glance at his Hackday.io profile reveals a few of the exciting projects he’s been working on recently, including a DIY X-ray machine and the high-voltage driver needed to run it. Not only that, he’s recently taken his home-brew X-ray rig to the next level – a computed tomography (CT) scanner. His YouTube channel also has some exciting stuff using potentially lethal voltages and ionizing radiation.
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They may provide evidence for a new form of black hole. Continue reading Two Incredibly Bright X-Ray Flares Might Be Proof of Exotic Black Holes
An explainer on the “stealth black hole” scientists announced this week. Continue reading What Is a ‘Stealth Black Hole,’ and Should We Worry One Will Gobble Us Up?
Exploring the relationship between planets’ magnetospheres and solar winds could ultimately help identify habitable exoplanets. Continue reading See Jupiter’s Northern Lights at the Height of a Solar Storm