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[Alex Hao] and [Andreas Bastian] of Lumafield recently visited with [Adam Savage] to share their battery quality report, which documents their findings after performing X-ray computed tomography scans on over …read more Continue reading Lumafield Peers into the 18650 Battery
An unlikely hit of the last few months’ consumer hardware has been a power bank branded by the German confectionery company Haribo. It first gained attention in backpacking circles because …read more Continue reading That Power Bank Isn’t Quite So Sweet
Lithium-ion cells deliver very high energy densities compared to many other battery technologies, but they bring with them a danger of fire or explosion if they are misused. We’re mostly …read more Continue reading Lumafield Shows Why Your Cheap 18650 Cells Are Terrible
It isn’t that unusual for a home lab to have a microscope, but wouldn’t it be cool to have a CT scanner? Well, you probably won’t anytime soon, but if …read more Continue reading 3D Imaging for Natural Science — For Free
The completion of the openVertebrate (oVert) project is a significant milestone for natural history museums, as well as researchers, educators, students, and the public. The digital library is the first to offer free access to incredibly detailed – and… Continue reading Video: 3D images of over 13,000 museum specimens now free to everyone
Ketchup bottles are a solved technology, right? Wrong! As it turns out, there is still great development being done in this space. Industrial imaging company Lumafield reveals to us the …read more Continue reading CT Scan Reveals Secrets Of Heinz’s New Ketchup Cap
These days, you have to be careful what you buy. Counterfeit hardware is everywhere, especially when you’re purchasing things sight unseen over the Internet. [Jon Bruner] recently set out to …read more Continue reading CT Scanner Reveals The Difference Between Real and Fake AirPods
Imagine trying to read a 2000-year old scroll from an ancient civilization. Now imagine that scroll is rolled up, and in a delicate, charred, carbonized form, having been engulfed by …read more Continue reading 2000-Year Old Charred Manuscripts Reveal Their Secrets
Dome-skulled dinosaurs may have looked less like Friar Tuck and more like the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. New fossil finds suggest they may have had big bristly ornaments on their heads, and might not have butted heads like they do in the movies.Continue … Continue reading ‘Head-butting’ dinosaurs may have flaunted Fresh Prince flat-tops instead
A mummified body discovered over a century ago has been digitally unwrapped using CT technology, revealing the body of a teenage boy decorated with nearly 50 amulets highlighting a variety of different ancient Egyptian burial rituals.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading CT scans reveal secret burial amulets in 2,300-year-old mummified body