Game Development Hack Chat
Join us on Wednesday, August 18 at noon Pacific for the Game Development Hack Chat with Kyle Donnelly! Chances are we all have fallen into the time trap of computer …read more Continue reading Game Development Hack Chat
Tag Archives: Physics
Improving OLED VU Meters with a Little Physics
Last month we featured a project that aimed to recreate the iconic mechanical VU meter with an Arduino and a common OLED display. It was cheap and easy to implement, …read more Continue reading Improving OLED VU Meters with a Little Physics
2D quantum crystal sensor could hunt for dark matter particles
Dark matter should be all around us, but the stuff is frustratingly elusive. Now physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new sensor that could help us detect certain hypothetical dark matter particles, u… Continue reading 2D quantum crystal sensor could hunt for dark matter particles
3D Printing May Disprove Lord Kelvin
If you think 3D printing is only good for benchies, key chains, and printer parts, you might enjoy the paper by two physicists from Wesleyan University and the University of …read more Continue reading 3D Printing May Disprove Lord Kelvin
Putting a gravitational wave detector on the Moon could find new physics
It’s tricky business detecting gravitational waves – these ripples in the very fabric of spacetime are often drowned out by background vibrations from earthquakes, traffic and other human activity. Now a pair of astrophysicists has proposed a new locat… Continue reading Putting a gravitational wave detector on the Moon could find new physics
Science YouTuber Wins $10,000 Bet With Physicist
Experts including Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson witnessed a science YouTuber design a wind-powered car that a physicist said would defy the laws of physics. Continue reading Science YouTuber Wins $10,000 Bet With Physicist
Gravitational wave trifecta completed as black holes eat neutron stars
Detecting gravitational waves from collisions between two black holes or two neutron stars is becoming almost mundane, but now astronomers have detected the final piece of the trifecta – a black hole swallowing a neutron star. Two separate events rolle… Continue reading Gravitational wave trifecta completed as black holes eat neutron stars
Measuring Planck’s Constant with LEDs and a DMM
The remarkable thing about our universe is that it’s possible to explore at least some of its inner workings with very simple tools. Gravity is one example, to which [Galileo]’s …read more Continue reading Measuring Planck’s Constant with LEDs and a DMM
Building Blocks: Relating Mechanical Elements to Electronic Components
Ask any electronics hobbyist or professional what the simplest building blocks of electronic circuits are, and they’ll undoubtedly say resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Ask a mechanically-inclined person the same question …read more Continue reading Building Blocks: Relating Mechanical Elements to Electronic Components
Particle seen switching between matter and antimatter at CERN
A subatomic particle has been found to switch between matter and antimatter, according to Oxford physicists analyzing data from the Large Hadron Collider. It turns out that an unfathomably tiny weight difference between two particles could have saved t… Continue reading Particle seen switching between matter and antimatter at CERN