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Charged particles.

3d, electricity, science

Bullet time lightning

June 11, 2011

A while back, I took some photos of my spark gap Tesla coil running. Although I did get some nice…

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electricity, physics

DIY scanning electron microscope

March 23, 2011

Check out this amazing SEM build. It’s beautifully made and well filmed. Can’t wait for the follow-up posts!

electricity

Lightning

February 13, 2011

I finally got around to taking a few photos of my spark gap Tesla coil in action. It smelled like…

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electricity, science

Plasma ball ornaments

December 24, 2010

Caroline Wurden of Los Alamos High School demonstrates making ball lightning in her garage. AsĀ Focus Fusion points out, the results…

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electricity, science

HOWTO grow your own snowflakes

December 22, 2010

This fun HOWTO from Caltech shows you how to grow your own snowflakes at home with a coke bottle, a…

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electricity, physics

Kink instability

November 13, 2010

Who knew that studying plasma physics could be so stimulating?

electricity

Trigatrons are in!

October 18, 2010

My trigatrons have finally arrived. According to the datasheet, they’ll switch about 160 kW at up to 10 kV (7.2…

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electricity, events, physics, radio, science

Talk at Ada’s Technical: success!

September 19, 2010

The talk went very well. There was much animated discussion, and electrical zapping was had by all. Thank you Ada’s…

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electricity, events, radio

Speaking at Ada’s Technical Books this Sunday!

September 16, 2010

I’m very excited to be speaking at Ada’s Technical Books on Capitol Hill this Sunday 9/19, from 4:00-6:00pm. I’ll show…

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electricity, physics

Bussard on polywell fusion

September 12, 2010

Here is the classic Google Tech Talk from Robert Bussard (yes, the ramjet guy). In it he talks about a…

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