Mini coil progress I’ve made a little progress with the mini-coil. I have two flyback drivers up and running. Each circuit fits nicely inside a 2″ ABS cup potted with silicone, now dubbed the hockey puck of DOOM. … 2011-07-12 electricity #high voltage #tesla #teslagun #lightning
Resonance I’m working on a small Tesla coil project. After hours of winding and letting the polyurethane cure, there’s nothing quite like the thrill of finding the resonant frequency of your secondary + top loa… 2011-07-07 electricity #teslagun
Bytecoins! I scored 15 bytecoins at Metrix CreateSpace yesterday. What are they worth? Well, I’ll tell you what I paid for them. I traded a shrunken Susan B. Anthony dollar for a 10-byte note, and a shrunken qua… 2011-06-24 propaganda #awesome
DIY LN2 Here’s a very nicely done DIY liquid nitrogen generator from Ben Krasnow, the guy who brought you the DIY scanning electron microscope. Great build! 2011-06-16 chemistry > physics > science #awesome #diy
Bullet time lightning A while back, I took some photos of my spark gap Tesla coil running. Although I did get some nice shots, I couldn’t help but feel that they don’t quite capture the full experience of a real live light… 2011-06-12 3d > electricity > science #high voltage #3d #electricity #photos #science #tesla
MakerSlide Kickstarter <img decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” class=”alignleft size-medium wp-image-498” title=”makerslide” src=”uploads/2011/05/makerslide-300x225.jpgBarton Dring (o… 2011-05-11 materials > robots #robots
Laser upgrades Back when we opened our workshop, one of our members went nuts and bought a $4000 laser engraver for the space. He very graciously offered to let us all use it if we treated it well and replaced the c… 2011-05-10 lasers #diy #don't look at laser with remaining eye
DIY scanning electron microscope Check out this amazing SEM build. It’s beautifully made and well filmed. Can’t wait for the follow-up posts! 2011-03-24 electricity > physics #citizen science #awesome
Lightning I finally got around to taking a few photos of my spark gap Tesla coil in action. It smelled like a thunderstorm for hours around the Unit last night. Enjoy! 2011-02-13 electricity #high voltage #photos #tesla
Wolfram’s Captcha I just registered for online access to Stephen Wolfram’s A New Kind of Science. As a regular user of Wolfram Alpha, I find it endlessly hilarious that the anti-bot captcha is a math problem. <img d… 2011-01-05 hackery