Small Change, and Other Physics Fun 310
fishy jew writes "Ever want an easy way to make your 'small change' even smaller? Well, Bert Hickman has it - mix a home-brewed machine, 6.5 kiloJoules, and 100,000 Amps of current! On his website, he has descriptions and pictures of his many exploits with large quantities of electricity, notably including shrinking coins, building a Tesla coil, creating Lichtenberg figures (chaotic sculpture), and more! He has extensively outlined the equipment, procedure, and results for each of his experiments, and included many pretty pictures, too. Here are Google caches for when the site gets /.'ed: Main Page, Shrinking Coins, Tesla Coil, and Lichtenberg Figures."
Google Cache? (Score:5, Insightful)
Hmm.. (Score:4, Insightful)
Not a record, but... (Score:5, Insightful)
Actually, though, I have seen his page before. really cool toys, but strikes me as something most of us would probably not want to play with.
Worry about the health risks of frequent cell phone use? Doesn't even come close to the RF this sucker puts off. Not to mention ozone and the very real risk of simple death from electrocution...
Re:Google Cache? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:ya know... (Score:1, Insightful)
Bull. Tesla coils aren't that directional. Stop making stuff up and fix your fucking shift key.
Re:Google Cache? (Score:1, Insightful)
Yes, that's a fantasic idea. Then, it would take me all weekend to finally have those pictures of shrunken coins appear in my browser. Thank God for Freenet!
Re:High Voltage Diamond Making Machine...? (Score:2, Insightful)
The force is directed radially inwards along a cylinder.
To make diamonds you would need a spherically uniform force.(And probably a lot more megapascals.)
However you would probably get a really neat pancil!
-deimtee
Re:Shrinking bandwidth (Score:2, Insightful)
In fact it is none of the above.
OK
Ok, mod this down. It is not essential to the topic in question. It is essential to those who create valuable content. Up till now,
All it takes is a little magic (SMOP) to make all links refer to a
Patrick Keogh
(yes I have an account, but I can't bother, patrick@keogh.net.au)