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Juxi Leitner

Open Source Satellite Initiative | machine project - 3 views

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    All the satellite-related systems (except for the rocket to launch it) are DIY programs -- designed so that regular people may also have the chance of developing and eventually launching their own.
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    The book is actually funny to read ... but this is not serious! Is it ?
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    I was saying that mainly because of some flaws - the piggy-pack installation, no dedicated stage, the limited control, ... It is so far very funny, but once he can fill all the gaps, it should be an excellent initiative - although careful about the debris if anyone has its own ;p
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    his quote: "when art becomes practical, we call it technology; when technology becomes useless, we call it art" ... this is probably the later one ....
ESA ACT

Instructables - Make How To and DIY - 0 views

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    Excellent repository of DIY stuff
jcunha

3D printed sonic tractor beam - 2 views

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    A good DIY project - build a tractor beam using 3D printed parts. The 3D files and research are available for download. A new way for microgravity research @fichbio ?
Friederike Sontag

DESERTEC Foundation: 091030-01 Formation DII GmbH - 4 views

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    Desertec becomes real... joint venture has just been founded.
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    ... and including still all the big names ... wish them good luck!
nikolas smyrlakis

KickSat: Send Tiny DIY Satellites Into Space | TechCrunch - 1 views

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    See my entry a bit earlier on this
Joris _

Kinect Steers Quadrocopter Drone to Search and Destroy | Popular Science - 0 views

Ma Ru

One Per Cent: Build your own gadget with Microsoft's Lego for adults - 6 views

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    Surprisingly cool initiative from Microsoft...
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    Nintendo did the same a few years ago with the Gameboy Advance and a FPGA module ... very easy to use, very instructive, and a lot of fun (i was a geek!)
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    very nice indeed!
Luzi Bergamin

DIY Spy Drone Sniffs Wi-Fi, Intercepts Phone Calls | Threat Level | Wired.com - 2 views

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    Forget about cube-sats, this is the low cost version of your personal spying device...
ESA ACT

DIY Robotics: The Rise of Open Source Hardware - 0 views

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    we should try out some of these kits? anyone interested? LS
Juxi Leitner

Make: Online : Regular GPS not accurate enough? Try RTK-GPS! - 1 views

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    an open-source real time kinematic GPS receiver, allowing way better accuracy
Thijs Versloot

Watch uranium radiation inside a cloud chamber - 6 views

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    Ever wondered what radiation looks like? If you have, I bet you didn't think it would look as cool as this. This is a small piece of uranium mineral sitting in a cloud chamber, which means you can see the process of decay and radiation emission....
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    Once I saw a DIY spark chamber in LIP (CERN associated laboratory). It was the work of a bunch of BSc students, they made it all from scratch, so it seemed to be not that difficult to have one at home. Yet another project for the future 'Experimental Physics' stagiare maybe :)
Paul N

Have We Been Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Wrong This Whole Time? - 6 views

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    "The experiments involve an oil droplet that bounces along the surface of a liquid. The droplet gently sloshes the liquid with every bounce. At the same time, ripples from past bounces affect its course. The droplet's interaction with its own ripples, which form what's known as a pilot wave, causes it to exhibit behaviors previously thought to be peculiar to elementary particles - including behaviors seen as evidence that these particles are spread through space like waves, without any specific location, until they are measured." Pilot-wave theory reresurrected. Maybe something for the next "fundamental" :P physics RF?
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    And for the next 'Experimental Physics Stagiaire' position why not try to do "Unpredictable Tunneling of a Classical Wave-Particle Association" http://stilton.tnw.utwente.nl/people/eddi/Papers/PhysRevLett_TUNNEL.pdf, there are some rumors online that the results of Yves Couder Experiments can be reproduced with simple DIY vibrating tables! It is very funny to see the videos of the MIT's replication of this experiment (with lightening legends for those who are uncomfortable with the concepts involved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF5iHQMjcsM)
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