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NASA - NASA Pursues Atom Optics to Detect the Imperceptible

NASA - NASA Pursues Atom Optics to Detect the Imperceptible
A pioneering technology capable of atomic-level precision is now being developed to detect what so far has remained imperceptible: gravitational waves or ripples in space-time caused by cataclysmic ev...

Syndicated 2012-10-24 21:49:37 from Google+ List of Activities for Collection PUBLIC

Testing argon laser tube with my new Wimshurst machine. The fingernail clipper spark gap is very ...

Testing argon laser tube with my new Wimshurst machine. The fingernail clipper spark gap is very important.


Syndicated 2012-10-19 16:26:20 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

Abstract: The principles of the classic rotary Wimshurst machine, which produces dc high voltage ...

Abstract:
The principles of the classic rotary Wimshurst machine,
which produces dc high voltage by regenerative electrostatic
induction, are used to develop a new alternating high-
voltage machine. This device has no electrical inputs
but can spontaneously produce either dc or three-phase ac
high voltage, depending on external connections. The
machine constructed by the authors produces voltages in
excess of 18 kV which frequencies of operation up to 2 Hz.
Improved design can extend the voltage and frequency
operating ranges. Analysis is extended to include multi-
phase, multi-frequency operation by modeling the device
with a distributed equivalent circuit representation. The
natural frequencies of the system are calculated where it is
found that many overstable modes are present.

http://www.rle.mit.edu/cehv/documents/5-Am.J.Phy.42-1974.pdf

Syndicated 2012-10-18 21:31:31 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

RAP NEWS 15: Big Brother is WWWatching You (feat. George Orwell)


Syndicated 2012-10-09 22:58:42 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

US Air Force’s 1950s supersonic flying saucer declassified | ExtremeTech

US Air Force’s 1950s supersonic flying saucer declassified | ExtremeTech
Tighten the strap on your tinfoil hat: Recently declassified documents show that the US Air Force was working on, and perhaps had already built, a supersonic flying saucer in 1956.

Syndicated 2012-10-09 14:54:19 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

They synchronize after a while.

They synchronize after a while.


Syndicated 2012-10-02 20:38:02 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

Rocks transported by water! On Mars!

Rocks transported by water! On Mars!

NASA Rover Finds Old Streambed on Martian Surface - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Scientists are studying the images of stones cemented into a layer of conglomerate rock.

Syndicated 2012-09-28 14:02:19 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

No One Murdered Because Of This Image

No One Murdered Because Of This Image
WASHINGTON—Following the publication of the image above, in which the most cherished figures from multiple religious faiths were depicted engaging in a lascivious sex act of considerable depravity, no...

Syndicated 2012-09-14 03:49:57 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

yuri suzuki: london underground circuit map radio

yuri suzuki: london underground circuit map radio
by exploring communication systems in consumer electronics, users can visually understand the complex networks associated with electricity and how power is generated in a radio.

Syndicated 2012-09-13 19:33:39 from Plus Public Activity Feed for David Barksdale

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