Tag: science
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Swap Your Microwave for a High Voltage Stereo
When building a project, shared wisdom indicates to prevent “ doing something simple, or reinventing the wheel ” that ’ s easily accessible. If you can create a wheel, so to speak, it might be fun merely to see what happens. [Dan] decided to reinvent not the wheel, but the speaker, and instead of any…
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Nikola Tesla’s Grades from High School & University: A Fascinating Glimpse
In the history of mathematics, few individuals got a rawer bargain than Nikola Tesla. Cruelly tricked and cheated by Edison and Marconi (who revived the radio technologies Tesla invented), the colorful introvert didn’t even stand a chance in the cutthroat business world where his rivals moved with ease. Every biographer portrays Tesla as Edison’s perfect…
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Compact Slayer Exciter For Your High Voltage Needs
Tesla coils are pieces of hardware, but they can be complicated to construct. Between the spark gap, capacitors, along with coils, it’s s not a job. Fortunately, there’s expectation for anybody looking to get a means that is less intricate to shoot some sparks: the Slayer Exciter. This device can be considered as the small…
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COVID-19 continues to spread, and so do rumors and conspiracy theories that make everything worse
For the first time in over a week, the entire number of busy COVID-19 cases around the world has slipped below 50,000, as China continues to report more recovering instances than circumstances. On Monday, the number of new instances in South Korea dropped sharply following days of expansion. Unfortunately, rsquo & that;therefore the conclusion of…
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New Silicon Carbide Semiconductors Bring EV Efficiency Gains
Electrical automobiles have hit the streets, after spending much of the 20th century languishing in development hell. Automakers are working tirelessly to boost range and recharge times to produce cars more palatable to consumers. Having uncertainty regarding the future of fossil fuels and a base of earnings, developments are happening at a rapid pace. Every…
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SpaceX’s spacefaring Tesla Roadster has made a full trip around the Sun
A mannequin wearing a SpaceX spacesuit and forcing a cherry red Tesla Roadster that formerly belonged to Elon Musk is currently observing its first trip around the Sun. The foolish “Starman” and Roadster combo was launched annually aboard the very first Falcon Heavy test flight from Kennedy Space Center, and has now completed a complete…
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Elysium and the quest to bottle the fountain of youth
Alice Lloyd George Contributor Share on Twitter Alice Lloyd George is an early stage investor based in New York and the host of Flux, a series of podcast conversations with leaders in frontier technology. More posts by this contributor One billion 3D views and counting Thomas Reardon and CTRL-Labs are building an API for the…
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Team TUM wins SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition with record 288 mph top speed
SpaceX hosted its fourth annual SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition finals on Sunday at the test tube it built outside its Hawthorne HQ. We were on site for the competition, and watched as Team TUM, from the Technical University of Munich, took home the win thanks to achieving the top speed overall of any team to…
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The climate is our biggest threat. Carl Pope is fighting to change our fate
Michael Bloomberg is a unrepentant capitalist who, since he states at his 2017 novel A Climate of Hope, is ldquo;not just your stereotypical environmentalist. ” Yet over the past decade, Bloomberg is now arguably the biggest environmental philanthropist on the planet — particularly given the $500 million investment Bloomberg declared last month he would shortly…
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Things Will Fly: Inspiring Science Through Chaos | “Science Bob” Pflugfelder | TEDxAsburyPark
Chaos at the classroom would ordinarily describe a teacher’s worst day. However for Bob Pflugfelder, insanity has a special side effect that makes it a highly effective teaching tool both in the classroom, and on late night chat shows. Learn more at https://tedxasburypark.com/ “Science Bob” Pflugfelder is a science writer, teacher, maker, author, and presenter…