Friday, October 3, 2014

How to make Ferro Fluid

The search for cool things to blog about continues as I have found this video that shows how to make Magnetic Fluid (ferro fluid) using only three simple items and careful instruction. 

I saw this blog as an opportunity to add on to the discussion of magnetism since we have been the topic for the past couple of days. 

Enjoy!

 

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Experimental Physicists for Navy Railgun Program

Now there is a coincidence!  This came through my mailbox this morning - the NRL (Naval Research Laboratory) is hiring physicists for the railgun we were talking about yesterday.  Neat stuff...



Experimental Physicists for Navy Railgun Program, Employment | AIP

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Plasma Speaker / Tweeter - Completed Working Setup







Plasma speakers.  Too damn cool.  There are plans online, I'm sure.  The key is the flyback transformer, getting harder to find every day...