Ripping apart soda cans with an Electromagnet

Fri, 23 Dec 2016 15:31:09 +0000

ArcAttack is a band that performs at the Bay Area Maker Fare, among other places. They feature massive signing Telsa coils. (Here’s a video I show when I saw ArcAttack in 2013.) Singing Telsa coils are awesome. Everyone knows that. Which is why I found when Dianna Cowern, the Physics Girl, visited the band ArcAttack, electromagnets are just as cool. In addition to talking about their music, ArcAttack’s Joe does something amazing. He splits an aluminum soda can with just an electromagnet.

If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel

Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:41:43 +0000

A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system

When I was growing up, I watched a lot of Star Trek. Over time I’ve looked into other Sci-Fi series. The occasional hit, like the reimaged Battlestar Galactica, caught my attention. But, for me, the voyages of the Enterprise defined “space” to me. Or the stories on Deep Space Nine. (There are no other Star Treks.)

Science on Bald Engineer

Ripping apart soda cans with an Electromagnet

If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel

A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system