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Two circulating beams bring first collisions in the LHC
An update... Two circulating beams bring first collisions in the LHC. Every time we have a post about the LHC the crazy comes out of the woodwork proclaiming the world is going to end if the machine is operational, it didn't, so let's call a bonkers truce, ok? :)
Today the LHC circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time, allowing the operators to test the synchronization of the beams and giving the experiments their first chance to look for proton-proton collisions. With just one bunch of particles circulating in each direction, the beams can be made to cross in up to two places in the ring. From early in the afternoon, the beams were made to cross at points 1 and 5, home to the ATLAS and CMS detectors, both of which were on the look out for collisions. Later, beams crossed at points 2 and 8, ALICE and LHCb.There's more here too...
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Lightbulb terraria
Our own Brookelyn spotted this awesome lightbulb terrarium over on Instructables. [via CRAFT]
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A puzzle that can be anyone's face: Jicazu
What would you do if you want a jigsaw puzzle with your significant other's mug on it? The standard method would be to have a custom puzzle printed up that features their photo, however Mark Setteducati and Ken Knowlton have come up with a better way: Jicazu.
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MAKE and National Lab Day
As part of the US government's "Educate to Innovate" program, they're doing something called National Lab Day, a "national barn-raising for hands-on learning." On the projects page for Lab Day, they have a bunch of Maker Shed kits and...
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How-To: Safely fry a turkey
Thanksgiving is almost here, so if you're thinking of frying a turkey this Thursday, read through Lextone's instructable for safely doing so. I've never had deep fried turkey; what's your favorite way to prepare a Thanksgiving bird?...
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LadyBugBot bot crawls on your fridge
Vadim Ryazanov of Let's Make Robots is at it again with the LadyBugBot. If you were wondering what he was going to make with his papier-mâché shell, this is it!
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Biohacked bacteria possibly useful for landmine detection
Neat idea from students at the University of Edinburgh, who claim to have used Tom Knight's BioBricks technology to produce a strain of bacteria that are bioluminescent in the presence of explosives or explosives residue. The notion is that liquid cultures of the bugs could be sprayed onto the ground in mined areas and would glow green wherever mines were to be found. I can think of lots of reasons why this might not work as well as one might hope, however, and because no technical details seem to be available, nor any peer-reviewed data, the news should probably be taken with a grain of salt. If anybody has any more info, please link us in the comments. [via Boing Boing]
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Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Mischief Maker's Gift Guide
Here are some gift ideas for your favorite creative skeptic, guerrilla artist, or depressed teenager.
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Grounding tips for mixed signal PCBs
For some of us trying to sharpen our PCB layout skills, the right way to handle digital/analog ground planes can be a bit of a confusing topic. Eric Archer points out this straightforward article on the subject from Mr....
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Virgil England's fantasy-land
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Virgil England's life-size dragon skeleton installation in Alaska's Chugach National Forest. A lot of readers were curious about the elaborate back-story that England has created for his fantasy armory work, so Virgil himself pointed me to Debra McKinney's article from the Anchorage Daily News of last May that explains more:
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Novation Launchpad teardown
Novation's new Monome-lookalike gets the take-apart treatment over at Illuminated Sounds -For those of you that are curious like myself, here are some images of me disassembling the Novation Launchpad. I hope this inspires some of you to do...
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Laptop Etch-a-Sketch via Arduino & Processing
Michael created the Hack-a-Sketch -An Arduino board reads the inputs from two potentiometers (the knobs), and sends the information via USB to a Processing sketch which displays the path of the stylus on the screen. This was extremely easy...
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iPhone macro lens carousel
This iPhone macro lens carousel mod is a great way to recycle that pile of scavenged optics you've got laying around.
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New in the Maker Shed: OLLO kits
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BlueSMiRF found in credit card sniffer
SparkFun BlueSMiRF found in credit card sniffer, interesting Sparkfun product placement. Nate writes - That is an officer of the law holding up a device that was found within a 'PIN pad' in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. I didn't know...
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Mystery iPhone musical instrument - World's most expensive ocarina
MAKE Japan is having a meet up, check out this iPhone instrument! It looks like 3 iPhones mounted to a laser cut body and the player "blows" to produce music!...
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Stained glass d20s
From Flickr user Bloodthirsty Vegetarians, who also produce an eponymous podcast. [via Neatorama]
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CRAFT Thanksgiving roundup
We have some special Thanksgiving recipes on CRAFT to make your feast extra delicious. Check 'em all out! Thanksgiving Feast: How-To Brine & Roast a Turkey Thanksgiving Feast: Side Dishes Thanksgiving Feast: Pumpkin Pie with Caramel Pecan Topping Homemade Pumpkin...
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3D renderings of the Mandelbrot set
A big Keanu "Whoa" over these gorgeous 3D renderings of fractals. The article offers a fascinating back story about the 20-year quest to adequately display a Mandelbulb, such a 3D analog rendering of a Mandelbrot set. The Unraveling of...
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