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Igor … Throw the Main Switch!

7 April, 2008 (05:26) | The Lab

I’ve always wanted a huge double-pole, double-throw knife switch in the lab, because you can’t utter that phrase without it, but it’s probably a bad idea.

So you settle (just a little)

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Because sometimes you just need to run a few hundred amps through something …

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Comment from ecoli
Time: April 7, 2008, 5:06 pm

I only get to play with a few dozen milliamps, max. Sometimes microbiology can be so dull!

Comment from Nanook
Time: April 8, 2008, 12:22 am

A few dozen milliamps through the right places can have extraordinary effects. Doesn’t take much to fire a synapse.

Comment from the tree
Time: April 8, 2008, 2:23 pm

GaaaaBOINGggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

Comment from ecoli
Time: May 16, 2008, 8:44 pm

Just noticed something else that I like about this post…

You know something was built in the 30-50’s when the machine has the suffix -tron attached. For some reason, this made scientists (physicists) feel especially intelligent. At BNL, I think they still use the cyclotron and synchotron particle accelerator.

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