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Date: March 16th, 2008

Your Data Are Colorful and Sound Funky

16 March, 2008 (08:26) | Cool stuff, Experiments, Physics, Video | No comments

Cryogenic dark matter search (CDMS) signals converted into visual and audio
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(OK, who didn’t have one of these in their dorm rooms in college? )
There’s a pepsi-through-the-nose funny part, too, (at least according to my calibrations) about halfway through. What a [...]

Lab Pix: All (Well, Some) Things, Great and Small

16 March, 2008 (07:48) | Experiments, Physics, The Lab | 2 comments

One thing about R & D is that the project eventually moves you from physics (the “R” part) over to something that’s more engineering in nature (the “D” part). Here’s a quick example. Here’s the laser system for the caesium fountain, which is a research device. It’s spread out to be optimized [...]

 

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