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Category Archives: Odd Projects
1 watt green laser
This is indeed a 1 watt green laser swung through an arc into trees. So why does it look like a field of grass?
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1 W Green laser diffraction
Now this made me go “WOW”. A 1 W green laser diffraction pattern (or hologram). It looks like it’s photoshopped on. It isn’t.
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Butterflies
A Meadow Argus. This was a hand held shot on an Aster flower moving in the wind and yet you can see down to individual scale level.
The butterfly obliged by laying its wings quite flat so I could angle it in the focal plane and catch a reasonable focus. Even some bokeh effect of the flower in the background (always wanted to use that word).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadow_Argus
Laser Display
I made this laser table for my 2014 Home Open Day. It has HeNe, violet, green, red lasers and running and NdYAG and nitrogen plus laser galvos not running. This is a lot safer as an unattended display than a lot of separate laser displays with all the safety concerns.
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Radioactivity Display
This is my radioactivity display showcase. I needed a way to demonstrate these things in an interactive way without supervision.
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Meteorite
A meteorite fragment that fell in 1572 in Chaco, Argentina, known as the Campo del Cielo Meteorite. “Continue reading” for more details and photos. Continue reading
Ulexite
Ulexite is a natural mineral with weird optical properties due to the fibre optic like structure.
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Ferrofluid displays
I made this for a public display at the Gravity Discovery Center. The requirements I wanted were that it be interactive, non-messy, low maintenance, and very clearly show the spikes without glare from lights.
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Amanda is HOT
She has just had radioactive iodine treatment for thyrotoxicosis from Graves Disease.
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