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I just got back from a fairly long trip into B.C. 's desert, the Okanagan valley. Lots of wine tours, walking and sightseeing. One evening last week I left my Wife and Sister-in-law to have some beach time. I grabbed my survey meter and headed up to an area I monitored last year for anomalous...

The Hu opened the Nadaam festival this year and obviously gave the crowd something to remember! If you look carefully there is a guy lost his deerskull headbanging too much... :) This is bound to happen when you invite a mongolian metal band to the Nadaam festival. More importantly they...

:cry: A very sad day for everyone that was a fan of mythbusters and Grants work. Grant was what every maker inspires to be. He will be sorely missed!

Just doing some experiments the other day with very high quality glow powder for an x-ray scintillation medium and discovered by accident that under 400W Hg arc light (pulse discharge), the glow powder SrAl2O4 : Dy gave off a very intense green light... very monochromatic. Reminded me of a...

StarWars fans -- It has been rumored that the Hu may be making a guest appearance in ep2 and 3 of the Mandalorian along with the appearance of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker. -- Possibly as an effort to tie Fallen order and the Mandalorian together. The last two movies were pretty terrible...

I have been on this topic for a while now so please bear with me. I do amature gamma spectroscopy among many other things as a hobby... I am one of these people who seldom finds anything boring/tiresome. Late last year, (Spring of 2019) I finally acquired a very well built Scionix 1.5" dia...

I am on my way back to S.Korea to deal with a family emergency for 3 weeks. While I am there I will be visiting the FABspace in Jongro, the electronics market (what's left of it) in Yongsan-gu, and few other electronic centric areas to inspect components. Should be interesting. I'll be doing...

Well it's been nearly a year since I was last posting anything significant on the forum. Anyways... I just came back from a trip to Quadra Island. Geologically it is very unusual. Several localities on the island are rich in Copper, Iron, Antimony and Tellurium. I went to several...

Hello, its been a long time since I have posted on LPF, its been a hell of a summer for a variety of reasons which I will explain in another post. I needed a break, so I decided to take a 3 day trip to the interior of BC. Our trip takes us through Oliver BC, and Skaha lake which just so happens...

Alright some of you might have already found this video, but I found this guy by accident through Erock, the same guy who does a metal version of Danger Zone that we use for our high power rocket videos. Leo Moracchioli has taken uptown funk by Bruno Mars and chromed and lead plated it...

While "Strongman" Trump continues to inflame an already volatile situation on the Korean peninsula to new levels with his misuse of office, here is a real reaction from the people next door, the South Koreans. What do South Koreans think about North Korea? Are they afraid? Are they ready to go...

If you haven't heard of Nigel Standford you soon will. Taking art and science and fusing them to an electronic beat. Watch the video and enjoy. Here's Automatica :wave: :D bAdqazixuRY&list=RDbAdqazixuRY&t=13

:( :cryyy: I woke up this morning to news that Chris Cornell of Sound Garden, Audio Slave.. among other side projects had passed away this morning. Tragic news for those of us that grew up with his music and multi-faceted lyrics. Chris was a majorly talented individual that put...

SO I am wondering how many people here know Pic Basic Pro 3, and can program with it? I am trying to re-write a program meant for an older PIC16F627A that needs to run on a newer PIC18F2455 which is already on a board (ECIO28P)...

This man is lucky. You might not be. Never transport Li-ion cells in your pockets with your coins or keys. Here's a great example of why you never put li-ion batteries in your pockets with other metal objects. This brings a new meaning to pocket -rocket. :crackup: Extended: Battery explodes...

I just discovered a company in Switzerland that makes programmable open source sensor boards for all platforms. The board in question is a high precision voltmeter (0.5% error) with datalogging capability. It is also able to be programmed to do calculations for whatever you choose. We could...

Over the past few weeks I have been probing my Bicron Surveyor M for useful areas in which to pull digital pulses from to trigger a number of different ICs and boards. The Bicron Surveyor M is a very compact Survey meter that can be used with a multitude of different probes from GM detectors...

I have decided to put 2 of my LPMs (laser power meters) up for sale as I will be having to do an upgrade. I have for sale: 1) Laserbee II 3.2W that comes with RS232-USB adapter and installer CD. If you're on MacOS or Linux OS use the Java based Peregrine LPM software...

I am just trying to find a drill bit that would make a decent fit for a 12mm dia copper module. I have found 31/64 ( actually 0.4844") as being the closest drill bit to 12mm 12mm translates into 0.472" What are you using to machine heatsinks? :thinking: This question is aimed...

Need I say more... you must watch from beginning to end. This is brilliant! :beer: Brought to you by TED.. _QdPW8JrYzQ