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I was recently in Sendai Japan for work.
A cute diagram outlining how a UPS protects server racks
Toy shop with a strange name
whaaaat is this all about? I asked google, and it seems (according to their models) the clothing line is aimed at Japanese women looking to emulate the "black" lifestyle. Taglines include "Turn up!" "keep it posi" and of course "Today was so YOLO"
Pseudoscience and superstition permeates all cultures to some extent
The swastika was originally a symbol of prosperity used by Buddhists and Hindus before the Nazis hijacked it. Google maps has swastika icons regularly throughout the country, and they indicate Buddhist temple locations.
Something more pertinent? The University I was working at does some bleeding edge research. Superconducting magnets, material/microcrystaline structural design, nuclear, semiconductors to name a few. This is a neutron beam monochromator. Wikipedia tells me it operates with diffraction somehow. This is spooky witchcraft territory for me.
One of the first blue LEDs to exist:
Oh, and they grow experimental LASER CRYSTALS. How cool is that? I recognize LBO and YAG. This is of course the raw crystal before it is cut to size and shape.
A cute diagram outlining how a UPS protects server racks
Toy shop with a strange name
whaaaat is this all about? I asked google, and it seems (according to their models) the clothing line is aimed at Japanese women looking to emulate the "black" lifestyle. Taglines include "Turn up!" "keep it posi" and of course "Today was so YOLO"
Pseudoscience and superstition permeates all cultures to some extent
The swastika was originally a symbol of prosperity used by Buddhists and Hindus before the Nazis hijacked it. Google maps has swastika icons regularly throughout the country, and they indicate Buddhist temple locations.
Something more pertinent? The University I was working at does some bleeding edge research. Superconducting magnets, material/microcrystaline structural design, nuclear, semiconductors to name a few. This is a neutron beam monochromator. Wikipedia tells me it operates with diffraction somehow. This is spooky witchcraft territory for me.
One of the first blue LEDs to exist:
Oh, and they grow experimental LASER CRYSTALS. How cool is that? I recognize LBO and YAG. This is of course the raw crystal before it is cut to size and shape.