Author Archives: chipdunn
LEDs that produce more light than the electricity they use, and cool the room, too
‘Habitable Zone’
NASA announced its Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems, including three super-Earth-size planets in a “habitable zone.”
Maxwell’s Demon
“For now, we can only say for certain what 20 or so elements are doing.”
Amok
In relation to the class discussion on björk’s Biophilia album-app that dropped recently, figured I’d link to Thom Yorke’s new super-band Atoms For Peace – Amok album website that dropped last month as well. Album stream off the site visualizer or grooveshark.
The title of the band is inspired by a speech delivered by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the UN on Atomic Warfare. Read an article on the historical speech @ the Union for Concerned Scientists.org
Ferrofluid
A ferrofluid -portmanteau of ferromagnetic, and fluid) is a liquid which becomes strongly magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field.
Planning to order some on Amazon.
Despite being dangerous I really wish I could experiment with Mercury. Perhaps I’ll look around for a lab that would be willing to grant footage or something. Anyway exotic metals are very fascinating elements to watch. They look like a living breathing species
