We're thrilled to see Peggy 2 on the cover of Make Magazine vol. 18 which is showing up in mailboxes now and will be on shelves soon. We were especially excited to get our copy so we could see Windell's article on making a one-ton servo motor out of an electric automotive jack.
| Speaking of our friends at Make, Maker Faire is coming right up! We'll be there again and hope to see lots of you in San Mateo on May 30 and 31. Discounted tickets are only available through May 20, so if you're planning to attend, get your tickets soon! |
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Our new forums have been quietly live and gathering dust (and a few posts) for a little while now, so we thought it was about time to announce their presence.
We hope that the forums will be a good place to share information. Got stuck building one of our electronics projects? Want to know where to find parts in your town? Want to tell us what projects you want to see us cover? Some of the places you can ask and answer those questions are: Whether you are seeking help on a project, want to beseech us to stop posting articles about peeps (sorry-- there's one more coming this year), or just want to help out your fellow evil mad scientists, please join in! |
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"Phylm," pronounced as "film," is a portmanteau built out of the words "physics" and "film." It's also the name given to a new award, The Phylm Prize, aimed at spurring interest in physics and the educational use of new media. Translation: it's a YouTube contest for physics geeks!
We've been invited to sit on the panel of judges for the contest, and so we'll be looking forward to seeing the submissions. Videos up to two and a half minutes long featuring physics will be judged on clarity, accuracy, and creativity. This year's winner will receive a check for $100 (US) to be dispersed in June 2007.
You can watch the video announcement at YouTube or (embedded) here:
We are guessing that many of you, our fine readers, already have an interest in physics and/or new media, so get started already! Let's see your submissions! And don't let the word "educational" intimidate you-- educational propaganda is a highly appropriate diversion for evil mad scientists! (Besides, you could probably use the cash for your world domination scheme.) Here's some info from the rules on what kinds of things the clips can contain:
Submissions are due by 12:00 am (GMT) May 1, 2007. We'll be waiting. |
 New EMSL shirt design at our vanishingly-small CafePress store.Get them while they're-- well, whenever you want. $9-17. (We don't make money off of sales; we just want more people to join the resistance!) |
 From 2002-2005 I worked in the NIST Time and Frequency division on a next-generation atomic clock.The clock is based on a single trapped mercury atom. The most significant result of my work on the clock was a dramatic improvement in its precision, and the report on this progress was finally published this week. The NIST Press Release compares the accuracy of the mercury clock to the NIST-F1 cesium fountain standard: "The current version of NIST-F1—if it were operated continuously—would neither gain nor lose a second in about 70 million years. The latest version of the mercury clock would neither gain nor lose a second in about 400 million years." Read an article from Science News about the paper, or one from Seed Magazine. |
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