Bill details how a microwave oven heats food. He describes how the microwave vacuum tube, called a magnetron, generates radio frequencies that cause the water in food to rotate back and forth. He shows the standing wave inside the oven, and notes how you can measure the wavelength with melted cheese. He concludes by describing […]
[Source: GotWood Workshop | Via OW]
For those who aren’t quite into the juvenile fun of the batpack and who might be searching for a less “out-there” way to express their love of the Dark Knight. This hoodie is pretty toned down, while still quite prominently bat-geeky. It’s a perfect balance of the preppy-chic and the sexy geek no? [$49.50-53.50 from […]
[Source: Stephen Wildish | Via Blastr]
Ohhhhhh… Now I get it! It all makes sense now! [Via]
I recreated Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” from just over 7,000 dominos. The second attempt took about 11 hours total to build. The first attempt failed, when I dropped a screw from the camera rig onto it. I was able to improve the swirling clouds better in the second attempt as a result though. I […]
Today’s youth needs to understand the value of a hard day’s princess kidnapping. [Dorkly]
Om nom nom nom. Oh, and yes, we’re very much aware that a parsec isn’t a unit of time, but of distance. Solo was not referring directly to his ship’s speed when he made this claim. Instead, he was referring to the shorter route he was able to travel by skirting the nearby Maw black […]