Now that the X-Ray systems are working well in the lab,, I can take X-Ray images of various things. I’ve been posting a few to twitter over the last few months with #hashtags like #xraymylunch #xraysaremagic and xraystuffinmylab for people to try to identify. This is the first I’ve posted here. The answer is under the cut.
Science on the telly
I work on the Apocalypto Project – we read old & damaged scrolls and documents via a combination of x-rays and hardcore maths.
We had a moment of fame earlier in the month – the project was mentioned on The One Show. Five minutes of video took a day to film – I wonder how hour-long documentaries ever get made?
Yay! Science!
Monumental science
It’s not commonly known that the Monument in London was constructed not only to commemorate the great fire, but also as a scientific laboratory. Two of the great scientists of the day, Hooke and Newton performed experiments in basic physics and materials science.
Yesterday evening, some physicists, myself included from Queen Mary University visited with the intention of performing the first experiment at the monument in several hundred years.
We were successful!
The real science will start once we’ve made the equipment modifications needed for easier operation in the basement lab of the monument.
More to follow as it happens.
VHF Radio Coverage
I’ve just discovered a nice tool for plotting radio transmission coverage. Here’s where I can expect to get a signal too from my home location.
Yellow shows 0.50 μV signal level, Green is the 1.58 μV signal level
This seems to match up quite well with contacts I’ve had on the two-meter band, but with less power actually used. I’ll have to play a bit more and see how it says my station will perform on other bands.
Happy New Year!
