August 2010
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Cool Thing of the Week -- AGM & PCR Machine...
OK, a quick and hurried update, since we’ve been a bit rushed in the last week with our second Annual General Meeting. AGM #2 The results of the Board of Directors were announced. The 2010/11 Board of Directors: President: Gavin Smith Vice-President: Terry Dawson Treasurer: Jeremy Apthorp Secretary: Kathryn Small Minister for the Interior: Chris Beckett Ordinary members: Bec Owen, Max...
Aug 20th
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Cool Thing Of The Week -- Microwave Hot Spots
Ok, so we were sitting around thinking about our microwave. You’ve probably come across hot and cold spots in your microwave before. But where are they located, and how can we figure it out? Well, we figured that a good way to do it would be to use the microwave to heat something, and then image it with a thermal camera. The photo on the right shows the microwave, with the target removed to...
Aug 8th
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Cool Thing of the Week! -- A New Regular Segment
So, here’s our idea for a regular segment at RnD. CTOTW. This is intended to be a place for use to visit the nagging questions that bug you that you’d otherwise ignore. Like ‘What is the density of a cow’, or ‘where exactly should I put stuff in the microwave to heat it up quickest?’. Each week we’ll build a project, tweak something or set something on fire and report on it to you. And as...
Aug 7th