30 April 2004

Wanderings

Ralph J. Cupola
r_j_coppola@hotmail.com

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SAS member Lewis Duffing has a weather satellite and astronomy page . Unfortunately, his present apartment does not allow him to erect external antennas so he not able to track the satellites.

Astronomy 162 - Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology contains on-line course notes from the Dept. Physics & Astronomy University of Tennessee .

It took 1250 hours, spread over some 20 years, but Randy W. Smith built a professional quality 22in telescope .

So you think that you know the periodic table ? Then you won't have any problem solving Brain P. Reid's excellent JAVA puzzle page from spectroscopyNOW.com .

Have you ever had the urge to chuck something? Check out the Trebuchet.Com web site . This site has kits, plans and links devoted to the art of hurling.

NASA's Lewis Research Center has a Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use.

The History of Mathematics Archive at the University of St Andrews, Scotland has an Index of Famous Curves demonstrated with Java Applets.

Martin Clausen's DIY data logger features 8 each 8-bit analog and 2 each 16-bit digital inputs.

Paul Falstad's web site contains a collection of Java applets that help visualize various complex concepts in math and physics.

AGFA, a well known photographic film manufacturer, is offering an on line Digital Photo Course .

The HV Community has a new web site. This site is dedicated to the process of allowing people to exchange their ideas and information on high voltage and related topics.

Electronics Manufacturing is another source for those hard to find high voltage diodes.

In the July 1992 issue of Science Probe!, Alexander K. Dewdney, made mention of a device called a Galilean Cannon. RedNova Science Toys sells a model of the cannon called the Astro-Blaster for $4.95US. Basically, he stated that if ball #1 struck the floor with a velocity of 1v, then ball #2 will rebound with the velocity of 3v, ball #3 with 7v and ball #4 with 15v and so on as more balls are added.

Todd's Atomic Site is one man's attempt to show how atomic technological development can be used for both the betterment and the destruction of mankind.

The Kids Room

This year's Canada Wide Science Fair will be held in St. John's, NL from 15 to 24 May 2004.

The Haze Sun Photometer Atmospheric Network (Haze-SPAN) is a project of The Concord Consortium , a non-profit educational research and development organization with the goal of improving learning opportunities for all students.

Now that spring is here, you could follow Alexander K. Dewdney's example by investigating a local pond and making an inventory of the submillimeter sized organisms that form the foundation of all food webs and also represent some of the oldest life forms on our planet.

Sodaplay is a very fun Java Applet that allows you to interactively construct and animate life-like mass-and-spring mechanical systems.

ExploreLearning is a subscription based service offering a catalogue of modular, interactive simulations ( Gizmos ) in math and science for teachers and students in G6-12.

The Hypatia Institute provides a gateway to the Internet for women in physics and astronomy.

The Department of Physics & Astronomy of The University of Alabama hosts a web page depicting 4000 years of Women in Science .

From The Far Side

Crop Circles Decoded! After many years of carefully analysis, the patterns of Crop Circles are finally decoded.

Robert Adams Motor-Generator seems to be very similar to the Bendini Motor .

The designers claim that their gravity motors work, but no one seems to be able to duplicate them.

LENR-CANR.org offers another look at cold fusion.