brainwagon

SimplyPhysics has a nice page of objects which have close encounters with the magnets inside MRI machines.   Now I know why people with stints and other metal in their bodies can’t have MRIs. Technorati Tags: Bizarre, MRI

As some of you might know, I’m fascinated by psuedoscience. When I was a young child, I had a deep interest in all sorts of strange stuff. I remember reading Von Daniken’s Chariots of the Gods and musing about ancient astronauts. I read books about UFOs. I read books about pyramid power. ESP. But, by [...]

Another of those musical projects, this one comes via the Make blog. Paul reprograms old dot matrix printers (does anyone younger than me actually remember these?) to play musical notes. His description of the project: I’ve got an ongoing project, reprogramming the firmware in these 1985 Epson LQ-500 printers to turn them into musical instruments. [...]