"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
This seems to be just about the simplest homebuilt laser you can make: a TEA nitrogen laser. TEA stands for Transverse Electrical discharge at Atmospheric pressure. It requires no vacuum pumps or glasswork. Someday, my desire for mad science will lead me here…
I suspect the world would be better if that percentage were even greater.
Apparently 15% of all web traffic is cat related. There's no reason for Brainwagon be any different.
Thanks Mal! I'm trying to reclaim the time that I was using doom scrolling and writing pointless political diatribes on…
Brainwagons back! I can't help you with a job, not least because I'm on the other side of our little…
Congrats, glad to hear all is well.
Comment from Joshua Dickerson
Time 7/23/2004 at 8:05 am
If you are interested in TEA N2 lasers, you may find my
website handy. I tested my design against a commertial unit and
it performs favorably well.