The Amp Hour
Magnets, China & IEEE - Xenomorphic Xerox Xebec
1 tim 7 min•25 oktober 2011
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Welcome back Jeff!
- Jeff's new setup is on Flickr! As are the pictures of his new cases for the Geiger Counter kit.
- He cut out the new cases at the ATXHackerspace using the ULS laser cutter.
- There's a new Design News Radio Show. You can listen...if you trade all your information.
- Dave prefers using off-the-shelf cases from DigiKey.
- Chris brought up the recent news from Xerox PARC and Thinfilm. They announced 20 bits of printable memory from organic transistors. Chris recognized this is not the print-at-home revolution he is looking for (but it's a good first step!)
- The term "baud' used in communications comes from Baudot Codes used in telegraphy. Chris learned about it in the context of Radioteletype (RTTY while studying for a HAM exam.
- Farts cause seismic issues.
- Hackerspaces should install Ham radio stations.
- Jeff suggests reading/following along in The Electronics of Radio by Daniel Rutledge.
- He also is building a Norcal40 kit along with the book. This is a standard kit used in college electronic classes.
- The IEEE refuses to publish papers already in the public domain. Why do people use the IEEE still? Couldn't people publish outside the IEEE?
- Jeff has found it useful, especially for older (more general) topics. He read about the Early Effect in issues from the early semiconductor days.
- China back in the news for stopping the sale of rare earth elements to outside countries, for a month! But why? To increase prices, silly!
- The US is responding with research dollars for a program called REACT to try and reduce dependence upon these rare earth elements.
- Shonky Product of the Week:
- From listener Wilhelm: The Fostac Maximus will harmonize your electro-smog. Just don't forget to give it a few months to kick in!
As always you can reach Jeff on twitter at @mightyohm (not mighty om, as Chris said in the show), Chris at @Chris_Gammell and Dave at @eevblog. Be sure to leave comments and questions in the comment section!
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