Cool. I love steampunk stuff. Especially as quite a lot of the random junk equipment in my lab looks vaguely like it could belong in this genre. So here’s an exhibition you can go and see in Oxford:
Tech Know: Fast forward to the past
“The growing number of artists and amateurs who have built steampunk devices [...]
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Steampunk fun
Posted in artsey, fun and games, sci-fi on November 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Second Campus?
Posted in artsey, fun and games on October 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
So the freshers have arrived on campus and the new University term has started. To mark this occasion, the University have decided to adorn the campus with these boards, demonstrating some of the more visual results of research undertaken in the college of Engineering and Physical Sciences. I’m sure the idea is to convey the [...]
It’s just too cool to be a scientist these days.
Posted in film / tv / music, fun and games, humour, links on October 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Via Pharyngula:
I was thinking after the LHC rap that a QC rap video would be cool to do, but I don’t think anything I could do could possibly match the standards set by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO):
I also now want a giant gold medallion with [...]
Experimental insights: Steampunk fridge!
Posted in experimental insights, fun and games on September 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We were having problems lowering the Heliox insert into the storage dewar, the vacuum can would touch the top of the liquid Helium before the seal could be made, resulting in a rapid and somewhat violent boil-off of Liquid Helium. Frozen fingers ensued, as did cursing at the wastage of gas. Unfortunately I don’t have [...]
Supercool talks
Posted in cool physics, fun and games, outreach, shameless self-promotion, superconductors on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So we’ve had a week of University Admissions open days and activities days here in Physics land. Here are a couple of pictures where I’m giving a talk entitled ‘Supercool Computers’ to AS level students (16-18).
We typically show some demonstrations with Liquid Nitrogen, verify that gases do not follow the ideal gas law using [...]
That’s smashing…
Posted in cool physics, fun and games on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is what happens when you give Low Temperature Physicists a video camera and some spare time
C/o my good friend and colleague Dom:
The coolest music video ever
Posted in cool physics, film / tv / music, fun and games on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via Chris:
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I have a bit of a strange fab fetish. That waferstepper is just too sexy. I think I’d be happy to work in a fab if I ever decided that Physics just wasn’t for me; I miss my lithography. The bit with the autobonder gives me goosebumps
Future technology
Posted in BCI, controversial..., fun and games, psychological ponderings, sci-fi, transhumanism on December 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Some food for thought over Christmas and the new year:
A few things I’d love to see developed in the future (organised in rough order of near-far future):
1.) Quantum Computers. Obviously. I believe we’re already well on the way to this goal And everything that comes with that development… quantum simulation, bio apps, problem [...]
Happy <holiday name here>
Posted in cake, fun and games, humour, links on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Merry Christmas from Aperture Science
I love Portal. And not just for the cake
Cake wars – the saga continues…
Posted in cake, fun and games on December 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
At some point in the dim past I promised CAKE. Last year we had a cake club in the Condensed Matter group. It was a fun and carefree affair, with the affectionate donation of a cake from a member of cake club each week after the group meeting, keeping to a predetermined rota. EVERYONE WAS [...]
