Ice on Mars
OK, we are a little behind the game here, but as you may have heard The Phoenix Lander found ice on Mars! Its not a huge surprise as Mars has long been suspected to have ice at its poles. But the discover of ice at locations that were not the poles is a […]
A homopolar motor is an easy and fun science project that takes only a few items to create.
Most of the items you probably have around the house already! The homopolar is a great way to demonstrate electromotive force.
To make a homopolar motor you will need the following items:
A Neodymium Magnet disk
A single AA Battery or […]
Just a brief post this week as we are heading out to attend The Amazing Meeting in Las Vegas. So here is a video of our Nebula Ball:
The nebula ball is simply a high frequency electricy that arcs from the center pole to the surrounding glass. This excites the gas inside the ball and makes […]
Many years ago, laser pointers were a very expensive luxury that only a few folks could afford. Even when they could afford them they were rather hard to find and had lots of other issues like being oversized and eating batteries. But as time went on the production of red laser LEDs dropped dramtically and […]
We now have an excellent video demonstration of our Cartesian Diver:
Cartesian Divers are products like Squidy or Hook. As described in the video, they are bulbs with a mixture of air and water that makes it just buoyant. When pressure is applied by squeezing the bottle, the density of the air in the diver increases and […]
