Apollo 11

From the waves of acceleration "Po-going" through the structure, the cardboard and tape on the lander, the big mix up between the landing and the walk, and the bounce before reentry all add to the detail of this Wonder of the 20 Century.

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Past Matterials Reborn

I address the question, can we make a student proof thermometer that is cheap and wont break ever? The answer leads me to revisit old friends (materials) that have had the odd make over and a new life out side the lab.

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Molecular tour of Kapton

This was the plastic of choice for Apollo 11, but also for lots of aircraft and everyday electronics like transformer winding. I just really love the stuff as it can take high temperature. It is the go to material if you are building any sort of point or line heater. I think I should be coated with the stuff when they bury me. At any rate strap in for the molecular tour as the atoms are arranged in my head and I give you the audio tour.

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Internet of Things - Progress

There are tucked away in the recesses of Arduino and Wget commands that actually make IOT work, but they are not advertised and the internet support forums don't highlight them. I think it is because people are not trying to get end to end generic solutions or something. Due to a mishap you have the good old periodic table recall at the end. I think the problems are so old that and the solutions so used that they have become embedded as features of the two languages, and as they are text languages the solutions are like thinking of a new word and splicing it into a dictionary for the user to find. I must have spent over six hours cracking this one. It is hard to see how it is all worth it.

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An Introduction to the Historical Society

A short interview with Dennis introducing a community group that thinks about the future and the past and is working in the present to deepen the historical significance and grace of what we do.

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Artificial Light At Night (ALAN)

Rarely do you get articles as entertaining as this. If only everything was written with this much personality. I hope my reading and delivery is improving.

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3 Layers of Computers

I try to talk through the computer in your toaster, speaks to the computer in California, then to your desk top and the secrets to programming them all.

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Knife in Texas

A recount of the gems of wisdom imparted by Darren about his company and his vision.

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Company Profile _ 3D Obsession

Thinking back I did not explain what 3D printing was, a mistake that I will learn from. For me it was great to meet this company and see the incredible future we have in front of us.

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Artist Profile - Ritual 44

Two offers of web development, and four story strands woven together. The use of Cascading Style Sheets in a Host, FTP web publishing framework together with us of 3D web pages is discussed.

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