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Small Change, and Other Physics Fun

Posted by michael on from the physics-is-phun dept.

fishy jew writes "Ever want an easy way to make your 'small change' even smaller? Well, Bert Hickman has it - mix a home-brewed machine, 6.5 kiloJoules, and 100,000 Amps of current! On his website, he has descriptions and pictures of his many exploits with large quantities of electricity, notably including shrinking coins, building a Tesla coil, creating Lichtenberg figures (chaotic sculpture), and more! He has extensively outlined the equipment, procedure, and results for each of his experiments, and included many pretty pictures, too. Here are Google caches for when the site gets /.'ed: Main Page, Shrinking Coins, Tesla Coil, and Lichtenberg Figures."

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  1. Physics by Casisiempre · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Physics news, Slashdot effect takes another site. On to other topics...

  2. How is this any different from say by OverlordQ · · Score: 2, Redundant

    PowerLabs?.

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  3. Site slash doted by NIK282000 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It might be my finiky pc but i think we just /.ed another site. Great topic though.

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  4. Re:No website by ErichTheWebGuy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sounds like his host pulled the site cuz it got ./'d
    They use IIS so they shoulda come up with that irritating microsoft error page, something like:

    These coins cannot be displayed
    --------
    The coins you are looking for are currently unavailable. The coins may be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your shrinking settings.
    ---------
    Please try the following:

    - Click the "Shrink Again" button, or try shrinking again later
    - If you typed the name of the coin in the address bar, be sure it is spelled correctly
    - To check your shrink settings, click the Tools menu, then click Currency Settings. On the Size tab, click settings. Those settings should match those given to you by your coin administrator.
    - If your coin administrator has enabled it, Windows can detect the size of your coins automatically. Click -detect coins-
    - Some coins require 100K Amp shrink power. Click the Help menu, and click About Microsoft Coin Shrinker to determine if you have 100K Amp shrink power installed.
    - If you are trying to reach an already-shrunk coin, make sure your shrink settings can support it. Click the Tools menu, then click Shrink Options. On the advanced tab, make sure the MS-Voltage 3.1, MS-Amperage 2.2, and MS-Wattage 2.5-SP1 are checked.
    - Click the -back- button to try another coin.

    Cannot find coins or shrink error
    Coin Explorer

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