Weird Science Offered As University Class

ludwigvan968 writes "The ACTLab at the University of Texas at Austin is making waves with its Weird Science class. The link is to the TA's blog with documentation of some of the projects: a laser harp, a 3D environment constructed with fog and an LCD projector, and a 'water bridge' using a 50,000-volt transformer. Next semester, they're introducing a new class called 'Disruptive Technologies.'"

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former actlabbie here

[CharlesV]

You end up making so much awesome stuff you never knew you had in you in these programs. definitely made my college experience worthwhile. some of mine:

http://home.actlab.utexas.edu/~charlesv/

And I want a Real Genius class

[plover]

As long as we're going along with the '80s "edu-movie" theme, I always liked Real Genius. Iced stairwells, auditorium beach parties, disassembled-and-reassembled-in-the-dorm-room vehicles (oh, wait, I already did that one) and Big Fscking Lasers.

And popcorn. LOTS of popcorn!

Re:I want a mythbusters class as well

[Lane.exe]

Not to cramp the style of your joke, but they do have that class. It's Physics 471 -- Pseudoscience and the Paranormal. One of my favorite classes at UT.

Re:Obligatory --and how!

[g1zmo]

Huh?

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