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Decapping ICs (removing epoxy packaging from chips to expose the dies)
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Hybrid rocket engine with acrylic and gaseous oxygen
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Making Pop Rocks candy at home
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Viewing an active electronic circuit with a scanning electron microscope
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Making astronaut ice cream in my home shop
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Creating X-rays with a standard vacuum tube
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Freeze-drying Jello gelatin with an improved cold trap
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Intro to Fourier Optics and the 4F correlator
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Molecular gastronomy (playing with food): "reverse" spherification maraschino cherries
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Frying a potato chip in Fluorinert FC-40
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Avocado vs high pressure nitrous oxide
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DIY X-ray backscatter imaging system (airport body scanner)
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Extracting caffeine with methylene chloride
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Yeast cells under the microscope
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How a liquid lens works (electrowetting)
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First test with 4.8KJ xenon flash lamp (Speedotron 4803 strobe light)
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Whipped chocolate made with high pressure nitrous oxide
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First test with eBay x-ray tube
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Tour of Ben's shop 2012
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Dissolving lithium in anhydrous ammonia
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Turning a laminated wooden vase on the lathe
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Lithium sheet metal and zirconium powder
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Liquid level sensor and controller (auto top-off for aquarium)
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Creating aerogel with supercritical methanol
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Measuring the voltage and current of a microwave oven magnetron
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Projector HID arc light mounted into a desk lamp
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Follow-up: Attempting to make X-rays by unrolling Scotch tape -- Success?
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Reverse-engineering and testing an x-ray filament supply
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Large area detector for X-rays
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Jukebox color wheel synchronizer
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Attempting to make X-rays by unrolling Scotch tape (negative result)
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Power strip failure analysis
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Simple cloud chamber
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Measuring the voltage, current, and light output of a strobe flash lamp (Speedotron 4803)