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Robots of the OceanThe best way to monitor and understand the sea is to go with the flow! Jules Jaffe and colleagues at Scripps Institute of Oceanography have been developing robots to do just that...
The Origin of LifeIn a box hidden in a corner of the lab belonging to the late Stanley Miller was an experiment which could explain the origins of life on Earth, conducted 50 years ago. How will the experiment stand up to modern analytical techniques? Extremely well, as Jeffrey Bada explains......
Do Your Friends Make you Fat?Can your friends, their friends, and even their friends' friends, boost your chances of becoming obese? James Fowler explains how even people we've never met can influence our eating habits...
The Population InstituteThe Population Institute were our kind hosts in LA, but who are they, and what do they do? I spoke to Bill Ryerson, President of the Population Institute...
The Global Media AwardsWe were proud to receive the Best Radio Show Award at this year's Global Media Awards - Jennie Wetter explains more about the prizes...
Do plants have body clocks?Do plants suffer from jetlag? We meet Steve Kay at UCSD, who invited us to his forest laboratory to explain how plants feel biological rhythms...
Nano-SensorsSensing our environment is vital - from chemical leaks to terrorist attacks, an ability to accurately and quickly confirm the presence or absence of certain chemicals is essential. Micheal Sailor explains how nanotechnology can help...
The Birth of the Universe, over coffeeAs part of a trip to the Naked Cafe on Solana Beach, we met Hans Paar to discuss the birth of the universe... |
Glowing tapeFind out how to make ordinary sellotape glow in the dark, and how it has been used to make an X-ray.
Could some people pass a lie detector?Would someone with a psychiatric disorder be better able to pass a lie detector test as they may not feel remorse?You have to start with a basic 2 element array of two fed dipoles. The dipoles are 1/4 wave apart and they are fed with coaxial cables whi...
- Pumblechook - 21st Dec 08
Max Roberts suggested: I have an easier way to do the Glowing Tape Experiment. I don't have the patience to sit in a dark r... - Max Roberts - 24th Dec 08
You describe what I would call a “phased dipole array.” Dr. Yagi certainly built many kinds of antennas. The one that his name stuck to -- at least on...
- John Blinke - 26th Dec 08
I only mentioned a phase array so as to lead on to how a Yagi works.
See the whole discussion | Make a commentI was arguing elsewhere that it isn't really possible to make Yag... - Pumblechook - 26th Dec 08
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