Ahron Wayne-
My interns made a little flotation device for bugs today
07/23/2021 at 02:15 • 0 commentsEvery time I go past this stupid little reflection pond at my school (it's actually quite nice) I stop for a few minutes to scoop up any beetles, bees, fireflies, moths, grasshoppers and other little critters that are treading water for dear life. All you really need is something floaty for them to climb onto so they can dry off and fly away, but you have to make sure that the maintenance people won't remove it, too.
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Ahron Wayne
wrote 01/12/2021 at 16:29
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Argh! I've been meaning to! I think it just barely gets cold enough to work but I never actually saw the particles. Maybe this was due to contrast so I upgraded the 3D printed part to be semi-curved around the inside of the glass and form a black background. it's currently sitting in a box in the lab at school.
Yann Guidon / YGDES
wrote 05/01/2021 at 16:44
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That sounds like the pitch / opening plot for a 80s movie.
Here's a vote for saying more about your cloud chamber: +1.