[Noisebridge-discuss] radiations sensors- radioactive parts

[daniela Steinsapir]

 Great!  I look forward to seeing those Geigers counters.

 Joohn Foote  is also interested, he will be doing a demo soon, so perhaps
we could organize a demo day for radiation stuff at NB.

I will wait to see  the general interest  before we set up a day and time.

 I will of course lots of drinks will also be part, no drinks no radiation.

D

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Rich Humphrey <rich_humphrey at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
> Hey-
>  Yes, I am interested. I have some Geiger counters, which are fun to play
> with. Also, it's really easy to interface a 600 volt geiger-meuller tube to
> 5 volt logic, with only resistors!
>
>  They're only one way to sense radiation, there are a few others, which I'm
> not as familiar with and I'd like to learn about.
>
>  Note that this is important science to safeguard, New York City has
> outlawed Geiger Counters without a permit on the grounds that there is no
> reason for the general public to have them and they could cause a panic.
> Never mind that they were invented 105 years ago! (This is a very scary
> attempt to limit information by controlling one's ability to analyze one's
> own environment!)
>
>  If you want to test things I have some harmless test samples as well as
> some very old smoke detector parts that make radiation nicely. Also have a
> coolidge x-ray tube, but I haven't hooked it up yet. I have made x-rays with
> an old TV diode tube though, it's really easy to wire up.
>
>  I also have all the stuff for a simple cloud chamber, and I haven't had
> the chance to do it yet.
>
>  If anybody wants to play with atoms let me know!
>
> =Rich
>
> P.S. All this stuff is harmless, unless you EAT a sample or something.
> X-rays can be dangerous, but are not anywhere even close to being as
> dangerous as people think!
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Richard Mortimer Humphrey
> General Specialist
>
> --- On Mon, 4/27/09, daniela Steinsapir <danielast at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: daniela Steinsapir <danielast at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] radiations sensors- radioactive parts
> > To: "<noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>" <
> noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net>
> > Date: Monday, April 27, 2009, 10:18 AM
> >  hi there
> >
> >  is anybody interested in radiation sensors and or in
> > radioactive materials?
> >
> > let me know!
> >
> > D
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