The world’s first scanning tunneling microscope, outfitted to do double duty as an atomic force microscope. This machine was invented at IBM Zurich in 1981; its creators won a Nobel Prize in 1986. And yes, it really is one of the coolest pieces of tech in the world.
See that orange round thing in the lower right hand corner? It’s an Arizona Iced Tea can. Some things in experimental physics never change. 😉
And I thought my projects were a mess!
*blink* *blink* *drool* What izzat?
It’s a development board for a Microchip dsPIC33. (40MIPS 16-bit microcontroller with 256K bytes of flash, 16K bytes of RAM.)
I’m using it to develop a new cartridge design for an Intellivision. That’s what all the extra wiring is for—hooking the little ol’ dsPIC33 to the Intellivision by hijacking a socketed connection in the Intellivoice.
A link…
And I thought my projects were a mess!
But Arizona Iced Tea didn’t hit the shelves until 1992. It didn’t come in cans until long after that.
Upgrades!
Seriously, I suspect the can of tea is likely part of the STI-to-atomic force microscope conversion. (This gadget is currently being used as an AFM by IBM researchers working on developing new memory based on electron tunneling phenomena.)
Thank you. I thought I was going crazy. 🙂
But Arizona Iced Tea didn’t hit the shelves until 1992. It didn’t come in cans until long after that.
Upgrades!
Seriously, I suspect the can of tea is likely part of the STI-to-atomic force microscope conversion. (This gadget is currently being used as an AFM by IBM researchers working on developing new memory based on electron tunneling phenomena.)
*blink* *blink* *drool* What izzat?
It’s a development board for a Microchip dsPIC33. (40MIPS 16-bit microcontroller with 256K bytes of flash, 16K bytes of RAM.)
I’m using it to develop a new cartridge design for an Intellivision. That’s what all the extra wiring is for—hooking the little ol’ dsPIC33 to the Intellivision by hijacking a socketed connection in the Intellivoice.
A link…
Thank you. I thought I was going crazy. 🙂
I guess I’m not as much of that kind of geek as I thought.
I am awed by the massive amounts of aluminum foil…..
I guess I’m not as much of that kind of geek as I thought.
I am awed by the massive amounts of aluminum foil…..
That’s amazing. Although it looks kind of like a prop from an early-90s science fiction comedy — “Mars Attacks”, maybe, or something similar.
A lot of cutting-edge research gear, especially in physics, looks like a prop cobbled together for a camp B science fiction movie. I’ve seen one of the first evaporative chillers used in low-temperature physics, and it looks like about $20 worth of Home Depot brass pipe fittings soldered together in a big mess (because, basically, it is). One of Shelly’s other sweeties,, works in low-temperature physics (how cool is that?) and sometimes describes himself as a “plumber” ’cause he knocks up gear for pumping liquid helium around.
That’s amazing. Although it looks kind of like a prop from an early-90s science fiction comedy — “Mars Attacks”, maybe, or something similar.
A lot of cutting-edge research gear, especially in physics, looks like a prop cobbled together for a camp B science fiction movie. I’ve seen one of the first evaporative chillers used in low-temperature physics, and it looks like about $20 worth of Home Depot brass pipe fittings soldered together in a big mess (because, basically, it is). One of Shelly’s other sweeties,, works in low-temperature physics (how cool is that?) and sometimes describes himself as a “plumber” ’cause he knocks up gear for pumping liquid helium around.