Why recycle when you can reuse? Editor Mike builds a Smurfberry Crunch spectrometer
Posted 12.30.2008 at 2:06 pm
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Cereal Box Spectrometer
Satisfy your scientific curiosity and your craving for some Frosted Flakes. Editor Mike Haney shows you how to use an old cereal box and a CD to build a device that reveals the hidden rainbow inside any light source. Find more examples of DIY spectrometers over at Wikipedia.
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What?! No view of the spectrum lines? After all that work building the spectrometer, I expected Mike to show us the pattern of lines produced by tungsten light. instead he just said good-bye. :(
so the music is by baarbarian? interesting
from New York, New York
Hey Fisher-- yep, the music is by Baarbarian (of Baarbarian.com). We're all digging our new theme song.
Really great music baarbarian. Really interesting.
Mike - http://learnhowtojumphigher.net/
I'm not sure which is more interesting, the rainbows or the music. But I know which tops them all: Frosted Flakes!
Pat - www.jumphighernow.wordpress.com
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Well I don't need him to show me the tungsten light spectrom. I'll just build my self.
Really interesting and great music
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