Building a Mini-Edgerton for $40
You probably have seen the stop-motion photos of bullets passing through apples, playing cards, light bulbs, etc... taken by 'Doc.' Edgerton at MIT.
The equipment needed to take these photos is dificult to use, requires very high voltages and is (if bought commercially) quite expensive.
Some students at MIT have been having some great results with less than $40 worth of parts, some scrounging and a bucket full of ingenuity.
Their results can be seen
here
Doc. would have approved!
Posted by DaveH at January 22, 2004 11:02 AM