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Re:Guy builds particle accelerator in kitchen by flarets on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @10:05PM (#4232567)
no. he's made a fluorescent tube.
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Re:Guy builds particle accelerator in kitchen by CamperBob2 on Thursday July 12, 2012 @01:05AM (#4233106)
No, he's made an X-ray machine, and apparently set it up in a department store.

This is why we can't have cool magazines anymore.

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Re:Guy builds particle accelerator in kitchen by ChuckMcM on Thursday July 12, 2012 @03:36AM (#4233503)
You know I hadn't thought of that but at 45kV he probably is generating some soft x-rays. Sort of depends on what his anode is made of. I can never remember how to spell Bremsstrahlung sigh.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremsstrahlung

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Re:Guy builds particle accelerator in kitchen by brightsize on Thursday July 12, 2012 @12:28PM (#4235340)
Remember this one when the Darwin Award nominations come around.
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Re:Guy builds particle accelerator in kitchen by doctorstupid on Thursday July 12, 2012 @12:35AM (#4233029)
But it's handcrafted with organically shaped bulbs.
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Re:Guy builds particle accelerator in kitchen by joshu on Thursday July 12, 2012 @03:58AM (#4233551)
Hipster x-rays?
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Re:Guy builds particle accelerator in kitchen by AYBABTME on Thursday July 12, 2012 @04:09AM (#4233583)
Can't be dangerous if it's 'natural'.
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