More mixed news

My personal enemy... and what a great t-shirt! [source]

NUCLEAR FUSION: ITER is based on the 'tokamak' concept of magnetic confinement, in which the plasma is contained in a doughnut-shaped vacuum vessel. The fuel - a mixture of Deuterium and Tritium, two isotopes of Hydrogen - is heated to temperatures in excess of 150 million°C, forming a hot plasma. Strong magnetic fields are used to keep the plasma away from the walls; these are produced by superconducting coils surrounding the vessel, and by an electrical current driven through the plasma. [source, interactive]

DIY: Magnetic field viewer [video]

Ever wanted X-ray specs or super-human vision? Chromoscope lets you explore our Galaxy (the Milky Way) and the distant Universe in a range of wavelengths from X-rays to the longest radio waves. [interactive, source]

Evaporation fridges [source and how it works]

Hydroponics: Not Just For Grow-Ops Any More [source, and here]

App Inventor for Android [source, and java open blocks]

Space Experiments Expand Possibilities for the Future [source]

The new independent film The Red Machine is a World War II espionage thriller aimed at puzzlers. [source]

Superheroes simpsonized [image]
Incredible knitted food! [image, and more here]

Computer Science Unplugged:
Computer Science Unplugged is a series of learning activities that reveals a little-known secret: Computer Science isn't really about computers at all! [here]