Found physics: solar-rechargeable flashlight

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Solar-rechargeable flashlight melted after absorbing too much sunlight on car dashboard. When turned on, it became a lightsaber. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: beautiful inside

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"I'm Beautiful Inside." Aren't we all? Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: science teacher ninjas

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"Science Teacher by Day, Deadly Ninja by Night." Faculty office door, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: frozen treat arcade crane

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Frozen desert crane, Fun Factory arcade, Pearlridge Shopping Center, 'Aiea, HI. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: International Space Station flyover

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International Space Station passing over 'Aiea, HI, December 22, 2010, 5:23:45 PM, in evening twilight.

Found physics: joule thief

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Joule thief (wki.pe/Joule_thief), built with Radio Shack parts and a mint tin, circuit diagram based on Make magazine's how-to tutorial (makezine.com/2007/11/02/make-a-joule-thief-weeken-1/).

Found physics: turkey cooling

"...Imagine what would happen if you took a Thanksgiving turkey piping hot from the oven and immediately placed it in a freezer. (Consider a perfect freezer--one that can remove heat instantly and always stay at its set temperature.) Initially the turkey would be at the same temperature throughout (assuming that you had roasted it for sufficiently long). Only a very thin skin would immediately take on the temperature of the freezer. But soon, the outer layers of turkey meat would cool as heat diffused outward, even though the center retained its initial oven-like temperature. Eventually, of course, everything including the stuffing would cool off; that is, the temperature inside your turkey would depend both on the distance from the surface and on the time elapsed since you placed it in the freezer."
--Philip C. England, Peter Molnar, and Frank M. Richter, "Kelvin, Perry and the Age of the Earth," American Scientist, volume 95 number 4, p. 342 (2007)

Previous post:

The "Turkey/Cornish Hen Effect".

Related posts:

Bergman's Rule (wikipedia.org).

Allen's Rule (wikipedia.org).

Found physics: pocket microscopes

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Pocket microscopes, 30x, 100x. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: University of Colorado, Boulder campus

Found physics items at the Astronomy Society of the Pacific Cosmos in the Classroom National Symposium on Teaching Astronomy for Non-Science Majors, August 2-4, 2010, University Memorial Center (UMC) Ballroom, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

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The Colorado Creed, formulated in 2004.


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Staircases on east side of Old Main.


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Southeast corner of Old Main.


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Sculpture in front of Guggenhiem Geography.


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Telescope port in scale model of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy modified Boeing 747 aircraft.


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Norlin Library.

"Who knows only his generation remains always a child."
--George Norlin

Compare with:

"Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum (To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child)."
--Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Oratore

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
--George Santayana

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Sculpture northeast of Norlin Library.

Found physics: diopters

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Reading glasses diagnostic display, Target, Paso Robles, CA.

Found physics: hella-

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...or supposedly 10^27, in the metric system.

Found physics: step-up transformer

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Step-up transformer using RadioShack 273-104 snap-on RF choke as the soft-iron core, driven at 60 Hz. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: ferromagnetic paper clip, staples

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U-magnet, paper clip, and staples demonstration of ferromagnetism. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: sun, through solar filter

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The sun, observed safely through a 14" solar filter, Bowen Observatory, Science Forum rooftop, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: B-type 67.5 volt battery

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Eveready(TM) "B" type battery, 67.5 volts. "Always test 'B' batteries with a voltmeter—NEVER an ammeter." Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: hair diffraction pattern

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Laser illuminating a tape-mounted human hair, with the resulting diffraction pattern projected on a distant screen. Photo by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: hair diffraction diagnostic test

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Dramatization of "Fermiscan®" x-ray diffraction of human hairs, being developed as a diagnosis tool for screening for breast cancer. All rights reserved by original copyright holders. Photo-montage by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: varying double slit separation distance

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Increasing, then decreasing the spacing d between two slits illuminated by a laser beam, resulting in decreasing, then increasing the angular spacing between maxima and minima fringes on a distant screen. Video by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.

Found physics: Fountain, 11th and Pine St., Paso Robles, CA

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"Everything In And Around Us Is Made Of Energy Vibrating At Different Speeds." Fountain, 11th and Pine St., Paso Robles, CA.


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"Positive Thoughts Attract Positive Results." Fountain, 11th and Pine St., Paso Robles, CA.


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"The Universe Is Abundant. STARGAZE." Fountain, 11th and Pine St., Paso Robles, CA.

Photos taken by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len with a Nokia e71 smartphone.

Found physics: Kepler's first law

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Construction of an ellipse using pencil, string, and two thumbtacks, demonstrating Kepler's first law of planetary motion, where the Sun would be located at one of the thumbtacks (i.e., at one of the two foci). Video by Cuesta College Physical Sciences Division instructor Dr. Patrick M. Len.