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Particle Accelerator vs. Webcam

By Algonkin in Science & Tech, Video Clips on Jan 8, 2009 at 10:01 am


Etahan Cascio from the Proton Therapy Center at Massachusetts General Hospital demonstrates what happens when a Particle Accelerator is turned on in front of a Webcam. Devices used for the experiment consists of a Beam Aperture, CRaTER Instrument and a Webcam. Very interesting results at the end.

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  1. unbelievable
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 10:18 am

    You don't need a webcam... just stick your head in the beam and have a look -
    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.12/science.html

  2. SarahW
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 10:45 am

    Partical cam, partical cam
    Doing the things a camera can
    What's it like? Neatorama.
    Partical cam

  3. smee
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:00 am

    very neat indeed.

  4. cooties
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 11:42 am

    Not knowing what to expect, my sense of survival compelled me to lean involuntarily to one side before the beam was started. Hey, you never know.

  5. CountryCritter
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    Whoooa. Who would've thought you could see particles? Cool!

  6. ted
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

    Hmmm. I guess I was just waiting for something interesting to happen.

    I can get that picture on my tv when the weather's bad.

  7. Algonkin
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    LOL! @ ted

  8. gtron
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    did anyone ever see the video (possibly a hoax) where some base jumpers got footage of an unidentifiable thing flying thru their frame? they slowed it and it appeared to look like an arrow's tail... saw it once on tv 5 years ago, never since... any ideas?

  9. Christophe
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    Old movies had accelerated particles.

  10. Easy
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    I kept waiting for some interesting results to appear at the end, and... they never arrived.

  11. Dave
    Jan 8th, 2009 at 10:58 pm

    Was anyone else expecting the cam to explode? Now that would have been interesting.

  12. SenorMysterioso
    Jan 9th, 2009 at 12:17 am

    note to self: particle streams ruin your camera, aim elsewhere

    gtron, it's called a rod. Do a search of rod and cryptozoology

  13. Nathan Miller
    Jan 9th, 2009 at 1:19 am

    @Easy & Dave - Yeah! Me too. When it said "interesting results," I thought: "Well, surely it won't explode, because that doesn't make sense... oh god I hope it explodes!"

  14. MeMe
    Jan 9th, 2009 at 1:36 am

    i see anti-paparazi guns. all hail the science.

  15. Moodindigo
    Jan 9th, 2009 at 3:30 am

    SenorMysterioso:

    http://www.roswellrods.com - If you want a good laugh. Most of us call them "insects" not rods. ;)

  16. just a guy
    Jan 9th, 2009 at 5:51 am

    OMG.... Christophe stole my comment again. This is getting a bit freaky. Was gonna say "I wonder why all those old movies had particle beams aimed at the camera."

  17. SenorMysterioso
    Jan 9th, 2009 at 7:56 am

    Moodindigo - than why isnt your site called roswellinsects.com?

  18. ted
    Jan 9th, 2009 at 8:42 pm

    Roswell Rods? Sounds like Gay porn.

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