Here's another dose of inspiration from one of our "Homebrew Heroes." Forrest Mims has been one of my heroes for a long time. A colleague yesterday gave me a copy of a recent article in Make about his ozone measuring device (build at home with Radio Shack parts!). With this device he was able to outshine NASA in the data accuracy department. Check out the article:
http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol24?pg=28#pg28
Here's another interesting article by Forrest on amateurs in science: Forrest Mim's article in Science
May 6, 2024. A Tale of Woe and Some Trouble Shooting
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Why is it we like to read about tales of woe? Is it that we have a huge
empathy with those afflicted or is it a simple "glad it is them and not
me"! Well ...
5 hours ago