MAKE it at Home: Table-Top Linear Accelerator - KQED QUEST

QUEST teams up with Make Magazine to construct the latest must have, do-it-yourself device hacks and science projects. This week we'll show you how to make a tabletop linear accelerator that demonstrates the finer points of kinetic energy by shooting a steel ball.

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[medexamtoolsdotcom]

Look at him turn his eyes down at 1:07. You just know he's thinking "I said neodymium-iron-boron, not neon or 'borium', you stupid, stupid cow".

[puckhound95]

@legox50 In the world of physics, it is actually called a linear accelerator.

[legox50]

Uhhhh, its a gauss gun

[misaluvakatsa]

@UMP1R3 he said it in the video...neodymiun iron boron magnets...did you pay attention?

[aaronmacauyag]

Cool..

[UMP1R3]

What kind of magnets?

[clagwell]

Good video. Seems to have the potential to be scaled up a bit. However, I can see magnet damage occurring in a 15+ stage model. ND magnets are quite brittle and dont hold up to shock very well.