April 08, 2003

Lasers and Jello... yummy

When I was a kid I always dreamed I would become a scientist working with lasers. I attempted to build my own red ruby laser which blew up in my grandma's garage (but did make pretty red light for a few moments). The movie Real Genius was a testament to what I wanted to do, with me dreaming I could party like Val Kilmer and still get good grades.

Of course, my life path changes as I found out the more neat things I could do with computers. Once I got the hacking bug in me, I was more interested in how communications equipment and computers worked.

Anyways, I found an interesting link on how you can use jello as a smoked lens, to view total internal reflection, and as a color filter. I am sure some of you other "Real Genius" fans will get a kick out of yet another use for jello.

Posted by SilverStr at April 8, 2003 09:47 AM