The Kill-a-Watt: Not all versions are created equal :)
There are several different versions of the “Kill-a-Watt” power-measurement appliance on the market. They all have essentially exactly the same electronic design, but they’re a little bit different in terms of the PCB layout, packaging and component package choices. This device is one of the most often hacked and modified devices of its kind on [...]
Posted at 7:07 am on August 23, 2011 | leave a comment | Filed Under: electronics, engineering, hardware hacking | read on
Helen Caldicott and the not-so-fine art of making up nonsense.
Here’s a particularly egregious and scientifically vapid (as you’d expect, of course) interview with Helen Caldicott concerning last month’s damage to the Fukushima I nuclear power reactors… recorded recently on some kind of “environmentalist” podcast. Now… I could write a comprehensive technical deconstruction and debunking of essentially the whole lot… but I’m only one person, [...]
