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Monday, October 22, 2007

Build your own spaceship!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , — Jonathan Rothwell @ 21:41

It’s 50 years since Sputnik I, the first man-made object to intentionally go into space, was launched. And, the BBC is challenging you to build your own ‘Sputnik emulator’ using a Tomy baby monitor, a biscuit tin, a wireless router, a desk fan, a balloon, a battery pack and a mercury thermometer.

I reckon you can do far better than that…



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