Update: The cloud chamber is currently not for sale – but is being re-engineered as a kit. See https://nothinglabs.com/cloudchamber/ for info on building your own!
Cloud chambers let you see paths left by ionizing radioactive particles. Traces appear as the … (read more)
I registered nothinglabs.com about 3 years ago with the intent of morphing my translational drift project into some kind of flying toy.
In a more general sense – I wanted to somehow brand myself with something other than my circa-2002 now obsolete totally awesome anti-spam … (read more)
I got the laser show working pretty well now.
Not shown in video – but it also has a full library of alpha characters – so it’s easy to do text.
Full documentation / schematics coming soon!
Made a lot of progress since the last post:
No radical changes – just a bunch of minor tweaks adding up to better performance.
Will publish code / details in the next few weeks.… (read more)
A week or so ago – I found one of these at Value Village for $2.
If it’s not obvious – it’s a little laser show toy. It projects a laser on the wall which moves with sound / music. Unfortunately they don’t seem to … (read more)
I just got my iPhone 4.
When I picked it up the first time – I cringed. It’s very pretty – but with a glass screen and a glass back – it seems leaving the house without a case is a recipe for disaster.
So … (read more)
I haven’t been able to shoot a decent demo video for Manic Marble 3 due to not actually having an iPad of my own (not enough spare cash).
I developed the entire game using XCode’s iPad simulator. It’s fine for testing – but performance isn’t … (read more)
Latest round of design tweaks + some slow motion footage:
I’ve been collecting a number of (relatively) low-level radioactive samples for use with my cloud chamber project.
Now that I’ve been playing with the stuff for a while – I figure it’s time to get a better understanding of radiation measurements so I can … (read more)
Hello – my name’s Rich.
“Nothing Labs” is the name I do a handful of things under – some commercial, some fun – some in the gray area between.
I’ve mostly started blogging again so I can easily share things related to the fun stuff … (read more)