Arquivos de Tag: Shed

Ancient cosmetics, coins, mouse skeletons found in Pompeii home shed light on life before deadly eruption

Ancient items found in a sealed closet in Pompeii hint at what life was like in the historic Roman city before it was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.  The closet was located in a home in the central area of the city, the Pompeii Archaeological Park said in a news […]

Making LEDs at Home From an Online Wafer, a Shed Cleanroom, and a Laser Bought on eBay

Dr Semiconductor already had working DRAM cells from a class 100 cleanroom built inside a home backyard shed. Packaging those silicon chips onto a circuit board was the next problem, because silicon is opaque and lining up pads by eye is a guessing game. Gallium nitride grown on sapphire is transparent, already contains the layers […]