Hackaday (unofficial) December 20, 2022 8:00pm Single Photon Detection with Photomultipliers #classichacks #photomultiplier #tube #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Single Photon Detection With Photomultipliers Unless you are an audiophile, you likely think of tubes as mostly relegated to people who work on old technology. However, photomultiplier tubes are still useful compared to more modern sensors, an…
Hackaday (unofficial) June 14, 2021 7:00pm Digital X-Ray Scanner Teardown Yields Bounty of Engineering Goodies #medicalhacks #teardown #acrylic #laser #lightpipe #medical #photomultiplier #pm #radiography #scanner #scintillation #xray #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Digital X-Ray Scanner Teardown Yields Bounty Of Engineering Goodies We’ll just go ahead and say it right up front: we love teardowns. Ripping into old gear and seeing how engineers solved problems — or didn’t — is endlessly fascinating, even…