{"id":7163,"date":"2015-02-16T09:25:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T17:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=7163"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:10:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:10:55","slug":"cool-tools-applied-science-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/cool-tools-applied-science-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Cool Tools: Applied Science Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YBQp04glQqc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ben Krasnow recently posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YBQp04glQqc\">this excellent tools and tips\u00a0video<\/a>\u00a0to his Youtube channel,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/bkraz333\">Applied Science<\/a>. \u00a0 (Hi Ben!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Krasnow recently posted this excellent tools and tips\u00a0video\u00a0to his Youtube channel,\u00a0Applied Science. \u00a0 (Hi Ben!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[498,497,485,499],"class_list":["post-7163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-and-resources","tag-applied-science","tag-ben-krasnow","tag-cool-tools","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-1Rx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13508,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/alpha-radiation-makes-sparks-detects-smoke-and-eliminates-static-cling\/","url_meta":{"origin":7163,"position":0},"title":"Alpha radiation makes sparks, detects smoke, and eliminates static cling","author":"admin","date":"April 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZBHIp967TD8 Applied Science posted a video this week showing how a strong alpha source can be used to detect smoke or eliminate static cling. 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These are now readily\u00a0available from most electronics and phone repair shops, but I usually buy them in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Books and Resources&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Books and Resources","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/books-and-resources\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/menda_35622.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/menda_35622.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/menda_35622.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/menda_35622.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5807,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/cool-tools-adafruit-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":7163,"position":5},"title":"Cool Tools: Adafruit Edition","author":"Jeff","date":"February 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SMT\/SMD Resistor and Capacitor Books This\u00a00805 SMD resistor and capacitor book\u00a0is just like the ones sold on eBay and just as useful. 0603's are here. 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