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Dr Matthew Chapman

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30 from 15 Jan 2012 to 14 Jun 2026
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now and then (4 in the last year)
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2026 3

  1. A washing machine story
  2. Capturing smooth movies from VPython
  3. Reflections from the open end of a pipe

2025 8

  1. How do wires work? (electromagnetic picture)
  2. The physics of toppling dominoes
  3. -1/12 and the area under the sum function
  4. The physics of a playground swing
  5. Kinetic energy of rotation around two axes
  6. The reverse sprinkler, part 3: results
  7. The reverse sprinkler, part 2: theory
  8. The reverse sprinkler, part 1: introduction

2024 2

  1. Directly downwind faster than the wind
  2. Amplifiers in the real world: a case study

2023 1

  1. Electromagnetic radiation from accelerating charges

2022 1

  1. MEMS oscillator frequency increase from helium

2020 4

  1. Android device encryption hang at Time remaining 00:00
  2. WebEx audio input hang on Linux (Chrome/Chromium bug)
  3. H field and material boundaries
  4. Magnetic field of a ferrite core solenoid

2017 4

  1. Designing and making a ring
  2. Splines in Onshape, part 2
  3. Splines in Onshape, part 1
  4. Dell Venue 11 Pro travel keyboard troubleshooting

2016 3

  1. Unlocking my Lenovo laptop, part 3
  2. Unlocking my Lenovo laptop, part 2
  3. Unlocking my Lenovo laptop, part 1

2013 1

  1. Introduction to photography slides

2012 3

  1. Global food security
  2. Weather balloon physics
  3. New site