Ray's a laugh
Blog In its endless inventiveness, the US military has produced an "active denial system" disguised as a cross between a Transformer robot and a microwave oven. They yelp with dismay, as well they might - the beam reportedly feels as if you're being...
[January 26, 2007, 14:13]
Large Hadron Collider faces two-month shutdown
News On the heels of an earlier malfunction due to a faulty transformer, Cern said Friday's incident was most likely caused "by a faulty electrical connection between two magnets, which probably melted at high current leading to mechanical failure".
[September 22, 2008, 8:18]
Faulty transformer downs Large Hadron Collider
News The European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), the organisation that built the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), announced on Thursday that a transformer that helps cool part of the collider had malfunctioned, forcing operations to be suspended.
[September 19, 2008, 8:07]
Top 10 data destruction disasters
News One medical company worker completed 1,200 customer billing entries - a process that took several days - when lightning struck the transformer outside the building. During the construction of a large office building, a steel beam fell on a laptop...
[August 22, 2005, 11:45]
