ehrs.upenn.edu/…/ultracentrifuge-explosion-damage…
This is a famous example from when they didn’t have alarms. The don’t just happily wobble across the room.
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clif@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThat’s awesome… And also funny that it had to be added. Thanks for the info!
I still want to know what happens on an old one without vibration detection or if it was “broken”. I assume something like an unbalanced washing machine but on a smaller scale? It just going out for a stroll :)
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Fluke@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
IMO, you missed the best bit off:
A shock wave from the accident shattered all four windows in the room. The shock wave also destroyed the control system for an incubator and shook an interior wall causing shelving on the wall to collapse.
clif@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I forget that there are large centrifuges (somebody posted about Stuxnet further down).
Or, more accurately, I’m more familiar with the small ones (ThermoFisher calls them “Mini” and “Micro” centrifuges) for ~0.5mL samples and I had a hard time thinking that those would blow out a room. But the same link (ThermFisher) that I looked at to find the names also specifies 17,000g and 21,000g models which is just… fucking insane. I knew they spun fast, I didn’t know they spun 21,000g’s fast. Learn something new every day.
Eheran@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh that can absolutely end in a desaster. Like not breaking when driving a car when you absolutely should.
MML@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Science is a whole lot of adjusting after someone died. Like, it’s mostly been that.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
So is OSHA!
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Lemmy needs /c/writteninblood. That sub was one of the highlights of education in reddit.
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And the FAA!