[Aaus-list] NYTimes: Life Skills Hacks From Luhansk by way of YouTube
Max Pyziur
pyz at brama.com
Sat Jul 18 14:03:47 EDT 2015
NYTimes: In Bleak Ukraine City, a Duo’s Odd Experiments Win a Niche Online
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/18/world/europe/in-bleak-ukraine-city-a-duos-odd-experiments-win-a-niche-online.html
"LUHANSK, Ukraine — THE microwave was a loaner, left for repairs by a
family that fled last year’s shelling and never came back. With a few
tweaks and the judicious use of a soup can, it had been weaponized,
shooting microwave rays capable of blowing up a boombox.
Or, say, fry two eggs on a plate in a backyard experiment. That was what
Kreosan, the do-it-yourself science duo with a cult following on YouTube,
planned to do one chilly morning this spring. When the time came to flip
the switch to power up the magnetron, Pavel Pavlov, 21, urged a reporter
to step back.
“Whatever this does to the eggs, it can do to your eyes,” he said, and
turned the dial of the disemboweled microwave to the max. ..."
Do read on.
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MP
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