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I Spy With My Little Eye: The Ben Heck Shop Edition.

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While filming some upcoming Bonus Material for The Ben Heck Show I snapped a couple of pictures of the shop, see anything familiar? Let us know in the comments section below of anything that caught your eye!


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SPOILER ALERT!

 

Here is a sneak peak and an upcoming episode, I wonder what it could be...

 

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  • Hmmm, fans, smoke detectors, flash light, a usb charger, some 3d printed parts, I see a usb plug in there. Let me see what could he be making.

     

    How about a true random number generator?

     

    The Smoke detectors contain a radioactive isotope americium 243 if that isotope is isolated and placed in front of CCD Imagers they detect the alpha particles that are emitted during decay. By placing the isotope in the middle of 6 CCD imagers that are 1024x768 the particle impact points can be identified on the imagers and use as a random number that is between 1 and 210,119,944,215,000,000,000 That number is provided back to a Linux based system where it is stored in /dev/random. Strengthening the random numbers that are the basses of all cryptography. image

     

    The fans are to keep him cool while working. image

     

    BTW, if that is not the project you may want to note that yes CCD chips do detect alpha particle emissions from the decay of AM243 and you only need a little Copper plating lining the box to stop the low energy alpha particles. It is neat to watch as the flashes light up points on the dark display.