A short history of the measurement of the velocity of light from Galileo to our days. with particular reference to Foucault’s method, which has been used in an experiment for didactic purpose. […]
Using an educational SPM driven by a PC that supports a VNC-server and a motorized webcam we set up an internet controlled RemoteLab SPM. Trained highschool students supervised by their teachers selected the sample to be analyzed, controlled the PC that drove the SPM and performed the measurements and the image analyses in remote mode. […]
Remotely controlled laboratories (RCL) allow a user to connect from place A to a real experiment carried out in place B. These experiments can be carried out without booking and without needing to download special software. Describing the details of an experiment we give an example of the working principle of this technology […]
The combined effects of the Sun’s gravitational attraction and of the pressure of radiation allow to calculate the maximum dimensions of electrically neutral dusts in one of the tails of a comet. […]