18 comments

  • gaudat 3 hours ago

    It's very likely that PCB is made in KiCAD seeing the fonts. I really really hope they make the project files available. That would be a sick example project.

    Also, obligatory ꙮ

    • bb88 2 hours ago

      CERN is a big proponent of KiCad, so it wouldn't surprise me.

      I didn't see an Open Source Hardware Logo on it, or any marking suggesting it's CERN Open Hardware License, but it might also be on the back.

      The big issue is that it's tough to collaborate with something like Altium Designer when its $460/mo (and no one else can open your design unless you pay the fee).

  • lumost 6 hours ago

    So this begs the question - did anti hydrogen fall like normal hydrogen?

    • tasty_freeze 3 hours ago

      It raises the question. "Begging the question" has a very different meaning, though maybe it is a lost cause to preserve its meaning.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

      • JumpCrisscross 3 hours ago

        "The phrase beg the question can also mean 'strongly prompt the question', a usage that is distinct from the sense in logic but is widespread, though some consider it incorrect."

        • tasty_freeze 2 hours ago

          Yes, it is in common use now to mean that, and dictionaries are descriptive of common use. I think we are losing something to blur the meaning, as there is already another, commonly used and even more clear, phrase: to "raise the question".

          Imagine a large portion of the population interchangeably used "teal" and "cyan". It wouldn't be the end of the world, but a useful distinction would be lost, and dictionaries would start stating the two words are often used synonymously.

        • kazinator 2 hours ago

          Only among people who parrot language without ever looking anything up, and disregard or forget the remarks of those who do look up.

      • rout39574 3 hours ago

        FIGHT ON! ;)

    • ianburrell 4 hours ago

      That is what the experiment is trying to discover. They need time to collect enough data. The current phase started in 2021. The papers, including this one, have been about apparatus.

  • zb3 3 hours ago

    Ok, I want to watch. Where can I "watch" it?

  • chmorgan_ 6 hours ago

    It's a sexy looking PCB too!

    • piombisallow 5 hours ago

      It looks like a roulette table, complete with chips too.

      • TheOtherHobbes 5 hours ago

        The Latin says: "From rocks humans made eyes, through art and talent/ingenuity. Now it is our turn to re-emerge from the universe."

        The "Ophanim" are circular biblical angels with many eyes.

  • cameron_b 6 hours ago
  • cactacea 5 hours ago

    That PCB is a work of art

    • jajko 3 hours ago

      Been to CERN underground during one of their open days (every 5 years IIRC). How wires and everything was organized, you could literally eat from the ground of any big underground area. Seeing detector opened had similar vibes to that photo but stretched into 3D and it was few tens of meter long and at least 10m wide.

  • java-man 5 hours ago
  • butterlettuce 2 hours ago

    flagged for clickbait

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