Sir Isaac Newton Would Love This Portable DIY Vis Spectrometer (Hackster.io)

GRANT BRICKMAN: A homemade spectrometer, Newton's ghost, and a panel that cannot agree on a single colour.

GRANT BRICKMAN: Good evening. For viewers just joining: we first told you about this one this afternoon. A homemade spectrometer. Lyle, Gary, the floor is yours. ▶

LYLE HOTCHKISS: A box that splits light? Next to this, the Hubble is a torch and the Large Hadron Collider is a toaster. Newton would weep into a teacup. ▶

GARY: Prism in, rainbow out. It's the colour skill tree, unlocked. I give it four crafting tables out of five. No lava anywhere, which I appreciate. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: For the record: a vis spectrometer measures how intense each visible wavelength is. Curious Scientist built this portable one. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: So it measures the mood of the light. A pocket rainbow with a ruler. Marvellous, Greta. ▶

LYLE HOTCHKISS: It's a glorified prism, a party trick, a, hold on, it can tell you how much protein is in a sample? I take it all back. Hand me a prism. ▶

GARY: Clean level design: light goes in, colours come out, nobody explodes. My only complaint is that I can't mine the rainbow. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: The article says white light contains all colours, and Newton showed it can be separated and put back together. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: Newton put white light back together. We can barely keep this panel together. Viewers, you decide. Vote now. ▶

John Carpenter Reveals Answer to The Thing’s Ending is Hiding in Plain Sight (SYFY Wire)

GRETA FOOTNOTE: John Carpenter says the clue to The Thing's ending is in the film. We asked the street.

GRANT BRICKMAN: Back to the Carpenter question. We first told you about it this morning, and the theories have not slept. Roxy is on the street. ▶

ROXY: Thanks, Grant! John Carpenter says the answer to The Thing's ending is right there in the film. I'm asking the street. Reels out of five for your theory! ▶

PASSERBY: Childs is human. Obviously. I've watched it so many times the tape is basically see-through. ▶

PASSERBY: He says nobody has guessed the clue. So whatever I say is wrong, which honestly saves everyone time. ▶

ROXY: Two reels for honesty. Carpenter did say every idea people have is not the right one. Ouch. Next! ▶

PASSERBY: He's trolling us. Nearly five decades of trolling. Honestly, respect. ▶

PASSERBY: The clue's in the movie. So I'll watch it again. I suspect that's exactly what he wants. ▶

GRANT BRICKMAN: A clue in plain sight. In my day, we hid things in plain sight too. Mostly the weather map. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Clue or troll, we won't know unless somebody guesses it. Carpenter isn't telling. ▶

Pixels in Brief (PXL)

GRANT BRICKMAN: Three quick ones: a GPU powers on, a WiFi analyzer sniffs, and GTA 5 shows its age.

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Quick round. GamesRadar says GTA 5's realism was already showing its age 13 years ago. Rockstar had to up its game. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Bolt Graphics powered on its Zeus test chip, no functional issues. Volume production is not expected until 2028. ▶

GRETA FOOTNOTE: Roni Bandini's JEV WiFi Analyzer pairs a Linux board, a USB adapter and an AI model. Your router is being judged. ▶