Derek Low’s Laboratory@Home

Hello!

 

Welcome to Laboratory@Home - Derek Low’s science and technology playground.

Lab@Home is a self-initiated home laboratory project,  and this site showcases the projects and experiments I’ve done in my free time. Each project is comprehensively explained in detail with clearly written guides, plans and schematics, in the most informal language possible without causing a collapse in the space-time continuum. Photos, videos and other multimedia items are also available because they look nice. So enjoy your stay and do leave your comments!

 

Please leave your comments for the site and Lab@Home in general in the Comment Wall, and your enquires and suggestions specific to a project in the comment system at the bottom of each project page. Thanks!

 

I can be reached at:

 

 

This site is a member of the Tesla Coil Web Ring

 

 

 

 

Current Projects in Progress

1. Blue-Violet (405nm) Blu-Ray Laser

2. Blue-Violet (405nm) HD-DVD Laser

3. High-Power Red (658nm) DVD Laser

4. High-Power Red (660nm) Phazor Laser

Future projects

1. Musical Tesla Coil

2. Portable Travel Telescope

 

 

History

 

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Bagehot (1826-77)

 

Laboratory@Home started off in late 2006. I had just completed secondary school education with the Cambridge O-Levels examinations, and found quite a fair amount of free time on my hands.

 

Earlier in the year, together with a friend of mine, Shaun, I decided to embark on one of the most bizarre projects, the Oil PC. We were inspired computer fanatics and overclockers at that time, and were also impulsive enough to submerge a high-performance computer in a dielectric liquid - because it looks cool. We forked out quite a lot of money for the project in order to purchase a fully functional PC, while being partially funded and supported by a extraordinary teacher, Mr Chiam, to carry out such a ridiculous and meaningless experiment in school.

 

Needless to say, the project turned out to be a little disaster and much of the money was literally washed down the drain, along with decomposing oil.

 

After my O-Levels examinations, I decided to revive my experimenting ways that seem to be based on doing things for the purpose of not making any goddamn sense.

 

Today, Lab@Home has grown into a full-time hobby which I dedicate myself to showcase what one is able to achieve with science and technology in the comfort of your home. And that nothing should interfere with your education - including statutory laws and parents.