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Preview: Live Interview "Frank and the magic machine" LHC "bigbang" collider
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by SOLARLIFE | September 22, 2008 at 09:35 am
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Interview by phone: solarlife (READ update PART II)
"Who is in charge of the magic machine?
Solarlife: SL
Frank: FK machine engineer for the LHC collider Cern swiss
Frank explain us your magic LHC machine:
Frank: FK
I am the LHC machine engineer we control two factors: energy and intensity
SL-What is the security of the LHC collider or "BigBang" machine? I know you don't like the second word, but we have to live with it, it is now popular science.
FK-You are right I prefer LHC; the emergency security is called "Beam dump", the exit tube is filled with graphite. That's like on a highway downhill, an emergency line for trucks, going up the hill, to get the truck to a stillstand. In the case of the collider it is the graphite filling that dumps the energy beam to zero. SL-did you need the beam dump for the last accident? FK-No, we just switched off the electricity. I am doing particle physics since 15 years, that's normal, we learn, like in the computer industry.
SL-Did you ever have fear for mankind with the "Bang & Blackhole" stories out there?
FK-No, I have Family, my wife is expecting our second child, no really not. But I admit for myself, we have not been prepared for such a public interest, comparable to the moon landing. Our PR did not think of all the bloggers, only mainstream press.
SL-You should have thought about crowd powered media ?
FK-Well,that's why I try this NP Interview, I lived and worked in California. I know Americans are interested in technology. SL-What will your boss say? FK-We will see. For me new, everbody can upload to this article (SL: images) ?? I work in the science team with almost 1000 people at CERN switzerland for the collider, so you will help me ?
SL-thanks for trusting Solarlife
Complete Interview tomorrow Tuesday Sept-23, all invited for comments !!!
Channel: world, Solarlife, title: "Frank and the magic machine", live interview LHC cern swiss
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at 10:12 on September 22nd, 2008
>we have not been prepared for such a public interest, <
That's right. Many think we can do a lot more than we actually can. Many think we have an effect on world climate by waiting too long to change sparkplugs in the Citroen.
at 10:17 on September 22nd, 2008
Fairbanks thanks for Interview Flag 'Frank and the magic machine", your opinion "Many think we have an effect on world climate by waiting too long to change sparkplugs in the Citroen." You know France, they change never the sparl plug.....
at 10:29 on September 22nd, 2008
SOLARLIFE:
I like this story. Anytime one can get a live interview with someone who is this deeply involved with a leading scientific agenda such as this collider and what it represents ... it is a good story.
at 10:37 on September 22nd, 2008
Edmund, thanks for Interview Flag "LHC collider scientists trustworthy ?" your comment "a live interview science isa good story
at 10:53 on September 22nd, 2008
at 12:08 on September 22nd, 2008
Vinny, thanks for Flag "Big bang" LHC collider interview
at 11:42 on September 22nd, 2008
Aw, and they're having problems too. I'm glad to see they're trying to reach out and talk to people, great work Solar!
Source: arstechnica.com
at 12:04 on September 22nd, 2008
Rob Walker thanks for Flag "Collider interview", it is just a start for a new type of interacting to action makers at the scene, a first touch, tomorrow more.
at 12:50 on September 22nd, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Great job!
at 13:18 on September 22nd, 2008
Thanks amyjudd, "LHC collider interview", science , we want to see the people, that take the responsabilites, a first touch "to collide with public opinion",
at 14:20 on September 22nd, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's good stuff. Many folks are worried because they don't understand the microscopic world. Hey I have my, "qwerks" about it as well. Help us non-psychics majors out here.
at 14:38 on September 22nd, 2008
politsite, "Many folks are worried because they don't understand the microscopic world." comment to "LHC machine interview"; Tomorrow has to come popular science explainer, what is it with the machine? Now the difference: U.S. knows APPLIED SCIENCE, so they know why and who pays. Europe in this case BASIC SCIENCE, means nobody can say exactly for what is it good. Same was for the Electron beam, no concrete application, later he beamed our TV sets to create moving images point by point.
We have to discuss the fear factor with such monster machines, I agree
at 14:23 on September 22nd, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Looking forward to the full interview tomorrow! Great work.
at 14:36 on September 22nd, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 14:40 on September 22nd, 2008
Hussain, "Frank and the magic machine" interview LHC collider, thanks for Flag
at 14:39 on September 22nd, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's great stuff.
at 15:08 on September 22nd, 2008
Thanks Rhonda, much appreciated your Flag "Frank & the magic machine" news from engineer scientists at the scene of world milestone science....
at 15:50 on September 22nd, 2008
You are quite welcome, SOLARLIFE. Thank you!
at 14:46 on September 22nd, 2008
SOLARLIFE, Sweet story. It's good stuff.
at 15:04 on September 22nd, 2008
panzerlawyer L.A., hope no "train crash cases like Metrolink", thanks for Flag "Collider machine interview
at 15:45 on September 22nd, 2008
SOLARLIFE, I like this story. It's good stuff.
I think its absolutely wonderful to have first hand interview with a scientist working on the collider itself. I think this scientific experiment will certainly answer a lot of questions even if it does not generate the hypothesized Higgs boson. The amazing thing is that this huge experiment is shared among scientists from all over the world. i know for a fact that the ATLAS, one of the sensor instruments is majority funded and constructed in Canada.
at 15:56 on September 22nd, 2008
blacktryst ,"wonderful to have first hand interview with a scientist working on the collider itself" Thanks for Flag"Frank and the magic machine", much appreciated science talk. ATLAS sensor by CANADA, great to know
at 02:18 on September 23rd, 2008
This is awesome !
What a great idea, Solar, and a very fine interview !!
More !!!
at 02:34 on September 23rd, 2008
Emilio, "What a great idea, Solar, and a very fine interview ", More !!!, thanks Emilio, no high tech without you; Tonight only Sept-23 Part II "Frank and the magic machine"
With special link to the Collider for everyone to participate in 21st century science
the LHC "Grid Cafe" participate with your computer for world sharing computer power
p.s.; Part II a short summary with Frank, I am on my way to Monaco Yacht show, reporting about full C02 compensation of the show, a real environment theme
Thanks to all comments, helping me to keep Frank on board for the next Events