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Originally Posted by aKula
Dr. Kaku ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michio_Kaku ) built a particle accelerator himself in his last year of highschool. He got his parents to help him make solenoids from the copper wire he bought. They didn't know exactly what he was building but knew it was something important. So yes it is possible to build a simple particle accelerator. |
That was a cyloctron, as I remember. And yes, it is possible to build one, but it takes some money (more than $50) and pretty good fabrication skills.