Maker Faire Rome 2025

"µCloudChamber" DIY: the new desk-top version!

After several iterations of our open-source and low-cost "cloud chamber" (a type of particle detector) project, all of them quite big in size, we finally managed to reduce the cooling system by using a high-efficiency CPU air sink, and our new "micro" chamber is now very small, becoming a table-top device, it costs even less (below 200 euros) and it can work, even for long periods, without the need for the cumbersome water chiller. Now its use in schools, to teach modern particle physics in a visual and interactive way, is even easier.

http://scifablab.ictp.it/category/diy-cloud-chamber/