Fantastic video explains how the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) works - Neatorama

The folks at CERN have successfully tested the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). They are now ready to move forward on the tests for which the LHC was built. The LHC has had a great deal of press of late - some positive, some negative. We've posted about it several times here on Neatorama.com.

The YouTube video above, apparently created by CERN employee Chris Mann, does a great job explaining what the LHC is all about. It followed hydrogen gas from a tank that is released into the system all the way to a collision between super-high-energy protons colliding at near light speed.

If you're remotely interested in the LHC, consider this a "must-see" video. [YouTube]

They just had this on boing boing. But yeah, it's awesome.

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I'm just glad we are all ok...OH GOD WHY IS THE SKY BLEEDING!? AHHH!

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All they did today was start it up. They won't be colliding the particle beams until spring.

Looks like we'll be able to exist for another 5 months ;)

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This machine sucks balls

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I THINK THIS MACHINE SHOULD NOT BE ON THE GRID BUT ON VIRGIN MEDIA

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hooahhh

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i agree with samuel L jackson it shud be on virgin media cus this sucks

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LOLOLOLOLOL

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i think i shall call this "deep thought"

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it sure is big.

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What a cool piece of technology. Are they available on e-bay yet?

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It was on Boing Boing? I thought I was so clever for digging this up.

Maybe I beat them? I'm going to check.

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I couldn't find it on BB just now.

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Well jeez, when they put it this way...what's the big fuss? It's just essentially a proton roller coaster that crashes invisible atoms together. I almost did that for my 6th grade science fair.

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That's all this thing does? There is no collection of the energy produced? What a waste. Sure, knowledge gained is great and all... but the amount of resources this experiment has/does use, it should make a returning contribution. Sure, knowledge is the "ultimate power" yeah yeah yeah, but it just seems like a waste of a potentially great energy source.

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So sorry, Adam. I coulda sworn Mark posted it, but alas...need. more. vitamins.

You are hereby cooler than BB.

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Thank you, Johnny Cat. You may present me with my crown in the throne room.

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Here's an interssting article on what they do dissapate the energy of the beams.

http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/cms/?pid=1000570

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