Nerds 2.0.1 Updated +Created
Very very good. Those nice pre-Dot-com bubble vibes.
Part 1 - Networking The Nerds talks about the TCP/IP and early machines implementing it:
Part 2 - Serving the Suits
Part 3 - Wiring the World:
Open source analog-to-digital converter Updated +Created
Video 1.
Open Source 8.5 Digit Voltmeter from CERN by Marco Reps (2021)
Source.
Synchrotron Updated +Created
Most important application: produce X-rays for X-ray crystallography.
Note however that the big experiments at CERN, like the Large Hadron Collider, are also synchrotrons.