Justin is an active 'member' of the Texas Instruments graphing calculator community, and a member of TP Productions, a group that programs for the TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator.

He is an expert in the usage and programming of the TI-80 up to the TI-86 graphing calculators.

He prides himself on being a nonconformist, even though what he does could be considered conforming in a rebellious way ;)

He also enjoyes good music from punk rock, to 80's stuff, to classical.

His passions are math, science, aviation (He has 2 radio control gliders and his dad was a Navy pilot), and the quest for knowledge.

He is 15 years old and a Freshman in high school.

He sing bass in the Mountain Ridge Junior High Chamber Choir, which he enjoyes.

He lives in a small town called Alpine, which is about 35 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah.

He has lived on both U.S. coasts and inbetween.

He comes from a military family (Navy, mostly)

He plans on graduating high school a year early and attending a college/university/institute on the east coast (preferably MIT).

Published Answers

All answers by Justin Clifford published at PhysLink.com up to date are listed here:

1. Why isn't radar used underwater instead of sonar if radio waves are faster than sound waves?
   
   
2. Why are there no tides in rivers and lakes?
   
   
3. In numerous photos and films of nuclear explosions, there appear to be vertical streamers along side the fire ball/mushroom cloud. What are they?
   
   
4. Is it possible to exploit the magnetic field of Earth to obtain electricity?