From Discovery News - Top Stories:
For most people, the worst thing about getting a vaccination is the big, scary hypodermic needle. So researchers have invented a new vaccine-delivery system that replaces the large single needle with 100 tiny dissolvable ones embedded in a Band-Ai
I am trying to size an air relief valve on a 12-inch water main. My specs have no explanation for sizing. I am having a hard time finding anything on google or other sites. Can anyone point me to an industry standard? I routinely design water mains from 8 to 48-inches and would like an industry
We featured a few home-built bikes by 69-year old Bob Decker a few years ago that were built to look like a Simplex and an Indian Chief yet used a conventional V-twin lawn mower engine with a centrifugal clutch. Now 72-year old Bob Decker offers his latest creation from scratch, another throwb
please tell can we select a point for boring by visual inspection. we know the approximate depth of groundwater found in that area but our four trials ended in failure. three of them due to mistake of labour and in the fourth bore we encountered big stones.
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Does anyone have a design example of a reinforced concrete tank done to the British Standards?
The Tanks can have a flexible base or a fixed base. The Dimensions are not critical at the minute.
I just need to know how to calculate hoop stress and then the reinfor
From Wired:
SpaceShipTwo staged a dress rehearsal for its glide flight and flew with a crew for the first time. Anticipation mounted yesterday as word spread that SpaceShipTwo, attached to its mother ship Eve, departed the Mojave Air and Space Port. Many, including us, were anxi
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For 11KV feeders we have open ring main system and each feeder is provided with earthfault & overcurrent protection .In addition to this each section of the cable between ring main unit is provided with earth fault indicator(EFI). recently it is observed during fault at substation
i want to know about how to calculate power consumption.
I am interested to know the advantage of Plastic Enclosure over the metallic enclosure for metring panel / distribution panel specially in context of EMI or electrical inteferances.
Charanjeet Singh / India
From Discovery News - Top Stories:
It's WISE to know your neighborhood, especially when countless pieces of rock are flying around. Millions of tiny meteors bombard the Earth every day, but burn up in the atmosphere long before they can cause anything other than a pretty light i
From Wired Top Stories:
Nobody likes to talk about airplane accidents, but it turns out most are survivable. We here at Autopia put together some examples of accidents where sometimes mistakes were made, other times amazing skills were displayed, but every time passengers survived
From BBC News - Science & Environment:
The British team hoping to drive a car faster than 1,000mph has unveiled a full-scale model of the vehicle. The 1:1 replica of the 12.8m-long (42ft) Bloodhound SuperSonic Car (SSC) is the result of three years of aerodynamic study. The m
What masters course deeply covers electrical equipments such as the CT Scan ?
From Newlaunches.com:
There are those ideas by the military that make us all sweaty and nervous and those that totally floor us by their brilliance! This insanely awesome 4x4 is something along the lines of the latter. A Texas based company called AVX Aircraft have pioneered these
From Yahoo! News: Science News:
Energy ministers or senior officials from 21 nations are gathering in Washington, DC Monday for a two-day meeting aimed at finding ways to work together on clean energy amid an impasse in drafting a new climate change treaty. The US Energy Departm
From Neatorama:
Photo: Chuck Sutherland [Flickr] Seven years ago, Horace Burgess prayed and received divine inspiration. God said unto him "If you build me a treehouse, I'll see you never run out of material." And so Horace built, and built, and built: The treehouse has 10 floo
All kinds of off-the-shelf technology — both commercial and consumer — has already been adapted for military projects in the U.S., thereby saving untold dollars. If COTS technology is implemented to fight the cyber war, more savings will be realized. What's your vote: Yes or No?
The pre
On June 17, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission voted to open a Notice of Inquiry that will solicit comments on what the commission should do with regard to "net neutrality." Proponents of net neutrality want all Net traffic to to be equal with regards to transmission and access. Opponents s
What is the specific heat capacity of a)Flyash , b)Microsilica or silica fumes, c) Pozzolona Portland Cement?
Generally what are output voltages of solar inverter for the grid connected system? Because we have to connect it to grid so for that we have to have some specific voltages! I want learn about Grid Connected solar Power please suggest me any site for this! Thanks a lot. .