How to understand….

I got a motor. No name plate on it. How can I find out the details power, volt,FLA,frequency, efficiency, power factor of this motor in practical way?...(I hope nobody will suggest to search in google with the photo of motor)

The World's Worst Batmobile?

Obviously, this isn't the real Batmobile. It's someone's rough interpretation of the Batmobile, based on a wrecked 1994 Pontiac Grand Am. At $600, the price seems a bit steep, but I'm guessing the seller is willing to entertain offers. Here's a bit of the description.

"Yes, this is the Batm

Is Google Trying to Copy Bing?

What was supposed to be a 24-hour experiment on June 10, 2010 was cut short due to a "bug," which erased a link under the search bar on google.com. This link explained why Google's homepage was taking a colorful look.

A week prior, Google had announced that it would beg

The Future of NASA!!!

I am one to support most of the research that NASA does and all of the great things that have come from space exploration. A lot of different advancements have been made to our lives due to it. But we do spend billions of dollars into something that many consider a waste. These days, it seems that ,

Dependency on OIL

Ok, I do not understand why we have become so dependent on oil when we have the knowledge to develop many other means of fueling our vehicles. Fuel cells come to mind. Is that the lobbyist from the big oil companies keeps the entire world from making much a leap in technology to cut our dependency o

Recycling Fiberglass Insulation

Good day,

Here at ESM in Cincinnati Ohio we have post industrial (clean) fibergalss insulation that we use for our duct work. We are disposing of about 100lbs a week and it is taking up a large portion of our waste cost. I am interested to know if there is a recycling process for this material.

New Engine Design: Doyle Rotary

I'm posting here to hopefully get questions, comments, suggestions and criticisms. My dad has been developing a new engine for 25 years and now has a design (patent pending) that is ready to be released to the internet.

His design is a split-cycle rotary-piston engine that utilizes proven materia

The Silent World, By Jacques-Yves Cousteau

From Gizmodo:

Jacques-Yves Cousteau would be upset if he lived to see the Gulf Oil spill on his 100th birthday, tomorrow. Here, from the The Silent World, he describes using the first Aqualung to swim undersea as freely as a fish.

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Boiler Tube Failure

Dear All,

i have been working on 1000t/hr MCR boiler and we have been facing boiler tube failures. one thing which is being observed in these failures is that most of the failures are occuring on left side of the boiler although the boiler is symetric.

there are 81 panel total of f

Air Flow Rate in a Live SS Pipe

Dear All,

i have to measure the flow rate of air in an existing piping of SS ND 8" the only thing in the piping is a tapping point that is of 1/2".

i cannot do much to the piping since it is live piping .

thanks

Interfacing 89c52 with ds1307

all

friends I am working on atmel microcontroller. I make a software for at89c52 in keil software. Now I am working on serial eprom and ds1307 but I have litel bit problem to interface these serial devices. Please help me to interface these devices.

Calculate System Power

Hello friends . I want to organize a solar power system for water pump. Pump for a agricultural field, it is 10KW. This pump motor works 4 hours for a day. 2 hours running then waiting 3-4 hours. after runs 2 hours again. How much KW power of Solar panel and battery do I choose?

Solar Cells: Coming to a Window Near You?

From CNN.com - Technology:

A professor who invented low-cost solar cells that may be incorporated into energy-producing windows has been awarded the Millennium Technology Prize. Finland's Technology Academy on Wednesday awarded Swiss professor Michael Gratzel with the prize, wh