From technabob:
A young Togolese man named Sam Todo made a humanoid robot "almost entirely from old television sets." Todo built the robot as a way of encouraging his fellow Africans to become more interested in science and technology. The hearts of hundreds of millions of dusty, u
From BusinessWeek.com -- Innovation:
What are the signs that innovation in a company is set up to fail? Wouldn't it be great to have a checklist on this? Unfortunately, innovation is too complicated and company-specific for one standard rule. It is possible, however, to become b
From Medgadget:
A study of 1,000 computer-assisted robotic total knee replacements performed over a five year period at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, NY demonstrates that computer-assisted procedures result in far better leg alignment, much less likelihood of complicati
From IEEE Spectrum:
Researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara have reported that they have developed a glue that can be activated and deactivated by magnetism, a sort of on/off switch for the material's adhesiveness, that mimics the adhesive characteristics of a gec
From Neatorama:
A stretch of interstate highway near St. Louis, Missouri is now paved with asphalt made from pig manure: "Whew!" gasped a worker with Pace Construction Co., the St. Louis County road contractor that joined forces with Innoventor, the Earth City-based engineering
what is the allowable vibration limit for air preheater drive train?
From The Engineer - News:
The US geothermal power industry continued to grow in 2009, according to a new report by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). The April 2010 US Geothermal Power Production and Development Update showed 26 per cent growth in new projects under develo
From Discovery News - Top Stories:
President Barack Obama said Thursday he is aiming to send astronauts into Mars orbit in the mid-2030s as he sought to quell protests over his earlier space policies. "By 2025 we expect new spacecraft designed for long journeys to allow us to be
In a move that could sheld light on the future of MacBooks and other related devices, Apple has patented a new pico-projector that could be integrated into a wide array of Apple devices ranging from the iPhone and iPad to your Macbook. While the company's intended plans are unclear, Apple's designer
Please can you help with the formula for calculating the length of the overlay of the materials for welding broken earths in substation. I have information on the type of material (e.g copper) with resistivity of 1.72 X Exp.-8, melting point 1084ºC and required c.s.a. mm² / kA of 12.5
My qu
A customer of my lend me a 1 1/4 L.P plug gauge without any stand off and notch and they even don't know the stand off can anyone pls help me on the stand off
WE have one 160 Kva cummins DG set running on Diesel . the average load on this DG is only 60 KVa, I have tried to calculate the per litre unit generation and which came out 1.9 unit per lts. I hear that on an average DG generate 3.5 units per lts. Pl. guide me
please, can u give me a circuit for load test on single phase transformer
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im looking for ac generator voltage regulator 8 amps, i google it and found some types saying that its 15amps, but when i checked the manual, it says that it can handle only 6amps continuous current and 12amps for only 10 seconds.
my question is, what they mean when they say 15
One must thank all those street rod aftermarket suppliers for introducing their own Mustang II-style front suspensions over the last couple decades. After all, were it not for them, this peach of a 1978 Mustang II Ghia would likely have long ago been cut up for its bits. Instead, it survives,
Is it possible to use a water temp gauge as a replacement for and oil temp gauge?
In school we've been going through the design process in engineering almost the whole year now, and now we're designing and building Dragster cars, and I'd like to know what shape would be the most aerodynamic? Help?
Last couple of times I've re-started my PC after an update, I've been presented with this:
To date, I've just closed it & carried on as usual. Anyone else had this? Anyone know the provenience?
John.
Does any know; will a vacuum tube handle 200volts DC and operate like a PNP and NPN Transistor? Can it handle Switching polarity 100,000 per min?
Where can I buy them?
Henry
Dear All
Looking for picture to show my client how basement with ceiling level underground can be ventilated naturally by having its windows adjacent to the building. many thanks for help.