Dear Fellow Engineers, Consultant and manufacturer, In the paralleling of multiple generator, two type of controls are being promoted by different Manufacturers: Item1. Generator synchronization control installed at the generator panel together with the built-in controls that monitors fuel, te
The True Odds of Airborne Terror Chart [Terror]
After the crotchbomb there has been a lot of noise about airplane security again—you can see how stupid the leaked new flight rules are here. But what's the actual risk of an airplane attack? Here's the definitive chart:
As you can see, the chances are very slim. As slim as the chances of the new security rules having any real effect in preventing any new attacks, sadly.
cycloconverter
how to set up cycloconverter circuit in PSIM software and set its parameter compenets so that i can get better out waveform...somebody helps me..please
Uh Oh: BMW’s Electric Mini Cooper Goes Half the Range In the Cold [Cars]
Unlike the electric Chevy Volt, BMW's Mini E doesn't have a heater to keep the battery at optimum temperature when it gets cold outside—sounds like a minor problem, but it halves the Mini E's range. Eep.
Testers of the Mini E have been finding that at 23 degrees F, the car only managed to eke out 55 miles to a charge, nearly half the advertised 100 miles. Even in more mild winters, like Washington, DC, the car gets 20% less range than in warmer climes. Disappointing, to say the least—we hope BMW works out this kink before the official rollout. [Crunchgear]
Are Bananas Becoming Extinct?
A couple of years ago, people started to fear that bananas would be extinct within the next ten years. While the existence of over 300 different varieties of bananas suggests that this fruit is not in danger of extinction, one particular type is.
So Long, Cavendish?
Cavendish
How does a sound speaker works
Hello.. Does anyone know what is the role of the magnet in a sound speaker. Or what is the fundamental mechanism of a electrical speaker.
Scientists Find an Antibody Which Hunts and Kills Prostate Cancer [Health]
Researchers have discovered an antibody which, when injected into mice, will bond with prostate cancer tissue and "initiate direct cell death" in it. If results carry over to humans, this discovery would almost be a cure to prostate cancer.
I say that it would almost be a cure for that particular type of cancer, because in initial trials with mice "F77 bonded with tissue where prostate cancer was the primary cancer in almost all cases (97 percent) and in tissue cores where the cancer had metastasized around 85 percent of the time." This means that while the antibody even attacked advanced stage cancer cells, it did not attack them all. Still, this is fantastic news and I hope that further research lives up to the initial optimism. [PhysOrg]
No, those aren't the happy, cancer-free mice. They're some lab rats photographed by jurvetson.
Design work
I have recently granuated from Tafe with a Diploma of Engineering Technology and looking for a Cad /drafting design position.I have 1 years experience with Autocad 2009,Solidworks 2009.Autodesk inventor 2009 and UG NX5.
I have many years experience in the engeering field as a tradesman ,chargeh
Unearthed cable
can anyone guide mi why HV cable are unearthed?
ternary solvent system
i need to dissolved the degummed silk solution by using ternary solvent system, but how to produce ternary solvent system?
This is a $2.1 Million Robot Hummingbird and It Could Save Your Life [Robots]
This tiny, flying robot flaps its wings 30 times per second—just like a real hummingbird—and will one day save lives by searching for survivors in wreckage and spots not easily accessible by humans.
So far, the development of this hummingbird has cost $2.1 million and that number's growing. Japanese researchers are hoping to make the robot hover at a point in mid-air—just like the bird which inspired it—as they control it using infrared sensors. Once they manage that and add a tiny camera, they imagine that the robot will "be used to help rescue people trapped in destroyed buildings, search for criminals or even operate as a probe vehicle on Mars."
A space-exploring, human-saving, crime-stopping robot bird? Brilliant. [PhysOrg via Engadget]
Pluto
I am out of touch with the latest look on the controversial "planet" status of Pluto and what is being taught in schools these days.
Does anyone know what the latest textbooks of elementary/high school/college say about the status of Pluto? Have they all been rewritten, or simply footnoted, or .
First Look at Blio, Ray Kurzweil’s Tablet-Friendly Ebook Format [Ereader]
Blio, officially debuting next week at CES, lets you read your ebooks as they're intended to look on paper. Clearly, Kurzweil is signaling his choice of tablets over e-ink, and his first shots are definitely persuasive.
With apps planned soon for the iPhone and PCs, Blio's cross-platform functionality makes it a natural fit for something like the Apple iSlate, which along with other tablet devices should be perfect for reading cookbooks, children's books, and any other illustrated tome. It marks a natural evolution away from the current stock of ebook readers, which are bound by the drab black and white of e-ink.
E-ink has manifold problems, but maybe the greatest of those is that it's just for text, rendering it essentially useless for any book that requires rich illustration. Blio seems to solve that issue, while at the same time offering text-to-speech capabilities that turn your ebook into an audio book.
Blio will also likely be offering over a million books at launch. While that probably includes a lot public domain filler from Project Gutenberg and Google Books, there are at least a few best-sellers (Twilight, In Defense of Food, John Adams, etc.) on the list as well. Better still, the app is going to be free.
Kurzweil has spent a lot of his time envisioning the future, with mixed degrees of success. But he's also a highly respected inventor with a multitude of patents under his belt, meaning we should pay attention when he makes a move like this. Especially with tablets in line to potentially hit the mainstream next year, this is a product that fills a clear and present need, and fills it right now. Let's hope it lives up to the vision.
Hipster CEO John Mackey taken to task by Liberals at Gawker for Libertarian views
He's a libertarian, and everyone knows libertarians are a wing of the GOP
The Gay/Liberal sensationalist celebrity site Gawker highlights Whole Foods Market CEO John MacKay on the top fold. The article: "Meet rightwing hippie CEO John Mackey. He is featured this month on the front cover of Reason, which was the basis of Gawker's attention.
From Gawker:
libertarian magazine Reason stuck Mackey on the cover of their January 2010 issue... is about how this rebel capitalist is playing by his own rules and ruffling a few feathers.
Ayn Rand nothing more than Free Enterprise Porn for Teenage Boys
The piece goes on to describe Mackey's transformation from liberal to money making libertarian. Continuing:
he used to be a liberal but then he started making money and he read Atlas Shrugged and suddenly it all made sense! And he is a political independent! Except, obviously, that means he is a libertarian, which is, still, a wing of the Republican party, even if they pretend it isn't, because it's still primarily about not ever paying taxes for anything while feeling very high-minded about it.
Then Gawker takes even harsher shots at Mackey and more specifically the libertarian movement. Continuing:
the Ayn Rand books that convince teenage boys that they're secretly the masters of the universe happened after he made his first million. Now he's qualified to say Keynes was "proven" wrong about everything, as the financial sector collapses under the weight of decades of Milton Friedman.
WebOS 1.3.5 Update Available for Palm Pre and Pixi Now [WebOS]
Well, we knew it was coming today, and it's here now—Sprint is pushing WebOS's latest update to Palm Pres and Pixis as you read this. It's supposed to bring better performance and battery life as well as a bunch of minor features—let us know in the comments what y'all think. [Palm via Engadet]
Remo Robot Channels Silent Hill for Extra-Terrifying Visage [Robots]
At this point, it seems passe to accuse every robot post-Roomba of trying to kill you, but if this one isn't a homicidal psychokiller, somebody should tell its face.
Remo (short for Remote Brain (shouldn't it be Remob? Or RemBra?)) is actual a robot kit that's impressively advanced, even considering its $4,350 price. Its custom CPU talks to a PC over Bluetooth (hence the name) and gives dual color CCD cameras as well as pressure sensors in the feet for better balance. [RobotsSFX via PlasticPals via Botropolis]
Tacoma
I bought my daughter a Toyota Pick-up truck that was a 1993 or 1994. Could it have been a different model than a Tacoma.
how do i get jet pump to prime up pump
after filled w/h2o &pump started,press. builds to aprox 30 psi & then dumps press. may build press.a couple more times but doesn!t continue to supply water. do i have a leak or could it be something else?
The Exploding Terrorist Underwear That Nearly Took Down a Plane [Underwear]
Want to see the world's most notorious underwear? ABC News has pictures of the tighty-whiteys that nearly took down a Northwest Airlines flight, complete with Pentaerythritol tetranitrate codpiece. They are—perhaps predictably—rather soiled. [ABC News]
The Battle of 3D Glasses [Movies]
There's a format war you probably didn't even know was going on, right in front of your eyes. It's the battle of four 3D glasses manufacturers to take over movie theaters everywhere.
The New York Times has an excellent piece on the topic that I highly encourage you to read. It looks like a company named RealD has one up on the competition, as they've supplied the simple, polarized glasses distributed for Avatar (which cost about 65 cents each, btw).
Competitors include Masterimage, who uses a similar polarization technology, Dolby, who uses an RBG technology, XpanD, who uses a LCD-based shutter. The catch? Projectors can only be configured to support one of these systems at a time.
It's hard to imagine either Dolby or XpanD succeeding in the market—be they better or not—as both make glasses that are reusable but extremely cost prohibitive, running $28 and $50, respectively. Then again, until I saw Avatar, I didn't imagine 3D succeeding in the first place. [NYT]
