March 2010
15 posts
Free CAD software with the ability to order your... →
“eMachineShop is the remarkable new way to create the custom metal parts and plastic parts you need. Why waste time calling or emailing conventional machine shops - and waiting days for quotations? Reduce your total time up to 90% by designing, and ordering your custom part with our free cad software.”
New Material Patterned After Spider Hair Refuses...
Scientists have created a flat surface patterned after the body hair of spiders that refuses to get wet. The surface also has the added benefit of being self-cleaning, since water does a pretty good job of picking up and carrying off dirt as it is being repelled.
This makes the material ideal for some food packaging, windows, or solar cells that must stay clean to gather sunlight, scientists...
Engineers Tired Of Being Outshined By Scientists →
skm-graduates:
A nice article from USA Today about engineers as the problem solvers.
Jokulu: Three lawyers and three engineers →
Three lawyers and three engineers were travelling by train to a conference. At the station, each lawyer bought a ticket whereas the engineers bought only one ticket between them. ‘How are you going to travel on a single ticket?’ asked a lawyer. ‘Wait and watch,’ answered one of the…
Hell explained by chemistry student nice →
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term. Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is…
A book review of The Essential Engineer, by Henry... →
“Engineers, as a professional necessity, tend to be practical people. Many, in my experience, also tend to be pessimists, ready to tell you in great detail all the technical and regulatory reasons why this or that project can’t be done or, more likely, why it can’t be done for anything less than 10 times the budget you had imagined. Then there are the others, who blend pragmatism, know-how and...
My new blog site
hello people,
the new blog site of mine with some ideas and all the things i think about in my life …
so 1st march 1st post … and its here