Project Definition and 1000 Threads

The Maker Greetings, I saw a slew of discount solar panels and I want to use one to power my iPhone or possibly netbook. I’ve researched this but it seems the more I learn the more I realize how little I actually know. There appears to be a wide variety of charging circuits and methods...

I'm building a vacuum oven since I found an industrial highly corrosive resistant vacuum pump and a few boxes of the oil it needs all for about $50. I have the general outline of what I want to do, but I have a couple questions. 1. I plan on this oven reaching about 750-800 °F max on a...

Hello friends, i am a mechanical engineering student. Can anyone suggest new and innovative mechanical engineering project idea? Help please.

Hello all, I am currently pursuing my MSc in Nuclear engineering. My background is in BSc Electrical/electronics engineering therefore I am inclined to go for some project related to nuclear engineering having roots in electrical/electronics/control engineering. It would be great if...

This is a real world project. I'm building a giant roll-up window shade to be used for a special effects green screen. The first real model attempt (without math) failed. See the two pictures of the tube structure being held up by chairs. The only axle was about 3ft of 1.5" pipe at each...

Hello, I'm doing a project on SBSP and we have a few months to complete it, and in my written report I will be going over NASA's data they collected from their attempts. Calculating efficiencies and otheer variables between different stages of transmission, e.g. first from the sun radi to PV...

Hi, does anyone know how to find out more information on the Chernobyl project? (the steel dorm) i.e. which company is actually designing and dealing with it? Also, is there anyway to find out the current average radiation level?

Hi, I am doing an university project that consists in building a robot that operates in a AC to DC convertor. The robot has to work under HV environment. I am looking at possibilities of shielding the electronics of this robot. Can you give me any suggestions or links to look at? Also, will...

So I have a Gr 11 Physics Science project. I need to build a Brushed DC motor. I already build an armature with coils. I have a copper commutator and copper are connected to it. Lastly, I placed electric tape on the wood body The problem is that I don't know how to make an effective Brush...

dear friend i am hydraulic high pressure piping project. but i not aware of calculations and formulas so can anyone tell me "how to select & buy a correct material grade for the high pressure pipe . i know the values 1. max pressure with stand = 25,000 PSI 2.Minimum Inner Dia :10-13 mm...

Hi, I'm doing a project and i saw a device a few months back that basically, no matter what direction the driving shaft would go the output driven shaft would always go in the one direction. I'm looking for the name of this type of device, or maybe where i can find a site with it It is...

Hello again! I'm also interested in creating a PF interactive SciFi Madlib. What we need is a wild story with interchangeable elements for people to add their own "nouns, verbs, adjectives etc...". I can't write it, but I can make it interactive and upload it for all to enjoy!

I'm interested in creating a SciFi "choose-you-own-adventure" style story while using PF members as characters! It would be in the simple style of "story content" then choose "option 1" or "option 2" or "option 3" and repeat etc. I can't do much writing, but I can put it all together and...

I just got one of the most tedious projects of my life... in math class! I need to take a picture and put it on graph paper and plot 2 axis then write over 100 functions which if all graphed would make the picture I chose. We need to use 16 different types of functions and I was wondering if...

Hello, I'm a second year mathematics and economics student, and I've been hired by an economic development organisation to conduct a research project on the probability of loan default in micro-credit borrowers in rural Kenya (I'll be heading there in person this summer). Basically, I'll...

This is NOT homework. This is a personal project I am working on. First and foremost, THANK YOU in advance for helping me with my statistics project that I have been unable to solve on my own or through the help of my statistics book and google. I am working on an excel spreadsheet for use...

Hello, I'm currently a sophomore in high school and am interested in working on something to find methods of completely non-invasive toxin detection which I don't see out right now. I've noted that this is done by interpreting the spectra of different materials which could contain the...

MOTOR Help! Hello Everyone, Please help regarding my DIY project. I want to make a Camera Glider/Slider which has to slide my 2-3 KG camera Horizontally, Inclined-ly as well as Vertically (Straight Upto 2 Meter High) using a Motor and a Belt. Here is the picture my project...

Hey guys, I was wondering if you could help me out here. I'm working on a project that needs two fast linear actuators which I'm planning to control with the Arduino logic board, but I can't seem to find anything that suits what I need. Here are the specs. -Type of actuator: Linear...

Hi all. Next year for school, we have a huge, year-long research project. I'm really excited, but I'm not really sure what I should do yet... It can be on pretty much anything (and I'm doing it on something physics-related, hopefully), as long as the teachers approve it. It should be a long-term...

This is not actual "homework." I am building a POV globe and I want to get as accurate of a projection as possible. The images I will upload into the globe will be a simple 2 dimensional image projected onto a 3 dimensional plane. I have researched and it appears that a Mercator type map is the...

Termite ,ants are among those insects which could be used for mining exploration ,what other Insects (or animals)you think could be used and why? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121211095007.htm Thanks

Not sure what's going one, as soon as I remove the line with String[] arraySuit... all errors go away. With that statement in I get errors on several lines. Cannot figure out what's wrong. /* * Semester Project * Blackjack Class */ package project; import java.util.*; /** *...

I want to make a project for Optics Fair.It is an undergraduate level optics fair. Please give me some idea, if you do it will be very helpful for me.

Homework Statement Need to build a container to hold a Large grade A egg that must have maximum dimensions of 25cm x 25cm x 25cm. Score for marks is based on Score = (200 - Distance from target in cm)/Mass of container with egg. The egg is thrown from at least 1 m above the ground and 2 m from...

I am currently working on a project and I am stuck on the last question (g). I will provide the questions and my work up until this point. If anyone could help me, it would be greatly appreciated. problems.

I am working on a career project for school about mechanical engineering. I would prefer to have more than one answer though because it would give me more details of the job and what I could expect from it. If you would like to give me any tips, recommend some colleges, important things to know...

Hello everybody ! I'm a 15 years old student in ninth grade.My country will do the selective Physics Science Fair for ISEF.The winners will have opportunity to compare on I-Sweep next year.All best students of my country will participate in this competition.Most of them will be helped very much...

Homework Statement My partner and I are doing a project for our introductory Honor's Physics course, in which we must use VPython to explore a theoretical concept in physics. We were able to choose whichever topic we wished, although it had to be approved, and it had to be theoretical. Our...

I need to make a project for my school practical exams but I am at a lack of ideas. I want to create a project using semiconductor devices and then I have to write a report file on it. Any ideas from your side are appreciated. Here's a pdf of the chapter on Semiconductors in my textbook so...

Hi Guys, I'm new to the forum so please be gentle with me. I am a final year mechanical engineering student in Ireland and i am doing my final year project on reduceing solidification cracks that are occurring in a weldment of a NI-Super alloy during the welding process. I believe that a...

Hi I've built a NST 15kV tesla coil and I hooked it up today and it kinda didn't work. I'm wondering if anyone would like to help me as it's a school project and needs to be finished ASAP so if anyone might have any ideas / advice, that would be amazing! Pictures of all my parts...

I need some help Desperately for this class. this project is 10% of my grade and I'm doing really bad in this class >_<. I have read the book but is all talking about is bunch of formulas that i have no idea how to relate them to this. I uploaded the diagram as well that was part of the...

I need to find the surface tension of water and how it is effected by different kinds of soap. I am unsure how to find the surface tension of a liquid though. Please and thank you! xoxo Best wishes! NERD OUT. ∞ Homework Statement ... Homework Equations ... The Attempt at a...

i have been given ap project by my teachers to show the ratio between velocity and torque . i.e i have to show the gear ratio in my project. can some one tell me whether the ratio b/w torque and velocity remains constant if we use different number of gears . also if some one can give me any...

Hi, I have to do a high school project in physics regarding to build a catapult. The catapult must launch a tennis ball 12 meters from the launch line into the trash can. My friends and I are confused on what materials to use in this project and how to exactly make it so it can fit the...

Check this out: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adapteva/parallella-a-supercomputer-for-everyone. It's a project that aims to create open source hardware for scalable parallel computing. If you pledge $99, you get one of the computer they are building. In case anyone is wondering about...

Hello! I want to have a project to work on. Not a simple project (hands-on) that'll take a few weeks, but an in-depth project that could take me several years. This is not necessary, but I need something that could really teach me something, not something that is simple and rather...

Hello, We are taking atoms lesson in chemistry and we should have a project for this lesson any ideas for a project?

I'm in my third and final year Bs. in mechanical engineering degree .(I need to do a 2 year Ms. to have a BE. equivilant in case anyone was wondering) .Anyways , I don't know where to start with my senior project. I'm interested in the bio mechanics field . I love animals (my dog is my best...

Calling in all Electrical Engineers- Final Year Project help needed! I needed some help from you guys regarding my Final year project. Basically my project is about a hydrogen fuel cell that charges the batteries in cars, its a hybrid system. The fuel cell is PEMFC (proton exchange membrane...

Hello guys I will be graduating this year getting my Bachelor of Engineering Technology going through Electronics Engineering. I have to work and think about a graduation project to do. So i have been searching around for some ideas to start with. One of the ideas I had was, since our...

I need to design a a vehicle using only elastics and/or balloons as a source of energy, and the cost of the overall material must not exceed $20. Now, I am not asking you guys to do the work for me, but I need ideas because there is a catch. The vehicle must do a hairpin turn at a certain point...

Hello, I am working on a home hobby project and I need a motor to move an approx 1000lb weight back and forth - similar motion to a pendulum - at a rate of about once every 4 seconds. The problem is, I don't know how powerful the motor has to be to accomplish this. And since gear motors...

At least a go at it... Arch was in his study room contemplating the contents of the last message from Central. The message was brief, only a few words with no outllining explanation - URGENT. RETURN TO BASE. END - and no signature as to whom had sent it. Verification of the encryption code...

Hello folks I am about to start on my final year project and I am not sure how to go about it ,, as in what I need to write about and what calculations I should do relative to my design, its bascailly a system that apply s plastic hanging tabs to a product ,basically it will be a motor that...

1-Observing and Asteroid. Determine is orbit with a CCD camera and calculate its diameter(3-5 nights) 2-Observing a Variable Star. Over several nights observe a variable star and generate a light curve 3-Open Cluster HR Diagram. Observe starts in an open cluster and by using standard starts...

Any ideas about where I can hire a CNC machine designer for a personal (non-commercial) hobby project? I've emailed various people who are prominent (at least on the web) in hobby CNC designs and have received zero responses. Maybe my ideas are too wierd. My interest is in the programming...

Since there has been little activity on this part of the forum the past week I have a few questions to pose to those who visit First a definition. A Community Writing project, is what it sounds like. Its a Story written by the community. normally the setting is based on the board it is posted...

Hi, I live in Missouri I'm currently in a Botany class that has a project that requires us(me and my lab partner) to find 35 Missouri native plants, tree's, shrubs, etc. Any helpful advice on how to go about this would be appreciated. Department of conservation said go to parks and pick...