When you are riding a bicycle or a motorcycle and are about to make a turn, you (often subconsciously) perform a small “countersteer” in the opposite direction of your turn before actually turning in your desired direction. That is, if you are about to make a right turn on your bike, you actually make a [...]
In this last week of classes at Cornell, things have gotten busy.
We’ll be sure to pick it up once the madness ends. Considering bumping posting frequency to three a week for the summer. Possibly even one a day!
Thanks for understanding.
I know this is old news, but yesterday was Earth Day, which is a day for environmental awareness. Even though the other 364 days of the non-leap year aren’t Earth Days, you can still make a difference by conserving energy as a habit (which I’m sure you’ve heard several times before).
As the population grows, energy [...]
Back in January, I wrote a little something about nuclear energy.
While nuclear power is still highly controversial in the United States, others see it has an option for clean, affordable alternative energy. Here’s a news item about China’s efforts to follow the footsteps of France and Japan in adopting nuclear power as a formidable source [...]
Read this: Giz Explains: Why Analog Audio Cables Really Aren’t All The Same. It has to do with resistance, capacitance, and inductance. Fancy stuff.