Archive for 'August 2009'

Twitter Weekly Digest for 2009-08-28

by Twitter on Aug 28, 2009

In our future: BENDY DISPLAYS! What do you think this means for our living room? Or even Times Square?!? http://bit.ly/105N5q #
Ever hear the line, "We've been walking around in circles"? There's good news. Now you can blame science: http://bit.ly/aWZl3 #
Remember the scare with the Hadron Collider and black holes? Apparently, we just can't get enough [...]

Managing Large Software Projects

by Hans F. on Aug 27, 2009

Have you ever wondered how teams of computer programmers create large-scale programs successfully without hindering other people’s work? There are rather simple tools that keep track of versions of code being developed. This is known as version control, and one popular version control software is Subversion. There are several features in version control software that [...]

Circuits from the Mechanical Perspective

by Kevin C. on Aug 26, 2009

One of the biggest differences between electrical engineering and mechanical engineering is the intuition that is developed for the physics. As a mechanical engineer, I fare better by dealing with what I can see (usually on a length-scale of a meter or so). Electrical engineers, at least when it comes to electric circuits, can only [...]

Twitter Weekly Digest for 2009-08-21

by Twitter on Aug 21, 2009

World's First Carbon Positive City in China
http://bit.ly/hnNRr #
RT @TIME: Can geoengineering help slow global warming? | http://su.pr/1moIXm #
Flat screen movies would be a boring experience compared to this. An interactive dome theater with 3D sound experience:http://bit.ly/e3dyE #
Pesticides in organic foods are a no no. Fortunately we have things like rosemary, thyme, cloves and mint [...]

Conduction vs. Convection

by Hans F. on Aug 20, 2009

When it comes to heat transfer science, two main types are conduction and convection. Heat transfer via conduction can occur in substance of any phase (solid, liquid, or gas), but is mostly seen in solids. On the other hand, convective heat transfer occurs only in fluids (liquids and gases). Both types of heat transfer are [...]