Collaborate Disseminate
PhD students spend their time pursuing whatever general paths their supervisor has given them, and if they are lucky, it yields enough solid data to finally write a thesis without …read more Continue reading A Bend Sensor Developed With 3D Printer Filament
In any era, the story of electronics has very much been about figuring out how to make something happen with what’s available at the time. And as is often the …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: The Forgotten Vacuum Tube A/D Converters of 1965
Like many of us, [quincy] feels the distracting pull of non-work programs on what has become a mixed-use computer. So what’s the answer to the puzzle of work-life balance? We’re …read more Continue reading Rotary Time Tracker Puts a New Spin on Productivity
Some years back, a museum asked me to help them with an exhibit a contractor had built for them. It was a wheel like the one on Wheel of Fortune, but smaller and mounted on the wall instead of the floor. You would spin the wheel, it would stop on some item, and a computer would play a short video about the item. Physically and mechanically, it was a beautifully built exhibit. The electronics, though, left something to be desired.
In principle, this is pretty simple computer task. Measure the position of the wheel, and when it stops moving, play …read more
