Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Plasma Speaker / Tweeter - Completed Working Setup







Plasma speakers.  Too damn cool.  There are plans online, I'm sure.  The key is the flyback transformer, getting harder to find every day...

15 ton prehistoric shark

 Everyone wanted to see the article of the Shark that was 15 tons and 11 meters long.


Here it is click here: http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/15-ton-prehistoric-shark-captured-off-coast-of-pakistan/

Black Holes

Hi everyone, my name is Christian Higgins. Just look for the kid with the bushy eyebrows and you'll find me. I am extremely interested in space. The main thing I love most however is the search for intelligent extraterrestrials. I also would like to possibly show how some theories written in science fiction novels and games can be possible. That brings me to this webpage.

 http://www.iflscience.com/physics/physicist-claims-have-proven-mathematically-black-holes-do-not-exist

This article that I have attached is discussing a theory on how black holes do not exist. A Physicist claims that she has mathematically proven that black holes do not exist. I for one think that is ridiculous. Black holes have been referenced in many science fiction books and the authors all have their own take on what the holes could actually do. I for one would like to prove or disprove some of these theories. Black holes help loosely explain certain phenomena that occurs in space that we don't quite comprehend. Read this article and see what you think.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Wassup Engineering/Physics!!!!

Hello Everyone!! I am Brandon Hardy, the silent black kid in the back. I am a fan of engineering, buuuut not so much for physics (BAD HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER). I enjoy chemistry and I aspire to be a biomedical engineer in my future. Specific events may change what I want to do in the future and I would like to think of Engineering physics as one of those specific courses that may have the most influence in changing my career. Overall math is fun to me so I can't hate physics but I have a lukewarm opinion of the course. I did take nanotechnology so I have an idea of some of the advanced concepts of physics like the quantum mechanics. We already discussed light-wave duality in the earlier classes so I'll throw out another quantum mechanic that we MIGHT discuss in the future. Quantum tunneling...... Fun stuff. Enjoy class. I'll enjoy my 10/10 on this assignment :)

Sunday, September 28, 2014

While in class last Thursday.

Hello classmates. Don't know if you guys got around to it but while in class, when we got to microwaves during the lecture, someone brought up an interesting YouTube clip. Thought I'd post it sense it was cool.



Inspirations From Nature: The Cheetah

There's no doubt that the cheetah is a marvel of nature. The ability to reach speeds up to 70 mph is astonishing. But how can we learn and benefit from observing this creature? Well, a team of researchers at MIT may be on to something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMKQbqnXXhQ

After studying the physiology of the cheetah, the engineers at MIT, have created a robot that replicates the movements of the animal. There are many ways in which we could use this technology, including: prosthetics and transportation. Just another gift of nature.

Bringing Electromagnetic Energy to Sea

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9114111/US-Navy-tests-game-changing-supersonic-electromagnetic-rail-gun.html

This link will take you to a web article by Telegraph that talks about a new weapon that is under testing to be used by the United States Navy. This new "Rail Gun" uses electromagnets and electric current to fire projectiles at about 5,600 mph! That was no typo, it is 7 times the speed of sound. This new will weapon will be able to hit targets up to 220 miles compared to the guns used now that have a effective range of 15 miles.