Archive for the ‘Engineering’ Category
Taser’s Electrified Shotgun Slug
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:42 3 CommentsHey everyone, Just prowling through my latest edition of Popular Science, and I stumbled upon this article. This article had to do with a advancement in the technology of law enforcement – the mechanics of the Taser evolving to more and more weapons to replace the actual handguns and pistols that many police officers use. [...]
Thinking in Multiple Dimensions
Thursday, December 17, 2009 1:10 2 CommentsI’ve survived the first day of final exams, 2 down and 4 more to go! Here’s an interesting project called The Lumen, a 3D display that adds depth to 2D images. The neatest part is how they get each little pixel up and down; they use a wires made of “shape memory allow” that expand [...]
I have a dream…
Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:54 No CommentsAs a young, somewhat lost, soon-to-be-engineer I loved watching Bre Petis’s weekend project video series on MAKE, where a DIY project would be made into a simple video tutorial so even the most lost engineers could follow. As you might imagine, the day Bre’s videos stopped was a sad one. Bre Petis later had his [...]
How to get funding for projects
Friday, December 4, 2009 2:31 5 CommentsHere’s the situation: You have the most massive idea ever. You just drank 3 red bulls and you’re convinced that your laser sunglasses will sell like one of Apple’s computers that come out every other day. The problem: you have $3 in your Paypal account after buying some nun chucks and X-Ray vision goggles. So, [...]
New 3D Scanning Software and (a little) BWSL News
Monday, November 23, 2009 5:19 No CommentsGlobal A Cambridge student named Qui Pan has built a fantastic program that lets the user scan any desktop object with only a webcam. The computer generates a 3D model in real time, all you have to do is move the object in 360 degrees on your desk. This gets me really excited as this [...]



