Recent content by Sakha
-
S
Undergrad NASA Space Shuttle Launches iPhone to Test Radiation Effects
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/06/iphone-space-shuttle/" . Anyways, it says that it will look for radiation effects with "single bit upsets", is memory really that sensible to radiation?- Sakha
- Thread
- Iphone Space
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Astronomy and Astrophysics
-
S
Graduate Missing matter found by Monash student.
Is this paper trying to say that dark matter is actually baryonic mass? -
S
How Do I Learn to Read and Understand Schematics and Electronic Circuits?
Allaboutcircuits.com has a great E-book, and very good forums on the topic, check it out.- Sakha
- Post #3
- Forum: Electrical Engineering
-
S
High School Just curious how electric motors work, specifically DC motors.
There are many DC-AC converters designed specially to run from a 12v car battery. I find it really usefull to have 110v AC outlets in my car. It costed me around $30 for a 400W inverter.- Sakha
- Post #6
- Forum: Electromagnetism
-
S
Unique Invention Ideas: ISSCE, AND, and Miniature Beacon
There are a few companies developing Exo-skeleton suits. I've seen the Raytheon (named XOS) suit in a few videos.- Sakha
- Post #5
- Forum: Computing and Technology
-
S
High School What is it exactly about an explosion that pushes the piston in an engine?
Besides the Temperature increase, there is a very high increase in the 'n' of the equation -number of moles-. The gasoline enters as liquid and changes into gas.- Sakha
- Post #11
- Forum: Thermodynamics
-
S
Undergrad Newton's 2nd Law conceptual problem
Expanding cjl's post: 30000N=15000kg*2m/s^2 is wrong; while F=15000kg*(2m/s^2 + 9.8m/s^2) is the right expression. -
S
Graduate Electron schwarzchild radius problem
Anyways, applying the concept of Schwarzschild radius to an electron seems pointless. EDIT: It appears it's not entirely pointless. There's even http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_electron"- Sakha
- Post #4
- Forum: Electromagnetism
-
S
Graduate Photons reflecting off mirrors, wheres the flaw?
Maybe when considering a single photon one would have to consider solid state physics and phonons? (I'm just thinking out loud) -
S
High School Movement in Space: Understanding Acceleration & Force
1. "...in contact with an equal and opposite force" to what? the object won't stop unless a there is a force that causes it to decelerate until it stops. 2. No, it will keep moving at a constant 100km/h. Remember that acceleration involves work and energy, so nothing accelerates unless...- Sakha
- Post #2
- Forum: Astronomy and Astrophysics
-
S
Graduate Photons reflecting off mirrors, wheres the flaw?
When you say de Broglie you mean the 'simple' \lambda = \frac{h}{p}? -
S
Graduate Photons reflecting off mirrors, wheres the flaw?
So to resolve this scenario one needs complex math with Hamiltonians? Isn't there some simple math for it? I was expecting a very straightforward solution. -
S
Graduate Photons reflecting off mirrors, wheres the flaw?
Hello. Consider 2 spacecraft isolated in space, with a mirror on their back, facing each other. One light pulse is shot between them. The photons reflect off the first one, transferring a momentum off 2p, travels in the opposite directions, reflects off the second spacecraft , giving it 2p... -
S
High School Convert 8 Beers/Night to Weight Gain in Pounds
You are trying to add apples and oranges. Kcal is a unit of energy, while pound is a unit of mass. For determining how much weight in the long run a person will gain after consuming X kcal you would need precise data on his energy consumption.- Sakha
- Post #2
- Forum: Other Physics Topics
-
S
Undergrad What is an isolated system and its role in charge conservation?
Open system exchanges matter and energy with its surrounding. Closed systems exchanges just energy with its surroudings; e.g a Thermos An isolated system doesn't exchange anything with its surroundings. Its like if it were alone in the universe.- Sakha
- Post #3
- Forum: Electromagnetism