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Here's the problem... I am to build a simple windmill (small scale) to lift an x amount of weight twelve inches above the base plane. The required amount is to lift 200 grams, 12 inches in 2 minutes or less. The materials are to be mostly recycled; however, I am alotted $15 to buy any new...

Homework Statement Halliday/Resnick/Walker, 1 - Mechanics, 7th Edition. Chap. 4, Exercise 57 - Relative Movement in One Dimension (I'm sorry if translation sounds confusing at first, the book is in Portuguese) A suspicious man runs as fast as he can on a conveyor belt, taking aprox. 2.5...

yes, the famous egg drop experiment. i really need help with ideas on what to construct...i was thinking that i would put a small box cushioned inside with toilet paper or tissue paper and lined with folded(like an accordion) paper / inside a bigger...the problem is: • The over all dimensions...

This is a portrait drawing contest for a club with a lot of members on DeviantArt: --------------- HOLIDAY CONTEST Rules: Theme: Halloween and Christmas. Draw a pencil portrait drawing of either/both themes eg. Frankenstein, a .witch, Santa, Grinch, an angel You may submit ONE entry for...

Homework Statement You know grey paws(GG or Gg) is dominant to pink paws(gg).You also know that brown eyes(an x linked trait:BB,Bb, BY) is dominant to green eyes (bb or bY). You have a male dog with grey paws and brown eyes and a female dog with pink paws and brown eyes.They mate and have 8...

I have to design, test and build a project for my final year of my HND Electrical & Electronic engineering course, and I am unsure of what I will do. I would appreciate any ideas, no matter how difficult or easy they are, these will just be ideas which I might use to adapt into my own...

Homework Statement Im sure most of us have heard about and done an egg drop project sometime in our lives, and right now is the time to do mine. We will be dropping the egg that is inside of our project from the second story of a building, and then from the third story. We are allowed to...

Hi! I believe a shipyard working on new ships, with all its electrical arc welding and stuff, makes for a lot of "stray" currents in the sea. Do you guys have any plausible idea to re-create such scenario in the lab? A small-scale model perhaps? Thanks a lot.

Hi, I am taking a course on Electronics. I would like to have some good ideas for design projects. I have some problems come up with original ideas. Thank you for your time B.

I'm not sure if this should be in the homework forum or not, but anyhow. I'm taking an introduction to Biomathematics class and for a project we have to develop a model. Now, it's a relatively easy project--our professor says we can even get any model and change a few variables. But I...

Hey guys...i've had some ideas floating around in my head for a while, but really don't have anyone to talk to about them. quick intro first. I'm 24, i don't have a degree in any related field, and I am sure I am not as intellegent as most people on here...so I am a little intimidated. I've...

I need some ideas for shopable gifts for a female electrical engineer turning 25. She's my girlfriend so I've already bought the sentimental-type gift, now I'm looking for something that actually interests her. What do female engineers/scientists like? The same thing males do? I know her fairly...

I'm looking ahead to winter quarter 2008 when I will be starting an independent research project. I wanted to get an early start in thinking about what I might be able to do. I am thinking that I want to do something in signal processing, but don't have enough knowledge to make a choice. Here...

what should i do next?:confused: hi i ll be starting my third year of meachanical engineering this august. i have my interest in aerospace engineering. but the problem is that we don't have any professor in our college related to this field:cry::cry: i do my stuff in this field via net n some...

Help on project ideas! I'm a 3rd year student of mechanical engineering. I have to submit a proposal for a project within a week. The project should be on control and measurement. I need some ideas and any web links related.Plz help! Things i shouldn't use in my project: Microcontroller...

This is what any involved person intuitivelly knew from the beginning of the hype, and now even the scientists figured out: :confused: http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2007/06/14/dna_study_challenges_basic_ideas_in_genetics/"

I am in need of a project that needs to be based around "computational physics" firstly, can someone define "computational physics" for me? My best understanding is that it's the physics that have more to do with math and equations versus physical exploitations. secondly, does anyone have...

Summer Job... Ideas Hello All... I am in kind of a bad position. I am looking for a way to make some decent money this summer. I have applied to a few different internships, but none are looking to promising (I waited way too long). Anyway if anyone haars some great ideas for work over the...

my fourth quarter project is that i have to build a physics apparatus. it can be a model but i think my teacher prefers it if the apparatus i build actually performs the task it's supposed to. I've been researching but i can't find any good ideas. building a circuit is an obvious choice but its...

Welcome to the "Clever little ideas" thread. :smile: This is one of the most collectively intelligent groups I have the pleasure of knowing. I'm sure that there are several clever methods you have for doing tasks, handling equipment, aplliances, cooking, cleaning, computers, etc., in your...

My professor asked us to think of ideas to do a quick computational project in physical chemistry (he says quick because there are only a few weeks of school left). I will be using the student edition of the Spartan P-Chem software. I really don't have any idea what I should do. I prefer...

Hi! I've got a couple of new ideas for programming languages. I'm curious if anyone has thought about these. 1. I was thinking about AI and it just occurred to me -- is there a programming language which has AI built into it, much as like traditional programming languages have assembly...

I'm working on a project to show linear algebras applications in electrical circuits. I don't have a lot of experience with circuits, and I don't have any experience with differential equations, so I'm not quite sure how slim my options are. Anyways, I've found out how to use augmented...

Coursework ideas?? Hi everyone, For my AS physics coursework we have been given some data for a vertically bouncing ball (i.e. distance and time) and I was wondering if anyone could think of anything remotely interesting to do with it?? Thanks in advance

There is a local physics projects for juniors taking physics. I need some good ideas, can anybody suggest some?

They are my favorite fast food, well not fast as in cooking time, but fast as in prep time, the problem is the toppings, i have ran out of ideas, cheese is good as is chili (from a tin), whatever, it must be a strong tasting topping, any ideas?

Its me again. I need recommendations for a motor and power supply to make a cordless grass trimer that uses battery..anyone?

Robert Shapiro writes in scientific american about the Miller-Urey chemistry that is supposed to be able to form life: He also assaults the RNA-first idea: Here he gives a golf-analogy: He also mentions which ideas he thinks are more plausible...

Hey guys I am looking for some ideas of projects to do for a physics class. It is for the last year of high school. I am open to all kinds of ideas, feel free to share them :)

Hello all! I have to write a review paper of several current articles for my Gas Dynamics course. My research is in Welding and Automation, so I have very little experience in the area of aerodynamics. However, I have recently read a book on Lockheed Skunk Works and think that I would like to...

I'm currently in high school and studying physics, 2 maths ("normal" and the most advanced course, the normal is required for the advanced one by the way) as well as a few other subjects. I'm planning to study Electrical or Mechanical engineering or science. Maybe both. But that's...

1. Using principals of physics explain why the team with the largest mass is most likely 2 win. What can the team with less mass do to try and make up? Any ideas? So far i think that b/c the team has more mass it will produce more forece and therefore more acceleration, but i can't think...

Considering the Danish photos and the broad amount of interent culture devoted to mocking religion: do you think freedom of speech can be taken too far, and that it can cause grave offense. Here's a fictional situation. Are they right to do so, or is freedom of speech beyond the laws of a...

I was offered by my high school physics teacher to write an essay to submit to the Perimeter Institute describing why I should go to their Summer physics program, http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/en/Outreach/Education/ISSYP_Overview/ I don't know what how to begin and what to write about, it...

What type of circuit should one set up in order to induce chaotic outputs? My current research is pointing me towards a diode resonator circuit (resistor, inductor, diode in series) any ideas on that model or improvements from other research?

Life is short, and I know I can never experience all of mathematics. So I want to construct a plan to see as many of the unique proofs (across the various disciplines) as possible. (Independently, I'll also proceed to learn as much as possible in depth as well). Reading Munkres'...

Hi everyone, this is my first post in this forum & as usual like all other newbies i am asking for help :blushing: . I am after few innovative ideas for mechanical engineering project, its a group project rather but my group mate she is a dead rat lol so i have to do most of the work, I have few...

Hello everyone, For my programming class we have to find somthing we want to code and do it, and it must be at least 1,000 lines of code. This is an indepedant project we have to work on through out the semester. This is an internmediate programming course so it doesn't have to be that...

Is there any consensus among experimental and/or theoretical physicists about Tom Van Flandern's ideas about gravity propagating (and having to propagate) much faster than the speed of light?

Hi, I'm sorry if this question is in the wrong topic, but I am currently writing sci-fi story which contains a lot of scientific explanations. I would like, if possible to run some of the ideas past some people who know something on the subject. Can somone please tell me where i can ask...

Hello all, This year once I go back to school, (late January) I will need to complete a piece of assessment called an extended experimental investigation (EEI), I was terrible in a similar assignment last year and was lucky to just pass. This is my last year of schooling and most important. I...

Where do we go abouts for this? Any ideas on where to go? I don't want to volunteer at the hospital or a retirement home. I would volunteer at a Sick Children Hospital but there isn't one nearby (atleast one hour drive). I went to the library, but all they have is a microfilm searching...

Hello all, firstly I would like to thank those who helped me with my recent posts! I have now finished all my end of year assessment. One of those pieces of assessment was an extended experimental investigation (EEI), I was terrible in this assignment and was lucky to just pass. I will need to...

hello every one i wanted you guys to help me i want some ideas on what to build as a final year project i am runnig out of ideas the project should have something to do with cars and/or electronics people at my univ have already designed a hybrid vehical and an efi injection kit i want to...

Hello everyone. I'm not sure what the recurance relationship of this would be becuase, it doesn't seem liek the answer you want requires calculation of any of the previous terms...here it is: For each integer n >= 2, let a_n be the number of permutations of {1,2,3,...n} in which no number is...

I've been a lurker for a longtime (and recently made an account). That aside, I've just started my sophomore level classes in electrical engineering this year (in college obviously), and my instructor has asked us at the last minute to make a simple project involving an RLC network (so...

Hi ppl. I am currently doing a project on solar storm and its requirement includes coming out with proposed ideas/theory and investigations. So, I am just trying my luck here to see if you guys have any weird thoughts about solar storm. E.g. how to predict solar storm better, how to protect...

Hello, I am looking for any ideas for a project where an ASIC would be used over a FPGA and something that cannot be done with microcontroller as much. Not tooo complicated but something that could be accomplished within 2 months or so... so not tooo simple either... i guess... Thanks in advance.

Opinions of ideas in "Not Even Wrong" The new book by Peter Woit, Not Even Wrong, gives a lengthy discussion as to why we should abandon string theory and move to more promising fields of study. He claims, and as far as I know correctly, that superstring theory has not made one single testable...

I have to think of a topic for my coursework, which can be anything as long as it is related to physics. It must be possible to perform any experiments within 10 hours of class time (although I would be willing to go in at lunch time if needed). It must be also possible for the coursework to be...