Inventing Definition and 13 Threads

You have a design problem statement, which gives you numerical specifications for performance, spatial constraints etc, and you have finally come up with some mechanism ideas you synthesised into a machine concept. You’ve sketched your design’s parts and the final assembly. So: How do you now...

This is a cautionary tale on inventing and the desire for the inventor to control his invention to the point where investors wouldn't get on board because they didn't know how it worked. http://www.bbc.com/reel/playlist/searching-for-starlite?vpid=p06llq7w In this case, the invention is...

For a long time I wanted to get degrees in both mechanical and electrical engineering and I recently heard about double majors. For me it's not as much about jobs I want in the future. I wanted to become an engineer because they are problem solvers. I wanted to invent things and or make them...

I am building a mini water pump out of a 3L plastic container, a 6V mini motor, 12 inch straws, a cut up CD for a cover (in the pic it is what is between the fan and straw), and bits of a soda can to make up a fan for the motor. Problem is when I tested the product, not enough water/air is...

I've had this notebook of things I've wanted to create and sell since I was a really young girl, but I don't know how to make them. Therefore, I thought I could go into engineering, because a) I want to learn how to make them, and b) I'm really interested in the concept of engineering and seeing...

I am steadily working my way through D'Inverno and have reached Chapter 20. On page 272 there is a problem which goes along the lines of ... here is a Lagrangian ... show that the Einstein tensor can be derived from it. The Lagrangian in question is a 'quadratic' Lagrangian and has four terms...

Aha! I knew it! http://www.theonion.com/articles/historians-admit-to-inventing-ancient-greeks,18209/

I've watched a documentary about jet engine. Is it really possible to just create something with just a piece of paper? Just using all the laws of physics then use it to construct something perfectly.

I am wondering how the man that invented FORTRAN did so. More precisely : It is not really the language that he invented but more likely a compiler that would understand some syntax that we call "language". So how did he write its compiler? In order to make it work it necessitate a...

Inventing Moons and their Eclilpses--help! I'm not mathmatically inclined, but I don't mind learning. I used the model of the typical eclipse seasons for Earth, and it works for Earth, but what about inventing a totally different planet with two moons? I hate guessing. I'm calculating an...

1. A man falls into a tank at 40 degrees C. His body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. I want to ask if the man will freeze to death, but I don't know at what temperature that happens. Can I ask them to figure out what his final body temperature is, if say he doesn't get rescued in 10...

Those of you that have gone through this experience know the agony, the tunnel vission that sets in, only one thing matters, the thing you are inventing. having to take in the gammut of various aspects of the design, the maths, oh the maths, i have had to fill both sides of four pages of a4...

Which degree is more suitable for inventing technological stuffs, Degree of Engineering ( an additional year of study beyond Master Degree for professional engineering ) or Ph.D (research and teaching )?