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[FONT=Verdana]This is my first year of physics . On the first day my professor had already told us that we would be learning physics differently than any other class we would be taking. I had been able to zoom through all of my other classes like econ, pysch, english, math, chem, bio etc. For...

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I want to build a tesla coil for my school's science fair. Is there some way you can make the Tesla coil safe and not extremely dangerous and deadly? I don’t want to kill myself :eek: ! Does anyone have any tips or advise? ~Thanks

I will be majoring in electrical engineering, and have a couple questions. I've heard a lot about how the classes are extremely tedious, difficult, boring, and time consuming. anyone have any opinions there? also i would like to know what some of you did with your degrees. thanks

my friend and i recently made a flame thrower that was posted on other forums. it has a tank made from pvc that we pressurize to 80psi, the tank connects to a hose, through a vacuum breaker, through more hose, to a gun made from 1.5in. metal pipe. the gun has a valve where you can open it to...

I am an aspiring secondary mathematics teacher here in the states. what i want to know is are there any posts/discussions on things that deal with the classroom? i am putting this post here, since this is HW help K-12. can anyone tell me? also, does anyone here belong to NCTM (National...

When I go swimming (or rather walk in the water; I can't swim but I can pretend :redface: ), I like to try to swim under water and when I try, I can't. Why? Because I only stay under for a few seconds and float right back up again. I took a swimming class once, and the teacher couldn't figure...

How do you "heal" scars from spots? :eek: :surprise: :shy: :shy:

It seems I suffer from this a good bit. I can recite my entire textbook and even teach the entire book, but during test, I just can't remember anything. For example, I've made A's on all of my quizzes thus far in Calculus I; however, on my first test last week, I made a 54 (F). My professor knew...

Any suggestion when it comes to starting a business in electronics (something with automotive)? With our current economy, jobs are hard to get.

I would like to start a fun project to create a vb6 program to create a orbit simulator. Is there anybody that's done this that could give me some tips?

I really need help solving this problem! Give me some hints and tips on how can it be solved. Two trains are leaving from two points, A and B , one towards each other ,at the same time.The distance between A and B is 200Km. The train leaving from A has a constant speed of 40 Km/h the other...

Share your experiences about benefits that u got by taking GRE Physics test. U can also tell the story about your preperation for the test.

And yeah, so how? Thank you very much..

Hello people!~ I have a latest Physics assignment in which I'm stuck! Can anyone advise me on how to go about doing it? The instructions are as follows: 1) Select any Physics Toy. 2) Explain the Physics Principle(s) that is/are illustrated by the toy. 3) Suggest one or more...

My intro to digital system teacher is hard. He gives question that ask u design circuit such as make a counter that count 3 5 9 0 3 using mod-6 counter + encoder + decoder. Do question like this have a systematic way of solving or is only solvable if u have mad experience? He seems to give...

one of my calc assignments asks me to graph the derivative of a graph which can be seen here: http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~cjjacob/images/fifth.jpg i already know that when there's a cusp on the graph, the derivative of that point is at zero and that slope determines how the derivative acts...

I've got a friend who lives on a military base. The base has a firewall that blocks out a ton of stuff and such so I was wondering if anyone knew something that could bypass this firewall. I remeber someone had http tunnel client a while back and that worked but you have to pay for that.

What is the easiest way to convert 24v to 12v without buying a store bought do-hicky. I am running into a problem trying to power things like cd players and lights on my truck. I would be greatful for any advice

Hello! I've recently bought a canon Point & Shot PowerShot camera :) I know it's not professional one, so as I :) Do you also do photography? What's your model? Can you show few of your great works to us? Actually I'm a starter...looking for PF no not Physics Forum ;) Photography...

what is a good technique for printing the words like "meter" on to a project box?

Anyone here buy a used cars before? If so what was your experience like and can you give us some tips.

Can I post True or False questions or multiple choices questions as long as the no one pin points the exact answer for it?

I'm very lost ! First off thanks to HallsoIvy and AD for answering my last question. However I am still having a difficult time with the last question. I know that we are suppose to try these problems before we post…but I am having a horrible time understanding how to derive equations. I am at...

help please! i have a mid term physics test in abut a week, i really need some studying tips anyone can give...,problem solving tips?, shortcuts oin questions, anything that could help me would be greatly apprecited...thank you

Can you disprove "real life" mathematically? Then this thread may be a place to ask for translations from people in the know... Can anyone tell me what this means? "Yeah, yeah, and yer mother wears army boots."

In this book I am reading about Geometry, it is teaching on how to prove things. It gives a bunch of examples that don't make much sense to me. It has the picture, statement and the givens...then the Proof (what the writer is proving). I am assuming that there was a theorem previous to...

Ok i just read a thread about SNES codes So anything NES related feel free to put down Now a few days ago i sattred playign Punch out...it is Mike tyson's Punch out with a diffrent guy as MIke dose anyone know how to beat MR. Sandman the 5th i believe in the world circuit

I know I've posted this topic before, but does anybody know of any good TI-89 programming tidbits or programs themselves? Thanks