http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/08/15/engineering-at-home/ Science and Engineering: Innovation, Research, Education and Economics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:32:15 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/08/15/engineering-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-61985 Engineering & Solar Thermal Water Heater For Less Than $5 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:56:48 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/08/15/engineering-at-home/#comment-61985 "This project will create a DIY solar hot water heater for less than five dollars (if you have access to a garbage dump). It will allow you to see the principles of solar water heating in action, and is highly customizable..." “This project will create a DIY solar hot water heater for less than five dollars (if you have access to a garbage dump). It will allow you to see the principles of solar water heating in action, and is highly customizable…”

]]> http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/08/15/engineering-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-60664 1,000 True Fans at Curious Cat Investing and Economics Blog Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:46:05 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/08/15/engineering-at-home/#comment-60664 Another idea from Kevin Kelly, "I am suggesting there is a home for creatives in between poverty and stardom. Somewhere lower than stratospheric bestsellerdom, but higher than the obscurity of the long tail..." Another idea from Kevin Kelly, “I am suggesting there is a home for creatives in between poverty and stardom. Somewhere lower than stratospheric bestsellerdom, but higher than the obscurity of the long tail…”

]]> http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/08/15/engineering-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-39884 Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Building an Electricity Producing Wind Turbine Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:57:52 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/08/15/engineering-at-home/#comment-39884 "The general principal behind the controller is that it monitors the voltage of the battery(s) in your system and either sends power from the turbine into the batteries to recharge them, or dumps the power from the turbine into a secondary load if the batteries are fully charged..." “The general principal behind the controller is that it monitors the voltage of the battery(s) in your system and either sends power from the turbine into the batteries to recharge them, or dumps the power from the turbine into a secondary load if the batteries are fully charged…”

]]> http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/08/15/engineering-at-home/comment-page-1/#comment-321 CuriousCat: Automatic Cat Feeder Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:27:25 +0000 http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/08/15/engineering-at-home/#comment-321 "After some more thought, I realized that I could just use my spare (working) computer as the basis of the cat feeder. It’s also my home’s Subversion source control server – a rare mix of server workloads indeed!..." “After some more thought, I realized that I could just use my spare (working) computer as the basis of the cat feeder. It’s also my home’s Subversion source control server – a rare mix of server workloads indeed!…”

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