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One Small Step Back in Time

Posted on June 25, 2019 by dkohn96

Half a century after Apollo 11, Scientific American remembers how we achieved the impossible and why we need to do it again….. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/one-small-step-back-in-time/ Don’t miss the article links at the bottom of the page. This isn’t just one story but … Continue reading →

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How To Choose Your PCB Design Software to Design Open-Source Hardware

Posted on June 14, 2019 by dkohn96

https://openhomeautomation.net/pcb-design-software

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This Total Solar Eclipse Film Took Two Years to Finish

Posted on June 12, 2019 by dkohn96

https://petapixel.com/2019/06/12/this-total-solar-eclipse-film-took-two-full-years-to-finish/

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Purdue Now Offers Graduate Certificate For Current And Prospective STEM Faculty

Posted on June 5, 2019 by dkohn96

Purdue’s School of Engineering Education (ENE), the first of its kind, is offering an online 10-credit hour graduate certificate in Teaching and Learning in Engineering. ENE has teamed with Purdue Online to offer this unique certificate program for current or … Continue reading →

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Ford Self-Driving Vans Will Use Legged Robots to Make Deliveries

Posted on June 5, 2019 by dkohn96

from IEEE Spectrum 22 May 2019 Ford is adding legs to its robocars—sort of. The automaker is announcing today that its fleet of autonomous delivery vans will carry more than just packages: Riding along with the boxes in the back … Continue reading →

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How Servo Motors Work?

Posted on June 4, 2019 by dkohn96

From: Jameco Electronics Servo Motor Controllers This little motor is high in efficiency and power Servo motors have been around for a long time and are utilized in many applications. They are small in size but pack a big punch … Continue reading →

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Earth and the moon

Posted on June 4, 2019 by dkohn96

From Daily Overview Mar 5, 2018… Earth and the moon, separated by 249,000 miles (400,000 km). Sometimes it takes an image like this to really keep things in perspective. This photograph was captured by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on September 22, 2017 … Continue reading →

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Radio Electronics Magazine Archive

Posted on June 4, 2019 by dkohn96

https://archive.org/details/radioelectronicsmagazine

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How To: Surface Mount Soldering

Posted on June 4, 2019 by dkohn96

Here is a link to an article on surface mount soldering. With it getting harder and harder to find through hole parts, it is a skill all electronics hobbyist and professionals need to master. https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/how_to_surface_mount_soldering?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=69146857&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9IatcKbNgWJt7DCXTeN7U1AkK_Rvxb_ypuZtXrv70aKfN2wW3BqzbkTDs5GHBemLOuCArR8AHu8aZMkuVHU9n4xbIbrg&_hsmi=69146857

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Apollo 11 – Review

Posted on May 31, 2019 by dkohn96

Today I went to the Pink Palace to see the Apollo 11 movie. As the previews all indicated, the film found in the NASA archives was very high quality and many of the sequences I have never seen before (and … Continue reading →

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