Engineering - July 2006

When buying something like an air conditioner, I wonder which if any is cheaper to operate over the other.

2006-07-07 13:46:14 · 7 answers · asked by somerslats 2

I am a Texas Tech student. When I began my study of engineering, I had dreams of staying stable in a city(not moving from place to place) and solving unique problems. I wanted to create models and run experiments with them. Above all else, I want to design and create actual machines without spending hours on end making hundreds of 2-D drawings for a seemingly small project or having to stare at the drawings of others. I want to work with my hands and my mind, where someone would ask me to create a machine to perform certain tasks and I pull ideas together, create prototypes, and mix and match ideas to come up with the best possible choices. Does this career exist? How would I find it? If getting a masters(which I am very willing) is necessary, then what path should I take? Thank you everyone for your help

2006-07-07 13:08:17 · 5 answers · asked by to the beat in my head 3

Are we any nearer to this Sci-fi becoming a reality and if so, who is leading the R&D?

2006-07-07 11:30:54 · 8 answers · asked by G G 2

I'm studying mechanical engineering because it seemed so cool to me. Currently, I am an intern for a company and have been viewing the engineers closely. This company does mostly large scale projects for other companies. The engineers I have seen in the field are always moving from city to city, working out of little trailers staring at drawings all day cursing the people who created them and requesting more information to relay to the workers. The engineers that I've seen in the corporate offices, usually because they have been with the company longer, also stare at drawings all day, estimating materials and searching for problems.The engineers who have been with the company for a very long time have nice offices and look at everyone elses drawings to make sure they didnt screw up. When I joined began my study of engineering, I had dreams of staying stable in a city(not moving from place to place) running cool experiments and solving unique problems. Was I in denial this whole time?

2006-07-07 11:27:17 · 9 answers · asked by to the beat in my head 3

or will it just stay charged for longer

2006-07-07 11:26:44 · 11 answers · asked by dagit66 1

In reading a brief article about the Slingshot water purifier, it would appear that he is also providing a Sterling engine that burns "anything" to produce 1 kilowatt. Can this be improved by adding solar energy as a further catalyst to the Sterling engine? Are there any references that better explain how the Slingshot or his Sterling engine actually work?

I agree that clean water is the first step to helping impoverished people - but I'd prefer to see how a whole project plan can be used to transform poor communities into strong communities where people have a chance to live without fear of starving or dieing from disease. I believe there are a myriad of solutions and I'd like to know of comparable tools that could enable the poverty stricken.

2006-07-07 09:56:36 · 2 answers · asked by Doob_age 3

2006-07-07 09:40:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

The project invent for Africa is to go round the problem with tariffs imposed by the G8. Inventors like me will come up with ideas that can be used to bring up the economy of Africa througfh technology that is cheap but can be traded in the rich countries.

2006-07-07 09:31:28 · 9 answers · asked by Satcha 2

can you help me with the plan to bulid a rocket with a range of about 15 miles. i only have gotten to 10 miles before the rocket explodes. i belive its the fuel. so plz give me plans to build a better rocket. the fuel is rocket fuel. also the stages wouldn't work. it only work to stage 2 out of 3 the it doesn't keep going. I need really bad help.

2006-07-07 09:09:05 · 3 answers · asked by wiizardmannn 1

2006-07-07 08:50:29 · 6 answers · asked by dancingbear112755 2

or possibly hook it up to my intake plenum to cool the intake charge? has anyone done this ever? wouldnt it work?why wouldnt it? wouldnt it be similar to a "poor man's nitrous system"?

2006-07-07 08:29:13 · 8 answers · asked by greg jr 2

Its a 1600 amp service with a laundry mat. i am trying for a 200 amp service that runs a BTS cabinet and a PPC. I need somewhere to look up order of operations

2006-07-07 05:50:36 · 4 answers · asked by alex_blanding2001 1

2006-07-07 05:47:27 · 3 answers · asked by Wild G 1

I have a specification for a water pipe pressure gauge that reads as follows:

Minimum 4-1/2" diameter die cast aluminum case, glass or acrylic plastic window, phosphor bronze bourdon tube with BRONZE BUSHED MOVEMENT, recalibration from front of gauge dial and 1/4" NPT forged brass socket.

2006-07-07 05:04:29 · 3 answers · asked by Paladin_Slayer 2

I heard that a fusion power plant has been created, somewhere in america, something about harnacing the energy/ power of a cusomized atomic particle/ something like that?

I mean for Aircraft, tanks, a fusion car something simular, it would be scary as a wepon oh wait they have, have'nt they he he!

2006-07-07 04:10:08 · 7 answers · asked by Michael Daniel 2

2006-07-07 04:08:37 · 7 answers · asked by JJ 1

I am pursuing Diploma in embedded systems design I have to make a project IMPLEMENTATION OF TCP/IP STACK OVER ARM PROCESSOR if you have any idea please reply me or please send me the address of website

2006-07-07 03:50:04 · 2 answers · asked by rupesh 1

2006-07-07 03:38:14 · 7 answers · asked by amrita_dinakar 1

or specify some book or link. pls

2006-07-07 01:48:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 01:05:53 · 10 answers · asked by madhu1187 1

2006-07-07 00:08:07 · 9 answers · asked by jeenesuk 1

2006-07-06 22:54:36 · 2 answers · asked by Shanky 1

2006-07-06 22:49:32 · 2 answers · asked by Shanky 1

2006-07-06 22:26:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-06 21:59:32 · 10 answers · asked by Hamid S 2

2006-07-06 16:20:43 · 8 answers · asked by Hamid S 2

2006-07-06 16:08:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-06 16:00:01 · 2 answers · asked by brad l 2

what types of classes do i have to take for a major in chemical engineering? i have to make my program next week and help would be appreciated.

2006-07-06 13:11:25 · 4 answers · asked by cuckoo meister 3

electric formula

2006-07-06 12:29:22 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous