Mechanical Technology

Advantages Of Offshore Wind Farms

I was introduced to the idea of offshore wind farms while waiting on a friend of mine who was having a paternity Test done. One of the patients in the doctor’s office was sharing some information with anyone who would listen. I certainly did. Here is what I found out.

The need to reduce oil dependency, as well as the need for environmentally-friendly, sustainable energy, has led us to explore the viability of wind as an alternative energy source. Harnessing More

Breakthrough in Converting Heat Waste to Electricity

While marveling at the different botox prices for different cosmetic touch up, I recently saw a news item about the conversion of heat waste to electricity in the newspaper. I was curious so I checked it out. Here is what the news was all about.

Recently after a lot of research and experimentation at Northwestern University, it now very much possible that heat energy can be used to generate the electricity. This seems a common thing because thermo electricity is More

Watch This Space (Age).

When I think about all of the amazing gadgets and inventions that surround us, I find myself getting a little excited about the future. Why? Because the coming years are bound to bring us even more mind-blowing innovations! And that is not me making crazy predictions; I am merely using my common sense. I mean, just think about how totally unbelievable many of our present day gizmos were only ten or twenty years ago…

For example, when ‘communicators’were More

Future Aircrafts May Take flight Without The Use Of The Usual Control Surfaces

There are many people who think that the advancement in tech products such as the iPod, the r4i flash cards, and in the microchip, is all the technological advances that are taking place these days. Well look at what scientists are dreaming up for airplanes.

Current aircrafts require control surfaces including elevators, flaps and ailerons to fly. These allow pilots to control the aircraft’s movements along the principal axes of motion, such as the pitch (lateral), roll (longitudinal) and yaw (vertical). Control surfaces on an aircraft are attached in such a way that they allow movement, and this movement helps direct air stream passing over the aircraft, which creates the force needed to rotate and move the aircraft. Recent research has been conducted to investigate whether aircrafts can fly without these control surfaces.

Several universities in the United Kingdom have studied whether traditional aircraft flight control surfaces can be replaced with fluidic controls. This research is based on the Coanda Effect, which holds that any gas or fluid molds to a contour and can direct fluid or gas around the contour, creating the force needed to move the aircraft.

The universities built model aircraft with fluid controls and traditional control surfaces. Piloted by radio remote control, which allowed the researchers to switch between the traditional and fluid control systems, the aircraft have shown the potential of fluid controls. Findings are still being evaluated, but initial research seems to suggest that future aircraft may indeed be able to fly and not have the normal control surfaces.

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The Dutch Project

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Call anywhere for free!

One of the pitfalls of living abroad, or even going on vacation, is the mobile roaming costs if you want to call family and friends back at home. After all, it’s not much of a holiday if you can’t make the odd phone call to tell everyone shivering in the UK how warm and sunny it is where you are!

This becomes even more of an issue if you decide to move abroad. Then, the quick two minute conversations that More

The Cloud

Mechanical technology approaches are currently being used in almost every sphere of life. From Liposuction surgery to heavy industries, mechanical innovations are being applied to simplify human labor. However, some of the most recent developments on a technological level are truly inspiring and quite interesting.

Qatar was approved to be the destination of the world cup in 2022. It is a country of extreme heats and conducting the tournament under the Qatari sun might turn out to be not such More

The infamous washing machine bike

If you’re a fan of either design or competitive cycling then you’ve probably already heard of Graeme Obree. No, he’s not one of those tragic sports stars who decide in the autumn of their careers to advertise a hair loss treatment ; his legacy to the world has been far more influential and much less embarrassing.

If you watched any of the indoor cycling at the Beijing Olympics- and let’s face it, with all those Brits winning medals who would More

Chinese stealth

China is come out in the open with its very own stealth fighter. The Deputy Commander of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force says that its been entirely by Chinese technology, Chinese manpower - I’m quite sure the computer on board is in Chinese as well. Well it has a number of confusing name; J-XX being the first and also called as J-20.
This will definitely shake up the US a bit. However there is no saying as to where More

The Physics of Playing the Piano

So I have paid for my heating oil and then I sat down to play my piano and wondered what makes it work. It seemed to me to be all about the physics. So of course I did some research and here’s what I found out.

The first piano was designed and created by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Padua, Italy. Pianos are made in several different styles including the upright, baby grand and grand pianos. More