031 Mixing Epoxy

Listen Now - 031 Mixing Epoxy
7 1, 2006
Some information about choosing, buying and mixing epoxy.
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Links
JB Weld - http://jbweld.net/index.php -
Penn State Epoxy - http://www.pennstateind.com/store/pkglue2.html -
Wikipedia Entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoxy -
Engineering the Future - http://www.mos.org/doc/1408 -
Epoxy Photos - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594183343180/
Duxtech - http://duxtech.pbwiki.com/ -

030 - Nick Created a Hoverboard!

Listen Now - 030 - Nick Created a Hoverboard!
June 28, 2006
This audio file cannot be edited in audacity, so it is left unedited as a wav file. Ideally, it should be shortened towards the end. There is probably an extra minute or two of riding noises.
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Nick created a hoverboard!
It needs to be wider for stability. The skirt material is a painting drop cloth from home depot. He bought a big sheet of it and just used a bit of it. Other than that, everything was just stuff we found around the shop.

Here's a recording of how it went during one class. The audio is a little rich on the trumpeting sounds, of air escaping the skirt, but most of the details about the design are on the recording.
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http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/06/diy_hoverboard_with_howto_audi.html
http://dhsengineering.pbwiki.com/Term4Projects
Here is his wiki - http://nmkguitars.pbwiki.com/
Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594152692147/

029 - Longboard building with Max, Tim and Taylor

Listen Now - 029 - Longboard building with Max, Tim and Taylor
June 29, 2006
Max, Tim and Taylor built a bunch of skateboards and longboards as part of their Engineering class.
Here they talk about making the designing the boards, testing them, riding them and selling them to their friends.
They are members of the 2005-2006 Level One Standards Based Technology and Engineering class at Duxbury High School.
The curriculum for the class came from the Boston Museum of Science and was in the Field Test phase of development.
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Links
Museum of Science link to the text and course - http://www.mos.org/doc/1408
Project description - http://dhsengineering.pbwiki.com/Term4Projects
Class Wiki - http://dhsengineering.pbwiki.com/
Some notes from Max - http://maxscher.pbwiki.com/
Link to the Make Magazine entry that got the project started - http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/10/how_to_make_toothless_longboar.html
toothless longboards - http://users.pandora.be/Toothless/Toothless/index.html

028 - Elaine Winquist - Duxbury Free Library - Bay to Bayou

Listen Now - 028 - Elaine Winquist - Duxbury Free Library - Bay to Bayou
June 29, 2006

Elaine Winquist introduces the Bay to Bayou project to benefit the libraries of Cameron Parish LA.
In the summer of 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed the four libraries of the parish.
Duxbury Free Library is helping to raise money and awareness in an effort to rebuild the library buildings.---
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Links:
http://www.duxburyfreelibrary.org/children/Summer%2006/B_to_B_explanation.htm -
http://www.duxburyfreelibrary.org/events/baytobayouoverview.htm -
http://www.duxburyfreelibrary.org/ -
http://www.duxburyfreelibrary.org/readers_advisory/louisianafic.htm -
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Cameron Parish -
http://www.cameron.lib.la.us/ -
http://user.camtel.net/cameron/public/ -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Parish,_Louisiana -
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Pictures
http://www.cameron.lib.la.us/Hurricane/Rita.htm -
http://www.cameron.lib.la.us/Hurricane/Audrey.htm -

027 - Alex explains the process for shopbotting a file

Listen Now - 027 - Alex explains the process for shopbotting a file
June 28, 2006
Alex had a lot of fun working on the Shopbot making guitars and stuff.
Here he explains his process for getting his design exectuted in CNC.
Next year he will be a Freshman at UMass Amherst in Mechanical Engineering.
http://cncguitar.pbwiki.com/
His guitar project was a part of this assignment at Duxbury High School:
http://dhsengineering.pbwiki.com/Term4Projects
Term 4 Projects - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594146048256/
ShopBot Photos - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594159184878/
http://www.ecs.umass.edu/mie/
http://shopbottools.com/
http://shopbottools.com/instruments.htm
http://shopbottools.com/upcoming.htm

026 - Henry Makes Air cannons!

Listen Now - 026 - Henry Makes Air cannons!
June 28, 2006
Henry has a taste for sending projectiles away very quickly.
http://cannons.pbwiki.com/
http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594180339585/

Make site posting - http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/06/henrys_air_cannons.html

025 - Joy and Kristin Introduce Teach Engineering Website

Listen Now - 025 - Joy and Kristin Introduce Teach Engineering Website
June 25, 2006

Joy and Kristin introduce the Teach Engineering website.
They work with Professor Martha Cyr, Director of K12 Outreach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

http://teachengineering.com/
Advanced activity search - http://teachengineering.com/search_advanced.php?strpass=
http://www.wpi.edu/News/Transformations/2003Summer/jumping.html

024 - Ryan and Tom Talk About Ohm's Law, Resistance and Capacitance - Duxtech

Listen Now - 024 - Ryan and Tom Talk About Ohm's Law, Resistance and Capacitance - Duxtech
6 6, 2006

Duxbury High School Seniors Tom and Ryan talk about electricity, Ohm's Law, resistance and capacitance.

http://electricity.pbwiki.com/
http://duxtech.pbwiki.com/

023 - Professor Mark Horenstien talks about the BU 2006 Design Competition

Listen Now - 023 - Professor Mark Horenstien talks about the BU 2006 Design Competition
6 5, 2006

Organizer Mark Horenstien discusses the Boston University College of Engineering Design Competition. He talks about the value of students getting genuine experience with problem solving.
http://www.bu.edu/eng/design/

http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594155726509/
http://chrisconnors.com/