Monthly Archives: August 2011

Space Elevator Conference Robots

Posted on August 24, 2011 by engineerzero

The 2011 Space Elevator Conference was held on August 13 in Redmond, Washington at the Microsoft Conference Center. I dropped by to take a few pictures of various types of robots that space elevator advocates hope might someday climb their … Continue reading →

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Been a while since I’ve seen one of these

Posted on August 17, 2011 by engineerzero

This is what a ‘calculator’ looked like when I was a kid. Only AFTER I had finished grade school did they come out with pocket calculators. Back in the 80s, I attended an employee orientation session at Boeing. An engineer-instructor … Continue reading →

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Soldering is easy and fun . . . .

Posted on August 5, 2011 by engineerzero

I’ve been putting off a minor soldering project for over a week now. I don’t know why I’m inflating it into something huge. It’s just one more example of my procastination superpower. Anyhow, rather than do anything constructive, I wrote … Continue reading →

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Crop Circle Maker 1.0

Posted on August 3, 2011 by engineerzero

The red mark indicates how many perimeter-lengths the roller has traveled. The hook is for attaching ropes to pivot around poles. A crop circle pattern 100 feet in diameter would have a surface area of 7800 square feet. Assuming that … Continue reading →

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