It starts with me reading one of the Horrible History books with my son (Groovy Greeks). Arrows were mentioned which lead to the discussion of the bodkin...

Modelica is an open source (free) software language for modelling complex systems. Having never used it before, I thought I would download a development...

The other day I came across an article in Technology Review on the development of a smart transformer. A professor at North Carolina State University is...

I've recently come across this question a couple times browsing the internet. Decided to give a quick answer here. A rectifier transformer is a transformer...

If two dissimilar metals are touching and an external conducting path exists, corrosion of one the metals can take place.  Moisture or other materials...

Often document control is dictated by project requirements, for example a particular organisation may have an existing numbering system. Existing company...

Our question and answer system while letting you do exactly what it says, is much more.  It is a dynamic user driven system, where our users not only ask...

The robot folding towels post below was interesting enough at the time to post a link.  Recently I’ve come across a couple of other interesting videos...

One of the fundamental requirements of an alternating current distribution systems it to have the ability to change the magnitude of voltages.  It is more...

This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...