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用户3519980 2013-11-13 18:49
Reigning in signals that drift too far
In early 1975, I had a technician post at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), before starting grad school in the fall. I had taken an ...
用户3519980 2013-11-12 21:27
Turning a flashlight into a rechargeable
I have developed a horror of replaceable, single-use batteries over the years. I'm not particularly a greenie, but it just seems to be an incredibl ...
用户3519980 2013-11-12 21:14
The million-dollar Navy power supply
Several years ago, at the start of my engineering career, I was involved in the testing of a three-axis, cryo-cooled IR tracking system for the Nav ...
用户3519980 2013-11-11 21:43
A drill that won't do its job
I was brought up Zimbabwe, which used to be Rhodesia until 1980. Named after Cecil John Rhodes, who had the ambition to paint the map of Africa red ...
用户3519980 2013-11-11 21:37
Tackling the problematic Pioneer
In the latter part of the 80s, I was on a bike ride with my two sons, one about eight was on his own bike and the other, who was maybe two, was str ...
用户3519980 2013-11-11 21:34
A drill that won't drill
I grew up in Zimbabwe, which used to be Rhodesia until 1980. Named after Cecil John Rhodes, who had the ambition to paint the map of Africa red—th ...
用户3519980 2013-11-7 20:39
Dealing with noisy nuisances
In early 1989, I took an IC design job at a sensor manufacturing company that we'll call SensorCo. It was about three years into a venture-funded s ...
用户3519980 2013-11-5 19:04
Organ failure caused by organic liquid
You may already know the Hammond B-3 organ—it was a fixture in rock bands in the 1960s and 1970s. You may not be as familiar with the Hammond A-1 ...
用户3519980 2013-11-5 18:55
Disastrous dust collection
Sometime in the beginning of July my parents called me in panic, saying their 23-year-old TV broke down. Before I had even got to their house, they ...
用户3519980 2013-11-4 21:19
Dashboard overhaul
My Ford Focus is my best friend  and my life. Throughout my ownership of the Focus, I have become disgusted with the stylings of Ford engineers. T ...
用户3519980 2013-11-4 21:16
Dashboard revamp
There are many Ford Focus cars around, but this one is mine. My Focus is my best friend. It is my life, etc. Throughout my ownership of the ...
用户3519980 2013-11-2 13:28
Imaging challenges
The medical imaging company I was then working for was involved Nuclear Medicine product development. The product was a scintillation camera, or ga ...
用户3519980 2013-11-2 13:28
Achieving improved imaging
I was then working at a medical imaging company involved in Nuclear Medicine product development. The product was a scintillation camera, or gamma ...
用户3519980 2013-11-2 13:18
Correcting a power-hungry USB
The company I had been working for then had designed and created a USB-powered data-acquisition product. The product worked great, but when it came ...
用户3519980 2013-11-2 13:16
Overhaul for a power-hungry USB
The company I had been working for at the time had developed a USB-powered data-acquisition product. The product worked great, but when it came tim ...
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