One my major consistent interests in 30+ years of experience in Industry & Science has been education on measurement devices and their uses. Many engineers & scientists have limited resources in the area of measurement. Most are concerned with getting a process running and under control. Now the Web and its many educational and training features there are some very useful tutorials on them … [Read more...]
Commissioning a New Sensor
January 27, 2010 by ·
Original Article dated: Dec 17, 2008 By: G. Raymond Peacock, Temperatures.com Inc. During the past year, I've been discussing some of the best practices required to successfully add a new sensor to your operations. This month, I'll examine the next to the last step in the process: commissioning the sensor. In this phase, you're simply ensuring the sensing device is functioning and will continue … [Read more...]
Solar For Water!
September 27, 2009 by ·
New solar-powered water purification method shown during the G20 meetings in Pittsburgh "Inexpensive solar-powered water purification promoted"A solar-powered water purification system demonstrated on Wednesday by a New Castle (PA) company on the eve of the Group of 20 summit could combat a growing world health crisis: access to clean water. "Our vision is to have these in place all over the … [Read more...]
Finalizing the Specifications
April 1, 2009 by ·
In this sixth essay of my series on selecting sensors (expanding on an article I wrote for Sensors (Sensorsmag.com) titled "A Twelve-Step Sensor Selection Checklist." .), we get to the real meat and potatoes of the job—writing a workable specification. If you've been following each step of the process outlined in the series, you realize you can't just pick a product out of a catalog. It may … [Read more...]
Reviewing Error Analysis
March 3, 2009 by ·
This is the fifth essay in a series expanding on an article I wrote for Sensors (Sensorsmag.com) titled "A Twelve-Step Sensor Selection Checklist." . (Note: It has been modified very slightly to make it more easily read in this format) This month, I'll look at the phase of the sensor selection process in which you review your error analysis. In this step, you decide if a particular sensor … [Read more...]
The Night Sky 2/09 & Methane on Mars
February 19, 2009 by ·
Here's a little change of pace from the relative "dryness" of measurement tips & practices. It's something I missed and has some interesting results from measurements made at a very long distance! Click to see larger-1280x760 px- image- Image by NASA By accident I saw a link to a webpage on Twitter with the title "The Night Sky February 2009" on the Jodrell Bank Observatory website in … [Read more...]
Vote for “Cheap, Easy Light Probe”
July 17, 2008 by ·
Some may recall the article done a while back (actually there are three) on the Science teacher, Steve Dickie, from Dearborn Michigan, who is using some very clever Internet and other technology in teaching physics to High School students. He's not alone, many teachers are using the Web, but Steve seems very adept and progressive in the things he does. We need to encourage such efforts and … [Read more...]
One Laptop per Child Update
July 12, 2008 by ·
I believe one of the most ambitious and potentially rewarding International programs in Computer literacy is the One Laptop Per Child initiative that began in Boston. It has been shipping the XO laptop since November 2007 and I think their updates are worth a report, at least every now and then, to our visitors. Here's their latest From The update One Laptop per Child Vol. 4 No. 27 July 6, … [Read more...]
