Cadaver lab was really cool. Seeing and holding real organs was an extremely intense and powerful learning experience. There was also a humbling realization, that the heart you were holding was actual beating in a live human being a few weeks or months before.

As such, cadaver lab was a pretty solemn experience… but by the [...]

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Midwest Wireless: game pad for the new Kyocera Slider Remix
This unit even has batteries, and it makes the phone large enough to be practical and usable. The old slider was so tiny, it had a very short battery life, and the key pad, well, that was another story entirely. Since my old Kyocera 3245 [...]

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NISTNCSTAR1CollapseofTowers.pdf (application/pdf Object)
NIST has released their report, and has a number of recommendations. As with anything NIST takes on, its pretty well done. The report is 298 pages, but the recommendations start on page 251.
There were a few eye openers in this report, but then again, knowing politics maybe not. Large projects unfortunately end [...]

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There are many cool ideas in medicine… and many go unfunded, and unimplemented. Having been down the path with the FDA a few times in the past, its a pita for the small entity. When one should be working on engineering, one ends up filling out 2″ thick documents for the FDA, most of [...]

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Rockler.com – Search Results for ‘drawer slide’
I needed to get some drawer slides for the garage, and went to rockler to see what was available. Like most web sites, there was a text box for data entry on the home page, and a button next to it. Instinctively I entered drawer slides, and press what [...]

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DRI: HotPlate%u2122 ADVANCED PRECIPITATION-MEASURING SYSTEM
This is an interesting piece of technology. If one has ever experienced a tipping bucket rain gauage getting frozen, you will readily see the advantages of this system.
While I’m not totally convinced that this is as accurate for the long haul compared to a tipping bucket, considering the benefits of no [...]

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SCAN Web 4.5.1 – Site Status
Most states in the northern climates have a system in place for monitoring road conditions, and in a few cases, providing for remote control of bridge sprayers and other anti-ice devices.
The idea is to optimize scheduling and chemical mix to provide a reasonable level of safety while minimizing cost. In [...]

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“Long story short: when an engineer tells you how to do anesthesia, run for the OR exit and get the heck out of Dodge.” was a quote from bookofjoe. I agree!!! Even more so, when a marketing guy says so… A ethical and knowledgeable engineer is not going to touch that with a 100 foot [...]

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A good friend of mine is a major US distributor for Paralight. About a year ago, he had the factory guys making sales calls with him, and we got to sit down and discuss their latest and greatest products.
Like many companies, the literature and marketing efforts tend to run a little behind the [...]

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Time For A Time Audit
I’ve done time audits since the late 80’s. As a rule of thumb, I run such an analysis every 6 months or so to keep the saw sharp. Whats really cool, is Bob created an Excel spreadsheet that automatically sums the task times, and creates a bar graph. While personally, I [...]

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