Trevor Baylis himself showing us how the wind-up media player works. Not quite sure that the view of the product in the first video does it any justice at all, or whether it’s an actual reflection of how it can be used outdoors.
And a review from CNET. It sounds pretty interesting, and could be something […]
On the rather chilly morning of the 12th of December 2006, the final of the lamp post climbing robot competition was to commence.
Just twelve weeks previous to the event, 18 members of the unsuspecting design world joined into the fast track system to begin understanding more about becoming a design engineer through an MSc Design […]
After a few months of hard work, the first semester has come to an end. I finally have a bit of time to catch up and get my breath back. So over the next little while I’ll be uploading snippets from the course.
Here’s the first: A video of the first working prototype we created
A quick time out whilst nearing the end of a report. As a part of this report on Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Mechanism Design we have to use mechanism design software to analyse the forces on a connecting rod within a reciprocating compressor. We then use this force result and apply it to the […]
So, the major project for my MSc in Design Engineering turns out to be a climbing robot.
Tomorrow is the deadline for submitting 100 ideas. There are six teams of three people and every one of them will probably have around 100 pretty excellent ideas and maybe one bad one out of the whole bunch. I’m […]
Middlesex University: Trent Part Campus
So, it’s week number three at Middlesex University. For all those who might be wondering how i might be getting on, the answer is “pretty well… so far!”
The first week seemed to involve a fair amount of hanging around and waiting for inductions, introductions and placement talks which was interesting but […]
Just as i suspected, there is more on the reading list than i first presumed!
Each module does have it’s own reading list and so i’m sort of glad i held back a little on splashing out on all the books at once from the two original lists that I have been given. It would […]
ss Great Britain, Bristol - AHU Monitor
At a visit to the ss Great Britain this weekend with a work colleague, I think i was a little more interested in the Air Handling Unit than i otherwise would have been. But if you take the time to have a little look it is indeed interesting.
The display […]
So, as it’s getting closer to University time for the second time in my life i feel a little more prepared for things to come. Usually when i feel a little more prepared i generally feel more comfortable and therefore more laid back. Inevitably that means i sit back and don’t do as much as […]
I’ve managed to make the catastrophic failure of the Tedcicle available for viewers to see. Just click the play button below.
Listen carefully for Matt saying “Oh F**k” and then Dave trying to settle our nerves by saying “It’s alright guys, it’s jammed in there” just before the imminant failure.
Good Times!
Back in January i applied to the Royal College of Art’s MA Industrial Design Engineering programme of study which is a two year masters course. After being accepted for an interview and then not getting through onto the course I was a little dismayed at the decision.
Since then I have looked into other avenues of […]
Although a little while after the event, The Ringing World has published an article on out feats at the Bellringer Regenerative Challenge competition. I think they chose the most aptly appropriate picture which seems to be the exact moment that the vehicle broke.
Enjoy the article:
A little while ago i mentioned the Brunel 200 Clifton Crossing Competition 2006. I wasn’t really supposed to say anything back then about the entry because the entries are annonymous and secretive. But now the finalists and entries have been announced I would like to take this opportunity to go into a little more detail […]
Late on a Monday evening i recieved a phone call from a friend at work. David is a man who seems to have experienced most things. In fact I wouldn’t be surprised if he had lived three lives all at the same time. He proposed that we enter The Bellringer Regenerative Braking Challenge as part […]
Last weekend i took a trip down to Plymouth with my girlfriend, and on the Saturday we took an adventure over to The Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall. The purpose of The Eden Project is:
‘To promote the understanding and responsible management of the vital relationship between plants, people and resources leading to […]