Monthly Archives: February 2012

It’s been several months since news of the Solyndra scandal first broke out.  Yet there are still many unanswered questions regarding it.  Like many of my peers, I find some way to keep up with the news and current events.  … Continue reading →

  This past week our class schedule was a little different. Due to the long weekend, we were scheduled for a makeup class on Friday morning.  Unfortunately I found myself having to drive to NH at 4 am for a … Continue reading →

This past class was spent discovering ways to generate electricity-using flashlights as generators.  Magnets were located inside the flashlight that would move through a magnetic field when being shaken up and down, thereby causing a change in the field, which … Continue reading →

Hydrofracking, known to some as Hydraulic Fracturing, is an economical “hope” to the natural gas campaign.  Oil is expensive, and the world is desperate for a solution.  But what is hydrofracking? Is it environmentally friendly? Will it really save us … Continue reading →

According to Wikipedia, Newton’s second Law of Motion is “the acceleration of a body is parallel and directly proportional to the net force F and inversely proportional to the mass m, i.e., F = ma”.  You might ask yourself, “What … Continue reading →

In the spring of 2009, President Barack Obama introduced a national program that would raise vehicle mileage by around 30 percent and would cut down on carbon emissions.  He aimed to reduce the need for oil and increase popularity in … Continue reading →

As a late joiner to the SCI 184 A class, I missed the initial Robotic Car Setup.  Luckily, we had a second class to work with them.  The first thing I learned, was how badly Suffolk’s computers are in need … Continue reading →

Every day we wake up, turn on the lights, make ourselves coffee and breakfast, shower, and do chores like laundry, vacuuming, and running a dishwasher.  Though we rarely stop and think about it, all of these things depend on electricity, … Continue reading →

On March 11, 2011, the world watched as the worst nuclear meltdown in over twenty years occurred in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan.  Just days before the reactor was scheduled to be shut down, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami … Continue reading →