Practical science and engineering projects
3D printing is a very paradoxical activity. Because of its nature and the fact that it is in its early days, you basically have to be a bit of a geek and an engineer to manage to do anything worth doing with an affordable 3D printer. This often leads...
In my region, like in many places nearby mountains, fishing for brown trout is one of the traditional outdoor activities. The local fishing style vary slightly depending on the topography of the rivers but natural bait fishing (using worms, natural flies,...
Like many, I have always been fascinated by the Platonic solids. Technically speaking, these are the only 5 regular convex polyhedron in dimension 3 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid). Practically, these are mesmerizing shapes which have no...
As such, a backup speedometer only providing some speed indications does not sound a very useful thing to install in a modern car. It would at least need to provide some navigation or speeding information to add to the existing functionalities of the...
Using a GPS to know the time is a bit over the top under normal circumstances, I agree. But when you have access to the Navstar time, why would you not use it. It's very accurate, comes with the date and does not need setting or reseting. This is what...
Exceptionally this article will be in French since it deals with some fishing reel which, to my knowledge is mostly popular in France and in Europe. It deals with the detailed steps required to convert a right handed fishing reel (Garbolino DTR 65G) into...
What is timing and how to measure it ? As you might have noticed, I'm the happy owner of a good old classic car. These come with great responsibilities and require particular attention, specially regarding the ignition which is the most common source...
When I looked for a stand for my bq Aquaris E5 mobile, I unsurprisingly found that there was nothing easily available and specific for that phone. Hence I decided to build my own like many 3D printer owner do. All I wanted was something that could hold...
That post is a bit of a tip more than anything else but since the problem is a common one and it has a very nice solution on Ubuntu, I decided to share it before I forget. So the initial problem is : How do I manage several Skype account on one machine...
