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Simple motor and fan
I have built this as part of a robot car project, However this set up works better as a stand-alone fan, than it does to drive a small wheeled vehicle forward. So sharing anyway.
Given the problems, give me a Chemistry set any day.
Video
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Electronics,#Fans,#Motor,#Switch,#Projects
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The Big Tackle
This takes place on the 9th March, in aid of Rowcroft Hospice.
Fancy a day filled with laughs with your mates, stunning landscapes, an energising eight-mile walk, a touch of Six Nations Rugby and free beer?!
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#Walk,#Pint,#Pasty,#Rugby,#Fundraising,#Rowcroft
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Trojans Training 10/3/2024
Torbay Trojans Training
Anyone over 18 is welcome as we are an Adult team. Let's keep building #AlwaysTrojan
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#Trojans,#Football,#Training,#TorbayTrojans,#AlwaysTrojan
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STEM Group 9th March 2024
The next Stem group event will take place on :
Date: Saturday, March 9th 2024 Time: 10:30am to 15:00 Location: Paignton Library and Information Centre Room: 12
What is planned
Please see main stem group blog for any new updates
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Trojans Training 3/3/2024
Torbay Trojans Training
Anyone over 18 is welcome as we are an Adult team. Let's keep building #AlwaysTrojan
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#Trojans,#Football,#Training,#TorbayTrojans,#AlwaysTrojan
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STEM Group 24th February 2024 Write Up
Today we had an update from Helen with her Advanced Lego car, this is going really well and can find objects and now turns to avoid them. It can also display information on orientation on a small LCD.
After giving the hot glue gun a quick clean and repair. This photo is posed as the glue gun is still plugged in.
We carried on with building the cars, we have been trying to build for the last few sessions. The main issue is lack of suitable resources and having to use bottle tops for wheels, kebab sticks for axels and then trying to fit it all together, when we also have either faulty or unsuitable switches, some don't work properly,, and along with motors have been soldered up too many times.
I also checked on my Copper Sulfate crystals I started last week, the liquid has now evaporated leaving some crystals in the dish, not ideal, but I need a much better way to do all this.
Next event
Saturday 9th March 2024
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#PaigntonLibrarySTEMGroup,#STEM,#Event
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Intuitive Lunar Lander
“Intuitive Machines' IM-1 mission made history on Feb. 22, with the first successful Moon landing*
This will be the first of several missions before the next Atemis mission to fly a crewed mission around the moon, before the Artemis III mission to land humans on the moon in a few years.
Exciting times ahead. You can read more about the IM-1 mission here
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#Space,#Moon,#Lander,#Mission,#IntuitiveMachines,#NASA
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Roblox on Linux Mint 2
I have been using Grapejuice to run Roblox on LinuxMint 21.3. This has been working fine up till a few days ago. Then just stopped loading. After sharing the error / output details. I looked for a potential alternative.
I am now using a programme called Vinegar, which is also available in the Software Manager. This seems to be working fine. So I will stick with this for now.
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#LinuxMint,#Wine,#Games.#Vinegar
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positronium
Positronium is a particle that has no actual nucleus, but has a positive (positron) and negative (electron) particle. The positron is antimatter as it has the opposite charge to an electron, which is negatively charged.
Scientists have found a way to freeze the particle with lazers, which will allow further study.
You can read a little more on the BBC Website. While the research was published in Physical Review Letters.. Article can be found here
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#Physics,#Letters,#Research,#Electron,#Antimatter,#Positron,#Positronium
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Write an Impactful Research Paper
I have been reading Write an Impactful Research Paper by Martins Zaumanis. This is a fascinating book, while I am not a graduate or even doing post grad work, this book is really informative.
The author is sharing lots of really useful hints and tips from personal experience of publishing, There is a link to both the publisher and the book below.
I would recommend this book as part of your collection as there are also links to cheat sheets which when taken within the context of the book could be really useful. I say this as cheat sheets are a summary of what is in the book, so reading associated chapters does make sense.
As you are trying to get your research reviewed and published, then it is not worth cutting corners. You can print off the cheat sheets and display for reference.
If anyone is interested, then I can bring my copy to the STEM group, but if you want one, you need to buy your own.;
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#Books,#Publishing,#Research,#Paper,#Writing
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