ImageTech Lab The field trip to the SFU ImageTech Lab was my first look at an MRI and MEG machine. It was really cool to be standing in front of multi-million dollar pieces of equipment. To me Continue Reading
Edwin Hubble- Reverse Finkbeiner Test
Edwin Hubble (c) Mdf, CC BY-SA 3.0 Edwin Hubble, whom I classify as one of the greatest scientists, was best known as a male astronomer. During the 1920's, Hubble was the first man to show Continue Reading
Scientific Rewind
Over the past year many amazing scientific discoveries have taken place. We got a step closer to sending humans to mars with the discovery of water on the Red Planet. To go along with the discovery of Continue Reading
Metal in the Microwave: a Recipe for Disaster
Microwave oven (c) CC BY-SA 4.0 While eagerly anticipating my red-hot chicken wings to finish reheating, I heard a distinctive popping noise coming from my kitchen. As I ran back into the kitchen, Continue Reading
Nikola Tesla: Eccentric Inventor or Celibate Bachelor?
Nikola Tesla, Public Domain (PD-OLD) Nikola Tesla. Inventor? Engineer? Dashing public figure? All valid in their own respects, but he was also a bachelor to the bitter end. Although Tesla Continue Reading
1000 years into the past…
Time Travel, CC BY 2.0 Imagine waking up one morning suddenly in the middle of nowhere. Confused you look at your phone and notice something is off.... How would I deal with being Continue Reading
Amazing Inventions
Since the beginning of time, humans have always been inventing things to help make our lives easier. However, creating a list that ranks each invention has not always been easy, because different Continue Reading
What Makes Duct Tape Sticky?
Duct Tape via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA-3.0 I was trying to think of a blog post to write about when my mind trailed off. I thought about duct tape. Why is it sticky? Is it a physical or chemical Continue Reading
The Point Which We Cannot See Beyond… Ever…
"Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation"(c) Mdf, CC BY-SA 3.0 Human technology has evolved at a breathtaking rate. The Earth is over 4.5 billion years, and yet, in a mere 10,000 years, we Continue Reading
Arduino: Make Your Robot Dreams a Reality
Arduino Serial Board, (c) Nicholas Zambetti CC BY-SA 3.0 Who hasn't wanted to build their own robot? Admit it. You've yearned to create one at some point in time: to water your garden, do Continue Reading