Fussing with Stuff Podcast

042-EdPerry-WATD-Introduces Reginald Fessenden

August 3, 2006

Ed Perry, owner of WATD FM in Marshfield Massachusetts introduces Reginald A Fessenden. Fessenden created the first radio broadcast of voice, music and live performance. Links Radio's first voice - http://www.radiosfirstvoice.org/ Photos - http://www.radiosfirstvoice.org/Photos.asp Marshfield.net entry - http://www.marshfield.net/History/mar3.htm wikipedia entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Fessenden About.com Entry - http://experts.about.com/e/r/re/Reginald_Fessenden.htm

041-Joel Talks Energy and Difference

August 3, 2006

Joel talks about energy and difference. Links Photos from the workshop - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594222380636/ Engineering the future course description - http://mos.org/doc/1408 Course materials for the ETF Curriculum - http://mos.org/doc/1410 Teachers' area for the ETF website - http://etf.mos.org

040 - Cary Explains Dimensional Analysis

August 2, 2006

Cary Explains Dimensional Analysis as part of the curriculum for Engineering The Future. Links Engineering the future course description - http://mos.org/doc/1408 Course materials for the ETF Curriculum - http://mos.org/doc/1410 Teachers' area for the ETF website - http://etf.mos.org Photo of the problem he is working out - http://static.flickr.com/74/205394170_3653504279_b.jpg

039 - Alexander Rick and Ted Discuss The Organizer Project

August 2, 2006

Alexander Rick and Ted discuss the Organizer Project in the Engineering The future Curriculum. Links Engineering the future course description - http://mos.org/doc/1408 Course materials for the ETF Curriculum - http://mos.org/doc/1410 Teachers' area for the ETF website - http://etf.mos.org Photos from the workshop -

038 - Mike and Neil introduce the WPI Machine Shops

June 28, 2006

Mike O'Donnell and Neil Whitehouse are members of the class of 2005 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Together, they work at the school's machine shops, helping to train young engineers in the use of CNC equipment. Links Photos - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594206176774/ History of the Washburn shops - http://www.me.wpi.edu/MFE/washburn.html Labs and research - http://www.me.wpi.edu/MFE/research.html

037 - Chad tells about the commutacar

July 9, 2006

Tenth grader Chad spent his lunch breaks and what few afternoons he could find to restore a 1980 Commutacar. One of his goals was to get the car road worthy enough to run it in Duxbury's 4th of July Parade. The car made it with plenty of charge to spare. Here are the photos - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/182573317/ Chad's documentation - http://chadconway.pbwiki.com/1980%20Comuta-Car Info on the Comutacar - http://www.neon-john.com/EV/Citi_Home.htm

036 - Dr. Tracey Wright Practices Bio Geometric Integration

July 7, 2006

Dr. Tracey Wright uses the techniques of Bio Geometric Integration as a chiropractor. She explains what she does while she works on two patients. Links Photos - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594190665812/ BGI Seminars - http://www.bgiseminars.com/BGI_seminiars.html ICPA 4 Kids - http://icpa4kids.com/ Cafe of Life - http://cafeoflife.com/ Wikipedia entry on Bio Geometric Integration - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bio-geometric_integration

035 - Chuck Nudd with Draco

July 7, 2006

Chuck Nudd created Draco out of lots of steel Junk he had. The animated dragon has flapping wings powered by a windshield washer motor and illuminated turn signal eyes. Sometimes he gets a smoke machine to help him breathe. We spoke at the 2006 4th of July parade. Links Photos - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594188385257/

034 - Ned Lawson - Green Building at Duxbury Bay Maritime School

July 7, 2006

Ned Lawson, Dirctor of the Duxbury Bay Maritime School talks about the school's project of designing a 'Green Building' He spoke after a DBMS sponsored workshop open to the public on planning the building. The building will feature classroom space, administrative offices and boat storage. They are using a process called LEEDs, which as the planners look at many features of the building as they seek to minimize the environmental impact of the project. Links DBMS - http://www.duxbayms.com/mainpage.htm Mass Technology Collaboritive - http://www.mtpc.org/ LEED Certification Process - http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=64 US Green Building Council - http://www.usgbc.org/

033 - Beth and Matt Conway

July 5, 2006

Matt and Beth Conway discuss the project of their son Chad to restore a 1980 Commutacar Electric Car. They spoke after Chad drove in the 4th of July Parade. The car had a new battery pack, and this drive was the furthest it had been. Several thousand people watched the parade. The car drove the length of the parade route without a problem. Links http://static.flickr.com/54/182559649_279a91de06_o.jpg Commutacar photos - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72057594080325869/ wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicar History of the citicar and commutacar - http://www.didik.com/cit_his.htm Driving and electric car - http://www.didik.com/driving2.htm

032 - Hand Cut Put Put Boat

July 5, 2006

Hand cut put Put boat. Here, we use a hand saw to make the cuts for the put put boat. Be careful not to lose the cut off pieces. Pre drill your holes before screwing into the little pieces. When you make your hull, you can use either baking pan aluminum, which is pretty soft and malleable or you can use aluminum flashing. Baking pan stock can be cut with scissors, but flashing needs to be cut with snips. Be very careful with the sharp aluminum. Photos http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594188254710/ http://fussingwithstuff.com/ Make a Putt Putt boat - http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/boat/index.htm wikipedia steamboat - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat How a put put boat works - http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass/pop-pop/aapt/crane.htm How a steam engine works - http://science.howstuffworks.com/steam.htm/printable

031 Mixing Epoxy

7 1, 2006

Some information about choosing, buying and mixing epoxy. --- Links JB Weld - http://jbweld.net/index.php - Penn State Epoxy - http://www.pennstateind.com/store/pkglue2.html - Wikipedia Entry - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoxy - Engineering the Future - http://www.mos.org/doc/1408 - Epoxy Photos - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594183343180/ Duxtech - http://duxtech.pbwiki.com/ -

030 - Nick Created a Hoverboard!

June 28, 2006

This audio file cannot be edited in audacity, so it is left unedited as a wav file. Ideally, it should be shortened towards the end. There is probably an extra minute or two of riding noises. --- Nick created a hoverboard! It needs to be wider for stability. The skirt material is a painting drop cloth from home depot. He bought a big sheet of it and just used a bit of it. Other than that, everything was just stuff we found around the shop. Here's a recording of how it went during one class. The audio is a little rich on the trumpeting sounds, of air escaping the skirt, but most of the details about the design are on the recording. --- http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/06/diy_hoverboard_with_howto_audi.html http://dhsengineering.pbwiki.com/Term4Projects Here is his wiki - http://nmkguitars.pbwiki.com/ Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594152692147/

029 - Longboard building with Max, Tim and Taylor

June 29, 2006

Max, Tim and Taylor built a bunch of skateboards and longboards as part of their Engineering class. Here they talk about making the designing the boards, testing them, riding them and selling them to their friends. They are members of the 2005-2006 Level One Standards Based Technology and Engineering class at Duxbury High School. The curriculum for the class came from the Boston Museum of Science and was in the Field Test phase of development. --- Links Museum of Science link to the text and course - http://www.mos.org/doc/1408 Project description - http://dhsengineering.pbwiki.com/Term4Projects Class Wiki - http://dhsengineering.pbwiki.com/ Some notes from Max - http://maxscher.pbwiki.com/ Link to the Make Magazine entry that got the project started - http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/10/how_to_make_toothless_longboar.html toothless longboards - http://users.pandora.be/Toothless/Toothless/index.html

028 - Elaine Winquist - Duxbury Free Library - Bay to Bayou

June 29, 2006

Elaine Winquist introduces the Bay to Bayou project to benefit the libraries of Cameron Parish LA. In the summer of 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed the four libraries of the parish. Duxbury Free Library is helping to raise money and awareness in an effort to rebuild the library buildings.--- --- Links: http://www.duxburyfreelibrary.org/children/Summer%2006/B_to_B_explanation.htm - http://www.duxburyfreelibrary.org/events/baytobayouoverview.htm - http://www.duxburyfreelibrary.org/ - http://www.duxburyfreelibrary.org/readers_advisory/louisianafic.htm - --- Cameron Parish - http://www.cameron.lib.la.us/ - http://user.camtel.net/cameron/public/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Parish,_Louisiana - --- Pictures http://www.cameron.lib.la.us/Hurricane/Rita.htm - http://www.cameron.lib.la.us/Hurricane/Audrey.htm -

027 - Alex explains the process for shopbotting a file

June 28, 2006

Alex had a lot of fun working on the Shopbot making guitars and stuff. Here he explains his process for getting his design exectuted in CNC. Next year he will be a Freshman at UMass Amherst in Mechanical Engineering. http://cncguitar.pbwiki.com/ His guitar project was a part of this assignment at Duxbury High School: http://dhsengineering.pbwiki.com/Term4Projects Term 4 Projects - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594146048256/ ShopBot Photos - http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594159184878/ http://www.ecs.umass.edu/mie/ http://shopbottools.com/ http://shopbottools.com/instruments.htm http://shopbottools.com/upcoming.htm

026 - Henry Makes Air cannons!

June 28, 2006

Henry has a taste for sending projectiles away very quickly. http://cannons.pbwiki.com/ http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594180339585/

025 - Joy and Kristin Introduce Teach Engineering Website

June 25, 2006

Joy and Kristin introduce the Teach Engineering website. They work with Professor Martha Cyr, Director of K12 Outreach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. http://teachengineering.com/ Advanced activity search - http://teachengineering.com/search_advanced.php?strpass= http://www.wpi.edu/News/Transformations/2003Summer/jumping.html

024 - Ryan and Tom Talk About Ohm's Law, Resistance and Capacitance - Duxtech

6 6, 2006

Duxbury High School Seniors Tom and Ryan talk about electricity, Ohm's Law, resistance and capacitance. http://electricity.pbwiki.com/ http://duxtech.pbwiki.com/

023 - Professor Mark Horenstien talks about the BU 2006 Design Competition

6 5, 2006

Organizer Mark Horenstien discusses the Boston University College of Engineering Design Competition. He talks about the value of students getting genuine experience with problem solving. http://www.bu.edu/eng/design/ http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594155726509/ http://chrisconnors.com/

022 - Jim and Diane Fiset talk about the BU Design Competition

6 5, 2006

Jim and Diane Fiset came to the Boston University Engineering College Design Competition with their son Tom. They took a few minutes to talk with me about what they saw in the competition. http://www.bu.edu/eng/design/ http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72157594155726509/ http://chrisconnors.com/

021-Harry and Janeen James - New England Demolition and Salvage

6 3, 2006

Harry and Janeen James of New England Demoliton and Salvage. Janeen talks about the business and what they do. http://www.nedsalvage.com/ http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/print/0,17071,1171946,00.html http://chrisconnors.com/

020 - Dave Talks about Ultimate Fighting - DHS Tech

6 2, 2006

Dave is an ultimate Fighter! This recording was done as an instruction on how to do podcasting in my Web Design class. I had a couple of recordings on my site that were not editable in audacity for some reason, so I asked for a volunteer from the class. Dave volunteered, and as I asked him a few questions to figure out what we should talk about, one of his classmates said that he does ultimate fighting. I didn't know much about ultimate fighting, so I asked him a few questions about it and why he does it. There were actually three interviews, but on the first two the recorder failed bacause the batteries were dead. It provided a good illustration of equipment failure and how to recover from it. Once I got a reasonably good set of questions and responses I brought it over to the computer with the wide screen display. I then edited the audio while explaining what I was doing. Before starting I said that I would have to get rid of the clicks at the beginning and end of the recording, and that I would kill off any dead end questions. While I was in there, I decided to pull out some pauses and 'ummm's. The resulting recording is pretty coherent and flows nicely. After making the recording (and recovering from a few mistakes in edit) I opened the xml document and added the data for this entry of the podcast. When the whole thing was done, I uploaded the two files to the server, updated it in iTunes and played the new file. One period, and the whole thing was complete. It was fun to do it and explain it at the same time. http://www.ufc.com/ http://dhspodcasting.pbwiki.com/ http://chrisconnors.com/

019 - Lindsay Rachael Jennifer and Melanie, competitors in the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Junior Competition - Tour de Sol 2006

5 24, 2006

Lindsay Rachael Jennifer and Melanie talk about their competition in the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Junior Solar Sprint at the Tour de Sol 2006. http://static.flickr.com/44/146326174_579439eba2.jpg http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72057594134688870/ http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72057594134757554/ http://www.tourdesol.org http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Entrants.php

018 - Allson Sander from Altwheels Alternative Transportation Festival in Boston - Tour de Sol 2006

5 24 2006

Allison Sander talks about the Altwheels festival in Boston. The 2006 festival will be held on September 22 and 23 at Boston City Hall Plaza. On Sept 24, the festival will move to the Larz Anderson Museum of Transportation in Brookline, and on Sept 25, Altwheels will provide programming for fleet managers. http://altwheels.org/ http://mot.org/ http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72057594134757554/ http://www.tourdesol.org http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Entrants.php

017 - Karl Vogle on his Electric Chopper - Tour de Sol 2006

5 24, 2006

Karl Vogle talks about his custom built electric chopper. It was featured on the tv show Cool Fuel Road Trip. The bike has a 60 mile range and can reach speeds of 80 mph. http://static.flickr.com/44/146246817_05432717b8.jpg http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72057594134569567/ http://www.vogelbilt.com/ http://www.coolfuelroadtrip.com/ http://www.tourdesol.org http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Entrants.php

016 - Josh Kerson of Runabout Cycles - Tour de Sol 2006

5 24, 2006

Josh Kerson speaks about the Electric Bike Range Event at the Tour de Sol 2006 http://www.runaboutcycles.com/main/specsheet http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72057594134569567/ http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72057594134666832/ http://www.tourdesol.org http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Entrants.php

015 - Ron Carlson, chief safety inspector and mechanic of Electric Assist Bikes - Tour de Sol 2006

5 24, 2006

http://www.csrwire.com/print.cgi?sfArticleId=5472 http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/146297622/in/set-72057594134757554/ http://flickr.com/photos/13559856@N00/sets/72057594134666832/ http://www.tourdesol.org http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Entrants.php

014 - Gavin Watson talks about his Porche 914 running biodiesel - Tour de Sol 2006

5 24, 2006

Gavin Watson, owner of a Porche 914 converted to run on biodiesel talks about his car. The motor is a 3 cylinder Yanmar turbodiesel boat motor, and the fuel system is configured to have both electric and motor based fuel heating. http://www.autoauditorium.com/TdS_Reports_2006/ http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/060516-4.htm http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/05/2006_tour_de_so.html http://www.tourdesol.org http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Entrants.php

013 - Chris Osgood of UMaine Solar Racing Team - Tour de Sol 2006

5 24, 2006

Chris Osgood of the University of Maine Solar Racing Team talks about "Phantom Sol" the team's solar racer. The concept car project has been running for 6 years and has loads of horsepower and torque. All of the systems in the car have been custom designed by the students. http://www.ume.maine.edu/solar/projects.htm http://www.umainetoday.umaine.edu/Issues/v1i1/insights.html http://www.foveal.com/ATdS_Report_1999.html#Report30 http://www.tourdesol.org http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Entrants.php

012 - Students at the Delhi College of Engineering show off their Gas Electric Hybrid - Tour de Sol 2006

5 24, 2006

Students from the Delhi College of Engineering talk about their prototype vehicle, a gas electric hybrid http://dceonline.net/ http://www.thehindu.com/2006/04/28/stories/2006042824960300.htm http://www.tourdesol.org http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Entrants.php

011 - Tyson Drummond, West Philly HS talks about their biodiesel sportscar - Tour de Sol 2006

5 24, 2006

West Philadelphia High School student Tyson Drummond talks about his experience helping to build his team's biodiesel sportscar. http://evteam.gambitdesign.com/gallery/albums.php http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/living/education/13796737.htm http://www.greaseworks.org/ http://thesoydailyclub.com/BiodieselBiobased/TourSol05092006.asp http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/17/eveningnews/main1329941.shtml http://www.tourdesol.org http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Entrants.php

010 - Troy Coverstone of 99mpg.com gives a tour of their plug in Honda Insight - Tour de Sol 2006

5 24, 2006

Troy Coverstone of 99mpg.com gives a talking tour of their Honda Insight Conversion. It features plug in charging, an extra bank of batteries a fifth wheel for quick starts and uses the spare tire as a air pressure storage system. http://99mpg.com/ http://99mpg.com/2006events/tourdesol/ http://www.tourdesol.org http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Entrants.php

009 - Josh Prescott from GreaseCar.com talks about diesel conversions - Tour de Sol 2006

May 24, 2006

Josh Prescott of Grease Car Vegetable Fuel Systems talks about diesel conversions at the 2006 Tour De Sol. http://greasecar.com/

008 - Chris Eachus of Newburgh Free Academy Solar Racing Team - Tour de Sol 2006

Chris Eachus, faculty advisor of the Newburgh Free Academy Solar Racing team talks at the 2006 Tour De Sol. http://www.winstonsolar.org/challenge/teams2005/newyork.shtml - http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour/2006Around_Town_Vehicle_Competition.php

007 Dave Hammond Electric Assist Bikes - Tour De Sol 2006

Dave Hammond of Curricula Futura talks about electric assist bikes at the 2006 Tour De Sol.

006 MATE Competiton 2006 Teacher - Joe Bristol Greater New Bedford Voc Tech

005 MATE Competiton 2006 official - Joe Sparks

Engineer Joe Sparks talks about designing ROv's, testing them and education

004 MATE Competition 2006 Student team - Falmouth High School

003 Lathe 2 - Tools

002 Lathe 1

001 Cut with a Handsaw

How to cut with a hand saw.

05 DuxTech hack Awards

June 28, 2006

It was a good time! Here are the entries - http://hackcontest05.pbwiki.com/HackEntries - http://duxtech.pbwiki.com/ - http://hackcontest05.pbwiki.com/ -

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