This may have been covered at some point in this long thread, and possibly we're well past the point of this being remotely useful to consider,...
Yeah, the great lakes are somewhat on the huge side, and the weather has the potential to change rapidly with next to no warning at times. Not the...
Direct solar is, as people have pointed out already, going to be a pain to do. Solar is not well suited to mobile applications, and you would be...
Bamboo is an interesting material to work with, and has some cool properties, but one must always keep a very important thing in mind when it...
Permits: Provincial Department of Natural Resources. Transport Canada will also likely have paperwork for you as well. They can be had, sometimes...
Also, keep in mind that the big reason no one builds float houses out here is ice. You're not putting one in year round for any salt water,...
I'm wondering how effective a "poled mini-hover craft" would be. I've used small motor shopvac hover pads to lift surprising amounts in school and...
I strongly suggest stepping back from the project and taking a look at what you are actually trying to do. Before working on prices and...
dual barging the truck across would be a good way to lose it in the river. It would either mean having the sides between the barges low enough to...
If you don't already, I strongly suggest a decent respirator rather than just cheap masks. Good ones with a valve set and filter cartridges can be...
I see that this is a rather old thread, but still an interesting idea. One of the biggest challenges I see is how do you easily Get on and off...
I once was helping a student who was having issues because "Java was broken!", and given how tired I was and how my shift had ended half an hour...
I've found that about 80% of issues with Windows systems are PEBCAK, and most of the other 20% are issues with programmers of third party software...
Gimbals dampen the loss, but they don't eliminate it. Take a properly designed fuel container, then it doesn't care what way you move it, X amount...
Stick with windows 7, install the WinXP platform. To avoid spyware: 1. read up on windows services and close down unneeded ones (Actually I...
What space station currently rotates to maintain an artificial gravity environment? Flywheels are ill suited to mobile applications, as any...
I've studied a lot of history, and a lot of history of technology. I feel the need to point out that the 'resolution' in a lot of cases has been...
I've put down a lot of floors over the years, but I've never had the chance to work with teak. So really these are just random things to think...
Look into using a subfloor system. Simply laying down 'sheets of plastic' is a great way to breed some nasty mold and other fun things that can...
So, how much damage can this thing do when it fails and detaches, and just happens to strike the ship's prop? Think worst case now, because best...
