Sunday 31 December 2023

Mesh Networks


 Investigating Mesh Networks. How do they work? Where to position them for the best WiFi. Selecting the best channels for WiFi reception. Setting up effective routing to access all the devices on a network regardless of the OS. Some fun playing with Wireless Networks.

Saturday 30 December 2023

Alkali Metals

Watching how fast Sodium oxidises in the air before comparing its reactivity to Lithium and Potassium in water. A really great, fun experiment.


 

Friday 29 December 2023

Chemistry - Fuel Cells


 This is still the future - fuel cells. Charged by Solar to split water. The hydrogen and oxygen combine at a later time to create water again and electricity. This cell will do both the splitting and the recombining.

Thursday 28 December 2023

Hookes Law Series and Parallel


 Back to work looking at Hookes Law with series and Parallel springs and predicting what happens and then trying out experiments to see if the experiments prove the predictions.

Wednesday 27 December 2023

Survived Christmas


 The proper use of a NO2 cylinder making whipped cream for a vanilla slice - part of Surviving Christmas 2023

Sunday 24 December 2023

Analog Computing


 Time to set up and play with a few more demos of using Analog Computing @analogparadigm to demonstrate what it can do and achieve.

Saturday 23 December 2023

Last Day of Teaching before Christmas


 Last day of Teaching until after Christmas. I can manage to squeeze in a few days off to celebrate Christmas with my family. But before then, it's Chemistry, Maths, Biology, Maths and Computer Science.

Energy Conversions

Energy conversions: the Steam Engine. Chemical energy in the fuel is turned into thermal energy and then into kinetic energy. Passing down a...