tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6830198479294014822012-02-19T02:56:30.249-08:00of Swimmy Thang!The Tool Goddessnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683019847929401482.post-91980937585422673642008-07-08T16:36:00.000-07:002008-07-08T16:39:12.809-07:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">Explorer Class Winners: <br />Overall: <br /><br />1st place - Marine Institute and Faculty of Engineering of Memorial University <br /><br />2nd place - Long Beach City College <br /><br />3rd place - California Academy of Mathematics and Science <br /><br />Best Poster - Long Beach / CAMS (tied)<br /><br />Best Report - Marine Institute and Faculty of Engineering of Memorial University <br /><br />Best Technical Evaluation - Marine Institute and Faculty of Engineering of Memorial University <br /><br /><br />Ranger Class Winners: <br />Overall:<br /> <br />1st place - New York City Home Educators Association <br /><br />2nd place - Edgewater High School <br /><br />3rd place - Dalbrae Academy <br /><br />Best Poster - Lincoln HS / NYCHEA (tied)<br /><br />Best Report - New York City Home Educators Association <br /><br />Best Technical Evaluation - Mission College Prep High School <br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/683019847929401482-9198093758542267364?l=swt2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Tool Goddessnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683019847929401482.post-2002969060816876652008-07-04T04:11:00.001-07:002008-07-04T04:29:33.319-07:00Here is some great video of some of the teams that competed in the seventh annual International ROV Competition presented by Marine Advanced Technology Education that was held at University of California San Diego in June. Enjoy!<br /><br />Here is the bot from Long Beach, ca.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xpNzmLk6ZwY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xpNzmLk6ZwY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Here is the Sea Tech 4H Club entry from Skagit Valley Washington.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LBbP940VyHo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LBbP940VyHo&hl=en&fs=1"type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />These are the Dalhousie Privateers! They got the Guts and Glory award because of all the hardships they had to overcome in order to compete. See the story about them on the main page.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D6BMJSj-aoo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D6BMJSj-aoo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hhhJUC6hvPM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hhhJUC6hvPM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I'll post more video as it becomes available!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/683019847929401482-200296906081687665?l=swt2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Tool Goddessnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683019847929401482.post-61215972852243807272007-06-28T22:17:00.000-07:002008-07-01T20:41:39.048-07:00Another International ROV competition has come to a close! Here is a short video clip to whet your interest! Also here are <a href="http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2007/results/index.html">links</a> to photos and scores for the event. Below you will find links to the tasks teams had to accomplish and the specs for the missions. These were sophisticated tasks, and my kudos go out to all who participated!<br /><br />Mission 1: <a href="http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2007/Mission_1_FINAL.pdf">The flume tank </a><br />Mission 2: <a href="http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2007/Mission_2_FINAL.pdf">The Ice Tank</a><br />Mission 3: <a href="http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2007/Mission_3_FINAL.pdf">Offshore Engineering Basin<br /></a><br /><br /><br /><center><script src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><script src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=288876&amp;source=3&autoplay=true&amp;amp;file_type=flv&player_width=&amp;player_height=" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><div id="blip_movie_content_288876"><a onclick="play_blip_movie_288876(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Dangangry-MateInternationalCompetition998.avi"><img title="Click To Play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Dangangry-MateInternationalCompetition998.avi.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onclick="play_blip_movie_288876(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Dangangry-MateInternationalCompetition998.avi">Click To Play</a></div></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/683019847929401482-6121597285224380727?l=swt2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Tool Goddessnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683019847929401482.post-53026969259824334442007-03-18T15:11:00.000-07:002007-03-18T15:33:01.321-07:00<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_OzgrL-tGRwg/Rf29jU_MA7I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/A9qROvcd0q0/s1600-h/homebuilt+bot.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043395572351632306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_OzgrL-tGRwg/Rf29jU_MA7I/AAAAAAAAAFQ/A9qROvcd0q0/s400/homebuilt+bot.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I have noticed that many of my readers live outside the United States where I live so you may not be familiar with the <a href="http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/">International Remote Operated Vehicle Competition</a> that is held every year. It is a wonderful opportunity for students to build an ROV of their own and compete with other schools. Each year a "real life" scenario is developed, and students must build a Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle that can accomplish specific tasks designed to challenge students to think "outside the box". Information about past competitions can be found <a href="http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/archive.php">here</a>. If you think your school might like to participate next year, contact the <a href="http://www.marinetech.org/">MATE Center </a>in Monterey California. They would love to see greater international participation! To get an overview of this years competition check out this <a href="http://www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/2007/Mission_overview_2007_FINAL.pdf">link!</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/683019847929401482-5302696925982433444?l=swt2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Tool Goddessnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683019847929401482.post-71492750865794262572007-03-16T12:46:00.000-07:002007-03-18T14:28:40.596-07:00Isn't it amazing what you can learn on the web these days! Over the past couple of days I have discovered some really great instructional videos from the folks at the <a href="http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/make_podcast/">MAKE</a> blog that I think you may find useful! <p>Here is a How To on Soldering!</p><center><br /><div id="blip_movie_content_130343"><a onclick="play_blip_movie_130343(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-LearnHowToSolderSkillBuildingWorkshop125.flv"><img title="Click To Play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-LearnHowToSolderSkillBuildingWorkshop125.flv.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onclick="play_blip_movie_130343(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-LearnHowToSolderSkillBuildingWorkshop125.flv">Click To Play</a></div><div></div></center><div class="blip_description"><blockquote>In this Make: Video Podcast, Joe Grand shows us how to solder and de-solder<br />electrical parts.<br /></blockquote></div><p>How to Use a Multimeter!</p><br /><p><br /><center><div id="blip_movie_content_142363"><a onclick="play_blip_movie_142363(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-HowToUseAMultimeter851.flv"><img title="Click To Play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-HowToUseAMultimeter851.flv.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onclick="play_blip_movie_142363(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-HowToUseAMultimeter851.flv">Click To Play</a></div></center><div class="blip_description"><blockquote><p>Multimeters are the electrical engineer's swiss army knife. In this weekend project podcast, you'll learn how to use a multimeter to check for continuity, measure resistance and measure voltage. You can do other things with a multimeter, but these are a good place to start. </p></blockquote></div><p></p><br /><p>Here They Take Apart Stepper Motors<br /><br /><center><script src="http://blip.tv/scripts/pokkariPlayer.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><div id="blip_movie_content_73088"><a onclick="play_blip_movie_73088(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-MakeVideoPodcastStepperMotorsAndEncoderMotors844.flv"><img title="Click To Play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-MakeVideoPodcastStepperMotorsAndEncoderMotors844.flv.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onclick="play_blip_movie_73088(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-MakeVideoPodcastStepperMotorsAndEncoderMotors844.flv">Click To Play</a></div></center><div class="blip_description"><blockquote><div class="blip_description">In this podcast I rip apart some motors that are<br />commonly used in robotics.? Watch and learn about these motors with me! </div><div class="blip_description"><br /></div><div class="blip_description">An Introduction to Oscilliscopes!</div><div class="blip_description"></div></blockquote></div><center><br /><script src="http://blip.tv/syndication/write_player?skin=js&posts_id=159426&amp;source=3&autoplay=true&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;file_type=flv&player_width=&amp;player_height=500" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><div id="blip_movie_content_159426"><a onclick="play_blip_movie_159426(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-IntroductionToOscilloscopes456.flv"><img title="Click To Play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-IntroductionToOscilloscopes456.flv.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onclick="play_blip_movie_159426(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-IntroductionToOscilloscopes456.flv">Click To Play</a></div></center><div class="blip_description"><blockquote><div class="blip_description">In this segment with Joe Grand, we learn about<br />oscilloscopes and their use!</div><div class="blip_description"></div><div class="blip_description"></div><div class="blip_description"></div><div class="blip_description"><p><p>And A Bit About Basic Stamps!</p></p></div></blockquote></div><p><br /><center><div id="blip_movie_content_175738"><a onclick="play_blip_movie_175738(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-TheBasicStampAwesomeElectronicsWorkshop621.flv"><img title="Click To Play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-TheBasicStampAwesomeElectronicsWorkshop621.flv.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onclick="play_blip_movie_175738(); return false;" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Make-TheBasicStampAwesomeElectronicsWorkshop621.flv">Click To Play</a></div></center><div class="blip_description"><blockquote><div class="blip_description">In this special edition of the Weekend Project<br />Podcast, Bre Pettis of Make: Magazine brings a special guest to the stage.? Joe<br />Grand is a hardware hacker and in this episode, he shows us how to use a<br />microcontroller to make an LED blink and a little speaker to make cellphone<br />music.<br /></div></blockquote></div><p>My thanks to the folks over at the <a href="http://www.makezine.com/blog/">MAKE</a> blog for their efforts!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/683019847929401482-7149275086579426257?l=swt2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Tool Goddessnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683019847929401482.post-7039896014403887362007-03-10T15:34:00.000-08:002007-03-16T20:07:18.326-07:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_OzgrL-tGRwg/Renx0-CweaI/AAAAAAAAACE/0rypIpP_LzU/s1600-h/j0402734.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5037823550500665762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_OzgrL-tGRwg/Renx0-CweaI/AAAAAAAAACE/0rypIpP_LzU/s400/j0402734.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color:#0d8f63;">I would like each of you to introduce yourselves!<br /></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#0d8f63;"><strong>Since this is a public blog, I don't want to know your names or where you live!</strong> That kind of information should never be posted on a public site!<strong> </strong></span></p></span><p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#0d8f63;">I'd like to know what got you interested in underwater robotics and where you hope to go with the experience you are getting by participating in this competition! I would also like to know what your biggest success has been so far in the building process, and what has given you the most trouble.</span></p></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#0d8f63;">It would be fun to see if we can figure out who is who when we get to Newfoundland!</span></span> <p><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#0d8f63;">Cheers!</span></p></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/683019847929401482-703989601440388736?l=swt2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Tool Goddessnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683019847929401482.post-25216261363478198202007-03-10T15:19:00.000-08:002007-03-13T19:49:23.051-07:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_OzgrL-tGRwg/RfdipcewMwI/AAAAAAAAAEI/H-PMss0H7mk/s1600-h/homebuilt+bot1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_OzgrL-tGRwg/RfdipcewMwI/AAAAAAAAAEI/H-PMss0H7mk/s400/homebuilt+bot1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041606772023898882" /></a><br /><br />How is the build going for you folks? Are you excited? Depressed??? What can we do with this site to make things better for you? Let me know and I'll do what I can to find answers for you! The Tool Goddess<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/683019847929401482-2521626136347819820?l=swt2.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Tool Goddessnoreply@blogger.com0