Tuesday, October 23, 2007

10/23

Personal

Get more sleep.

RP

Today I visited UMD in order to get through with all the preliminary activities such as signing up with the school (and ECE specifically) directory so that I could have a university email and ID. Dr. Newcomb told me a little about how pedometers work (small magnetic pendulum switch) and wants me to apply the reverse to the energy saving mechanism I am to create. He also asked that I research Accutron watches, how magnets conduct electricity and electromagnetic coils. I've a large amount of learning to do because of my late start (and general under-information in my previous engineering courses, maybe I should have taken more rigorous coursework before this point.) I also took a book home by the name of of Simulating with Spice for some background.

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