Monday, May 5, 2025

2025 May 4th, Day of Purpose

Participants at Day of Purpose - May 4th, 2025 City of Princeton
  1.  The NH James, Jr Foundation
  2. Blue Barn Pet Resort
  3. Family Promise of Collin County
  4. The Turning Point
  5. North Texas Job Corps
  6. Texas Muslim Women's Foundation
  7. Christmas Air Conditioning & Heating
  8. ZELOS DIRECT PRIMARY CARE
  9. Collin County Association Chainsaw Team
  10. Calabri Health
  11. Young & Vibrant Tutoring
  12. Meals on Wheels Collin County
  13. Above All Things Dream Foundation
  14. Push Me Pull You Org
  15. Power and Glory Ministries of North Dallas
  16. VFW Bois D'Arc Post 9167, Princeton, TX

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Astronomy

Eclipse - lunar/solar

tide

phase of moon

location of moon

angle of sunrise

Solstice / equinox

Analemma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_astronomy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Astronomy_navbox 


Tamil:

விநாடி = 24 seconds

நாழிகை = 24 minutes

முகூர்த்தம் = 48 minutes

1 Day = 30 முகூர்த்தம்


Wright Brothers

 1. "the Wrights calculated they needed an engine that produced at least 8 horsepower and weighed no more than 200 pounds (91 kilograms)."

            No such engine was available in the market, so they designed/and made one

            They choose aluminum... They painted black - so people did not know the metal (avoid copy)

2. Propeller: Navy's propeller designs were "cut and try". 

They used the wind tunnel. 

"propeller was a wing traveling in a spiral course".

"90 pounds of thrust to sustain the Flyer in flight at 24 mph" - "combined thrust of between 120 and 130 pounds at 330 rpm"

3. wind tunnel

4. "a highly unstable but controllable machine" (Like Bicycle, flights too...)

No Patent

Few reasons
  1. Altruism and the Public Good
  2. Encouraging Innovation
  3. Financial Constraints
  4. Open-Source Movements
Examples:
  1. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (X-rays)
  2. Nikola Tesla (Alternating Current)
  3. Charles Babbage (Difference Engine)
  4. Sir Tim Berners-Lee (World Wide Web)
  5. Linus Torvalds (Linux)
  6. Richard Stallman (Free Software Movement)
  7. The Raspberry Pi Foundation (Educational Devices)
  8. The Wright Brothers (Airplane)
  9. Thomas Edison (Phonograph)
  10. Open Source

Marie Curie - "There were no patents. We were working in the interests of science. Radium was not to enrich anyone. Radium... belongs to all people."