July 22, 2011

(via Video Showing Production Assembly Line Process of BMW 3 Series Car)

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April 28, 2011
Weird Software Bugs

I especially like the Heisenbug: a bug that changes its behavior when you try to investigate it. 

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For when you REALLY need to push on something. 

For when you REALLY need to push on something. 

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April 26, 2011
We’ve had this one in house for a bit, now it’s time for it to move on. Shipment day!

We’ve had this one in house for a bit, now it’s time for it to move on. Shipment day!

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April 22, 2011

Ford Model T’s Being Made

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January 21, 2011

How Flash Memory Is Made

This video from Lexar shows what it takes to go from raw silicon to a flash drive. As you can imagine, the amount of automation involved in this process is pretty incredible. Pick and place, labeling, packaging, wet process, wafer dicing - all of these processes involve intense amounts of extremely precise control.

Just the kind of thing that makes an automation engineer drool…

-David

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February 2, 2010

A simple explanation of why magnets attract, from Richard Feynman

Seen on kottke.org

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January 4, 2010

Candy Canes!

A little late for the holidays but very interesting anyway. Some of the techniques shown here are so clever and yet so obvious in retrospect. Bend the canes after they’re packaged! Of course!

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December 30, 2009

World Cup Soccer Ball Manufacturing

This is an amazing video of how the soccer balls for the 2010 World Cup are manufactured.

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December 9, 2009

Meetings

Meetings

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