Robotics Club 01-28-2015 Match
Another wonderful Vex IQ robotics match was held last night. Both of our school’s teams showed improvement. In addition to having a chance to drive the robots five times, the teams also had their first taste of
Month: January 2015
Robotics Club 01-26-2015 Practice
Yesterday’s robotics club practice was mainly spent on driving practice with some minor modifications as well. Each team elected a new spokesperson for the week.
Robotics Club 01-21-2015 Match
The robotics club match last night gave the students the chance to test out some updated designs for their Vex IQ robots. The Black Mambas team had a strengthened front end that distributed force more effectively. The Winners team had a mechanized version of their previously all mechanical design.
PC Water Cooling Beginner’s Guide – Prep Work
In order to begin working on my water cooled PC I needed to identify what components I would be using as well as where to purchase them. This took a fair amount of time. I wanted to use some of the new PC components available on the market, have a powerful system, and gain some …
Robotics Club 01-14-2015 Match
Last night was the robotics team’s first match of the season with last week being canceled due to weather. The students were brimming with excitement (and maybe a bit of nerves) to see how well their robots would perform. Both teams did well and each team had members who were already coming up with ideas …
Robotics Club 01-12-2015 Practice
The robotic club practice today was full of activity. We began the practice by splitting in to the two teams. I had the kids decide on a spokesperson for each team for the week and then come up with names for their teams.
PC Water Cooling Beginner’s Guide – The Plan
A couple of months ago I got the idea to build a custom PC that featured water cooling. I have built many computers in the past but had never done anything with liquid/water based cooling. After pouring over many articles and watching many videos I had a good idea of the basics. This series of …