Category: Basics

The age old question has finally been answered. Is there an easy way to tell if a number is divisible by 7? Yes there is. The trick is not as easy as say 2, 3 or 9, but much simpler than doing the...

Early in my engineering career, I was overwhelmed by the complexity of the things I was trying to design and calculate. Being a novice, I clammed up and did nothing. On one particular project, an...

The difference between digital and analog is that digital tells you a discrete value. Analog makes you interpret the value.There is no requirement for digital devices to have any electronics in them...

If you are anything like me, you have a deep desire to design and build things. If I had a nickel for every time my mother said, "Corey, what are you doing?" I would be set for life. I love...

I was getting frustrated! This was the third time I was attempting to super glue my 3D printed prototype together and the glue just wasn't holding. In my younger years, I would have already smashed...

I'm a hands on engineer and I was skeptical of sitting behind a desk all day looking at a computer. However, I also knew that I wanted to design and build things for a living. Most mechanical...