#the school of technology and engineering

[postcard-from-the-past]

Workshops of the School of Technology and Engineering in Cluny, Burgundy region of France

French vintage postcard

[academicfever]

36/100 Good morning beautiful people!!

I am becoming a better version of myself every single day. I handle challenges with calm and clarity. My potential is limitless. I am worthy of love, success, and happiness. I radiate confidence, self-respect, and inner harmony. I let go of what I can’t control and focus on what I can. I am exactly where I need to be right now.

log: 9/5/25

Walk morning and afternoon

Deep Clean and Laundry

mental health check __journal

Read 50 pages

Study session 3P

Proper lunch and dinner

DD_30 challenge: Day 6

[juniedahmed]

Earth 🌎 🌍

#Diameter : 7926 miles ( 12,756 km )

#Mass : 5976 million million million tons

#Temperature : -70 to 55°C

#Distance from Sun : 93 million miles ( 150 million Km )

#Length of day : 23.92 earth days

#Length of year : 365.25 earth days

#Surface Gravity : 1 kg = 1 kg

#earth

#photochallenge #everyoneシ゚ #SpaceScienceBangladesh #science #knowledge #spacescience #astronomy #education #physics #Educational #sun #earth #astrology #astronaut #astrophysics #NASA #uk #spaceexploration #university #college #school #spaceshuttle #astrophotography

#solarpower #solarenergy #energy #spacewalk

[non-un-topo]

Applying for my Master's in gender studies kind of feels like shooting myself in the foot, but then again, it's not a useless discipline if it's being systematically censored and erased.

[gayvampyr]

im glad we’re finally talking about lack of technology literacy in younger people. everyone assumes we’ll automatically be good at it and have all the know-how because we grew up with it, and sure i might be more knowledgeable about it than say, someone 15 years older, but technology is changing and becoming more “turnkey” and a lot of the customization and workarounds just are not that accessible or obvious anymore. several tech companies boast that their new products are so simple and easy that a baby could do it, and users no longer have to figure out or understand anything behind the scenes because look, there’s a button right there you can press for this issue and if you’re still having problems you can just take it to a technician.

and im not saying this is inherently bad, it’s more accessible to people who don’t know anything about technology, but we are losing our computer skills because we don’t understand the tech and don’t see a need to. you buy a phone or a laptop and it’s perfectly usable fresh out the box and you don’t have to do anything to customize it because they’ve done it for you, which sucks especially considering they often don’t even want you to mess with the programming or software. customization is discouraged so they give you a handful of options they picked out and that’s that, and if your computer goes kaput then instead of learning how to fix it you can just throw it away and buy a new one! and while turnkey tech is a good option for a lot of people, we should still be encouraging know-how and teaching tech literacy in school as we become even more dependent on it. so many young people are struggling to work on computers and no one thinks to teach them because of the generation they’re in. it’s a major issue.

[ifindus]

I have a headcanon that norway is actually really good at speaking (eu) spanish as spanish is the most popular language norwegians choose to learn in high school (with german being the next most popular, he's probably fluent in that too lmao) what am saying is; norway could probably hold a conversation with Spain without any problem🇪🇸🗣️

(also let's be real, norway would probably need to speak/understand spanish as spain is his hollyday paradise😂)

Come on, you don't need to know Spanish to go on holiday there?? We know there's only one phrase you'd need to know how to say when in Spain 😎 /j

[cs-med-world-insights]

How to get into Coding!

Coding is very important now and in the future. Technology relies on coding and in the future you will need to know how to code to get a high-paying job. Many people consider having Computer Science field-related jobs, especially in AI. What if you are interested it in general or as a hobby? What if you don't know what you want to do yet for college?

Pick a language you want to learn: Personally, I started out with HTML and CSS. I recommend if you want to do web design HTML and CSS are good languages to start with. Otherwise, start with JavaScript or Python.

2. Find Resources: Basically you want to look at videos on YouTube, and take classes that have coding like AP CSP, AP CS A (harder class), Digital Information Technology, etc. You can also attend classes outside in the summer like CodeNinjas and use websites like code.org, freeCodeCamp, and Codecademy. Also, ask your friends for help too! You can find communities on Reddit and Discord as well.

3. Start Practicing: Practice slowly by doing small projects like making games for websites and apps. You can work with friends if you are still a beginner or need help. There's also open-source coding you can do!

4. Continue coding: If you don't continue, you will lose your skills. Be sure to always look up news on coding and different coding languages.

5. Certifications: If you are advanced in coding or want to learn more about technology, you can do certifications. This can cost a lot of money depending on what certification you are doing. Some school districts pay for your certification test. But if you take the test and pass, you can put it on your resume, and job recruiters/interviewers will be impressed! This can help with college applications and show initiative if you want a computer science degree. This shows you are a "master" of the language.

[orcelito]

Had a moment of listening to music I liked back when I was a teenager (& still like) and having a whole. Realization . That I like myself as I am now sooooo much better than I like teenage me. And I started thinking about Why.

There's a lot to it I'm pretty sure, & most of it centers around the fact that I just... didn't really know who I was as a person. I didn't really have hobbies outside of what I did in school (aka orchestra) and like. Video games + anime. I did creative writing in middle school, but dropped off in high school for... some reason? I still made original characters and played around with them a lot, but it was mostly just in drawing and thinking about them. I never actually *wrote*, and I in fact didn't get back into creative writing at all until I was 23 years old. I was someone who had spent so long hiding behind others and just doing what I was told that I just... didn't have any real direction. I didn't know what I even *wanted*. I thought I knew, but in hindsight, I can confidently say that I didn't. I was just an insecure teen drifting through life and not thinking about things beyond what was immediately in front of me. Which is pretty standard for teenagers I guess, but not all of them. Not at all.

Compared to now, where I have Many hobbies, most notably being writing. As I am now, I am just Intrinsically a writer. And it's weird to remember that I wasn't even really *writing* before 5 years ago (besides text rps, which did a lot for developing my writing skill! But still aren't a replacement for writing individually). As a teen, I wasnt into dnd, I was incredibly out of shape, & I was a lot less aggressive and focused. I was the type to avoid sports!!! I hated them!!!! But as I am now, I Love biking and can easily bike for an hour+ no problem (I remember being a teen and trying to go on just 10 minute bike rides in the summer and just *dying* from it), & I love working out. I wanna be strong!!! I LOVE being strong!!! And I was an absolute mess with things like public speaking & working in groups, vs now where I can do an impromptu presentation no problem & I'm often the unofficial leader in group projects bc im typically the one who does the organizing and allotments of work. A side effect of working as a supervisor and then assistant manager for so long. I have a lot more confidence in my perceptions and judgements, & I have the self-assurance to assert these things. And this is only really the tip of the iceberg with all the differences.

I just feel like an entirely different person, almost. The cores are the same, or at least damn near similar, with the things I want out of life & the sorts of things I enjoy, but it's like. The difference between finding a random rock off the side of the road & then that rock when it's been sanded and carved and decorated to be something individual and unique. You look at them side by side and it's something dull vs something shiny and intricate. The origins can't be ignored and dismissed, & I certainly would never resent younger me for just doing the best with what I knew at the time. But it's just astounding how much difference time and experience will have for growing and developing as a person. Things I consider integral to my personhood weren't even thoughts in my mind back then. We are almost entirely different people.

[kingoftieland]

As a high school science teacher, I can’t wait to dive into this LEGO Ideas collectible display model on The Evolution of STEM! 🔬🧬🍎

The 879-piece set features a buildable base in the shape of an open book topped by mini builds that represent historic innovations – from an early car and a home computer to the NASA Voyager Probe. Turning a dial also adds a fun movable element to the mix, making a 3D replica of a carbon atom float upwards and a DNA strand rotate. Also included are minifigures of 3 famous scientists: Marie Curie (the “Mother of Modern Physics”), Sir Isaac Newton (leader of the Scientific Revolution), and George Washington Carver (a pioneering agricultural scientist). All in all, it’s a perfect set to add to my classroom!

[quartz-components]

Electronics Components #components #electronics #engineering #electrical #arduino #electronic #innovation #design #robotics #electroniccomponents #raspberry #technology #manufacturing #industrial #gaming #school #learningbydoing #solar #bahrain #pc #pcb #budaiya #muhharaq #manama #engineeringforkids #saar #riffa #makersgonnamake #isatown #summerprogram

[musitechnicformation]

Our Sound Engineering Training in Quebec is designed to equip aspiring sound engineers with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in the audio industry. This comprehensive training covers all aspects of sound engineering, including recording techniques, mixing, mastering, acoustics, sound design, and live sound. Whether you're interested in music production, sound for film, or live events, our Sound Engineering Training in Quebec offers hands-on experience with industry-standard equipment. Learn from experienced instructors in one of the most dynamic creative centers and kickstart your career in sound engineering.

[postcard-from-the-past]

Interior of the School of Technology and Engineering in Cluny, Burgundy region of France

French vintage postcard

[smalltofedsblog]

The Nation’s Only High School Integrating Cyber Technology & Engineering Into All Academic Disciplines 

A publicly funded commuter and residential 9-12 magnet school serving students from around the state, offering free tuition for a diverse student body that is about 30% African American and 37% female.

[juniedahmed]

Jupiter Planet

#Diameter : 88,846 miles ( 142,984 km )

#Mass : 1,900,000 million million million tons

#Temperature : -153°C ( extrêmes not available )

#Distance from Sun : 483 million miles ( 778 million Km )

#Length of day : 9.84 hours

#Length of year : 11.86 earth years

#Surface Gravity : 1 kg = 2.53 kg

#Jupiter

#photochallenge #everyoneシ゚ #SpaceScienceBangladesh #science #knowledge #spacescience #astronomy #education #physics #Educational #sun #earth #astrology #astronaut #astrophysics #NASA #uk #spaceexploration #university #college #school #spaceshuttle #astrophotography

#solarpower #solarenergy #energy #spacewalk

[maxthewickedgoblin]

love these tags but smart printer need to die. my empathy ends with them

stumbled across some of my printer opinions that i don't recall writing but am correct about

[xtruss]

Window-Sized Device Taps The Air For Safe Drinking Water

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Engineers Developed An Atmospheric Water Harvester That Produces Fresh Water Anywhere — Even Death Valley, California.

— Jennifer Chu | MIT News | Date: June 11, 2025

A close-up of a new origami-inspired hydrogel material, designed by MIT Engineers, that swells to absorb water from the air. When water condenses out of the material to be collected, the individual hydrogel spheres shrink back down to capture more moisture. Credit: Courtesy of the Researchers

Today, 2.2 billion people in the world lack access to safe drinking water. In the United States, more than 46 million people experience water insecurity, living with either no running water or water that is unsafe to drink. The increasing need for drinking water is stretching traditional resources such as rivers, lakes, and reservoirs.

To improve access to safe and affordable drinking water, MIT engineers are tapping into an unconventional source: the air. The Earth’s atmosphere contains millions of billions of gallons of water in the form of vapor. If this vapor can be efficiently captured and condensed, it could supply clean drinking water in places where traditional water resources are inaccessible.

With that goal in mind, the MIT team has developed and tested a new atmospheric water harvester and shown that it efficiently captures water vapor and produces safe drinking water across a range of relative humidities, including dry desert air.

The new device is a black, window-sized vertical panel, made from a water-absorbent hydrogel material, enclosed in a glass chamber coated with a cooling layer. The hydrogel resembles black bubble wrap, with small dome-shaped structures that swell when the hydrogel soaks up water vapor. When the captured vapor evaporates, the domes shrink back down in an origami-like transformation. The evaporated vapor then condenses on the the glass, where it can flow down and out through a tube, as clean and drinkable water.

MIT Engineers test a passive water harvester in Death Valley, California. The window-sized setup is made from an origami-inspired hydrogel material (black) that absorbs water from the air, and releases it into tubes where researchers can collect the moisture as pure drinking water. Credit: Courtesy of the Researchers; MIT News

The system runs entirely on its own, without a power source, unlike other designs that require batteries, solar panels, or electricity from the grid. The team ran the device for over a week in Death Valley, California — the driest region in North America. Even in very low-humidity conditions, the device squeezed drinking water from the air at rates of up to 160 milliliters (about two-thirds of a cup) per day.

The team estimates that multiple vertical panels, set up in a small array, could passively supply a household with drinking water, even in arid desert environments. What’s more, the system’s water production should increase with humidity, supplying drinking water in temperate and tropical climates.

“We have built a meter-scale device that we hope to deploy in resource-limited regions, where even a solar cell is not very accessible,” says Xuanhe Zhao, the Uncas and Helen Whitaker Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT. “It’s a test of feasibility in scaling up this water harvesting technology. Now people can build it even larger, or make it into parallel panels, to supply drinking water to people and achieve real impact.”

Zhao and his colleagues present the details of the new water harvesting design in a paper appearing today in the journal Nature Water. The study’s lead author is former MIT postdoc “Will” Chang Liu, who is currently an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS). MIT co-authors include Xiao-Yun Yan, Shucong Li, and Bolei Deng, along with collaborators from multiple other institutions.

Carrying Capacity

Hydrogels are soft, porous materials that are made mainly from water and a microscopic network of interconnecting polymer fibers. Zhao’s group at MIT has primarily explored the use of hydrogels in biomedical applications, including adhesive coatings for medical implants, soft and flexible electrodes, and noninvasive imaging stickers.

“Through our work with soft materials, one property we know very well is the way hydrogel is very good at absorbing water from air,” Zhao says.

Researchers are exploring a number of ways to harvest water vapor for drinking water. Among the most efficient so far are devices made from metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs — ultra-porous materials that have also been shown to capture water from dry desert air. But the MOFs do not swell or stretch when absorbing water, and are limited in vapor-carrying capacity.

Water From Air

The group’s new hydrogel-based water harvester addresses another key problem in similar designs. Other groups have designed water harvesters out of micro- or nano-porous hydrogels. But the water produced from these designs can be salty, requiring additional filtering. Salt is a naturally absorbent material, and researchers embed salts — typically, lithium chloride — in hydrogel to increase the material’s water absorption. The drawback, however, is that this salt can leak out with the water when it is eventually collected.

The team’s new design significantly limits salt leakage. Within the hydrogel itself, they included an extra ingredient: glycerol, a liquid compound that naturally stabilizes salt, keeping it within the gel rather than letting it crystallize and leak out with the water. The hydrogel itself has a microstructure that lacks nanoscale pores, which further prevents salt from escaping the material. The salt levels in the water they collected were below the standard threshold for safe drinking water, and significantly below the levels produced by many other hydrogel-based designs.

In addition to tuning the hydrogel’s composition, the researchers made improvements to its form. Rather than keeping the gel as a flat sheet, they molded it into a pattern of small domes resembling bubble wrap, that act to increase the gel’s surface area, along with the amount of water vapor it can absorb.

The researchers fabricated a half-square-meter of hydrogel and encased the material in a window-like glass chamber. They coated the exterior of the chamber with a special polymer film, which helps to cool the glass and stimulates any water vapor in the hydrogel to evaporate and condense onto the glass. They installed a simple tubing system to collect the water as it flows down the glass.

In November 2023, the team traveled to Death Valley, California, and set up the device as a vertical panel. Over seven days, they took measurements as the hydrogel absorbed water vapor during the night (the time of day when water vapor in the desert is highest). In the daytime, with help from the sun, the harvested water evaporated out from the hydrogel and condensed onto the glass.

Over this period, the device worked across a range of humidities, from 21 to 88 percent, and produced between 57 and 161.5 milliliters of drinking water per day. Even in the driest conditions, the device harvested more water than other passive and some actively powered designs.

“This is just a proof-of-concept design, and there are a lot of things we can optimize,” Liu says. “For instance, we could have a multipanel design. And we’re working on a next generation of the material to further improve its intrinsic properties.”

“We imagine that you could one day deploy an array of these panels, and the footprint is very small because they are all vertical,” says Zhao, who has plans to further test the panels in many resource-limited regions. “Then you could have many panels together, collecting water all the time, at household scale.”

— This work was supported, in part, by the MIT J-WAFS Water and Food Seed Grant, the MIT-Chinese University of Hong Kong collaborative research program, and the UM6P-MIT Collaborative Research Program.