Surprisingly, when I created Google Plus blogs, Math & Physics were the most popular topics! I love learning new things, especially in math and science.

• My Technical Autobiograpy (Additional experience/accomplishments can’t be included because they are classified)

There are many great courses available for free from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Open Courseware (No actual credits, but learning for free is a hidden jewel – you may want to buy the textbook(s)). No excuse (other than available time) for not learning new things!

Here are 2 great courses I am taking & another hidden gem I found recently:

1. 8.04 Spring 2023 Quantum Physics I – This course will blow your mind. I still need to finish it and take follow-on courses. Includes lecture videos.
2. 7.016 Fall 2018 – Introductory Biology – There are so many biology courses. This one is great & includes lecture videos. I am reading the entire textbook.
3. 7.91J Spring 2014 – Foundations of Computational Biology – includes lecture videos

Also reading this good book: Human Anatomy & Physiology

I am a big fan of Einstein, both his scientific discoveries and quotes. The more I think about some of the theories, the more interesting it gets (and frustrating to understand). In an attempt to improve my understanding, I derived Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity and his E = mc² in my writeup here. I would love to discuss with anyone interested in this area.

• Comments on Einstein’s Theories of Relativity

My friend, Nadia, asked me to help her build what is called a “Dotto Ring.” She is interested in technological conspiracy theories and there are claims that the Dotto ring technology was suppressed by the government because it achieved anti-gravity (instead of just curing cancer as claimed). I evaluated Dr. Dotto’s claims and built a 1/4 scale model “Dotto Ring.” Here is a report on my analysis. I also did this to learn about thermocouples. I wanted to know how much current you can generate by short circuiting a thermocouple.

• Dotto Ring Analysis

My former boss, Don, asked my to help him with a contract he won with the government to have high school students develop new solar energy technology. This got me interested in solar technology. I have several projects in this area:

1. Design and construction of a sun-tracking solar panel base – the ideal goal is to electronically track, but I wanted to design a low-cost manual tracker.
2. Garden Solar Array – In winter a garden area might be perfect for collecting solar energy for inside plant lights. I developed a system that powers my lights and helps heat my house in the winter. (will write report later)
3. Thermocouple-merged Solar Array – Most sun energy of current solar panels is lost to heat (about 20% efficient – 80% converted to heat). I’m trying to see if you can merge an array converting heat to electricity with a conventional solar cell array. (will write report later)

My technology bucket list included developing a computer from scratch using just integrated circuits. I had bought a student introductory Intel 8086 chip set kit in college and decided I should finally build it after about 45 years.

• Custom Intel 8086 computer initial design, build, & test

A few other fun electronics techology projects:

1. Getting an original IBM PC working – Ask
2. Building a TV composite video circuit
3. Building an MCE to VGA converter board – report will be coming

I maintained a Technology website for Lockheed Martin with a “This Day in Tech History” feature. Check the top of the page, my new version of this feature should be there.