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Just a question about the S.O. build policy. Which of the following would be allowed under the heading of "student-built device": Obviously, it's fine for students to design and print / make their own parts, but what about the following scenarios? 1. Download 3d parts from the web (with no...

Just a question about the SO build policy. Which of the following would be allowed under the heading of "student-built device": Obviously, it's fine for students to design and print / make their own parts, but what about the following scenarios? 1. Download 3d parts from the web (with no ...

Just a question about the SO build policy. Which of the following would be allowed under the heading of "student-built device": Obviously, it's fine for students to design and print / make their own parts, but what about the following scenarios? 1. Download 3d parts from the web (with no m...

Can anyone give an example of a "qualitative observation about results after the experiment?" Isn't the idea of experimental design to make a claim and then design an experiment to quantify it? So the results are inherently quantitative. Our team is having difficulty putting anything meani...

Does anyone have any good ideas for how to waterproof a thermistor? For some reason, when we cover ours with liquid electrical tape, and clear nail polish, they read very inaccurately. When we put the bare thermistor into water, with no waterproofing whatsoever, it reads perfectly accurately. We ar...

What are your highest times? Our highest time is 1 minute, but there was HVAC on at the time. This was a 35-foot ceiling. Wow! impressive. Of course I wouldn't expect you to give away any trade secrets here, but was that just a standard circular plastic parachute catching a lucky updraft? A lot of ...