Nikola Tesla and Tesla Coil

Hi there! After a little exam break, I am here again with my presentation that was presented in Technical English I lecture. We were free to pick a subject, and I wanted to talk about Nikola Tesla's life and one of his amazing inventions, the Tesla coil. The PowerPoint slide worked pretty well. Hence, the lecturer liked it, I think. Anyways, here is that.



It's not the only source that I use. Also I made profit by few videos about the Tesla coil. Here is that explanatory video that I showed to people to be figure it out.



References & Resources:

1. McCormick, Mac; Nikola Tesla-The World’s Sorcerer, American Funeral Director, 2009, July
2. Maja Hrabak, MD; Ranka Stern Padovan, MD, PhD; Marko Kralik, MD; David Ozretic, MD; Kristina Potocki, MD, PhD, Nikola Tesla and the Discovery of X-rays, RadioGraphics, 2008, July
3. Carlson, W. Bernard; Inventor of Dreams, Scientific American, 2005, March
4. Pilkington, Mark; The Electric Wizard, Fortean Times, 2007, January
5. http://www.teslauniverse.com
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_coil
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

Sample Agricultural Technics System

On this work, I tried to create a new watering system on an orange field. I was totally free when creating this system as the lecturer said. He wanted us to make a whole plan on our own from the prices of components to the control system's design. Well, I did something anyway.

AGRICULTURAL TECHNICS ON AN ORANGE FIELD

Product: Orange
Location: Mersin

Information For Required Conditions:
- An average orange field needs nearly 1000 mm water per session.
- Ideal temperatures are between 23°C and -3°C.
- Hot and cold winds effect the trees negative.
- Low rate of humidity is pretty inefficient.
- Optimal soil pH is 5 or 6.

CONTROL SYSTEM

Created by LucidChart

The Prices of Components:

- 2 x 240W solar power panels → 1700 TL

- 12V-24V 30 AH auto charge regulator → 230 TL

- 30 x Lamp for illumination → 60 TL

- Digital humidity and temperature sensor → 27 TL

- Air pressure, wind speed, direction of wind measurement sensor → 1100 $ = nearly 2387 TL

- 1.5 mm diameter 300 m transmission lines → 95 TL

Total Cost: 4499 TL

(1)Solar power is used as a main power system. Supplementary power source is active when solar power system doesn't provide enough energy for the processes.

(2)Wireless transmitter sends to a smart phone a detailed data report per hour. The report includes the rate of humidity, temperature degree, air pressure and instant wind speed.

Bugra Kilic
05.01.2014

Actually I haven't used Google+ before. However, I don't remember why, started using that suddenly. After a little try, I liked it a lot! That's because the interface looked really appealing. It's not the only reason, of course! In my opinion, Google+ is one of the suitable social media platform for geek/nerd people. 'cause I realized that many people are sharing interesting stuff about computer, science or technology. Plus, the communities that you're in are pretty useful if you know what kind of which you should join. If we put aside everything, you cannot see any member of your family around there. This is the main point! :)

Here is my Google+ account.

Prime Numbers

I've taken a quiz about C++ lecture today. That was not very bad, not good either. There was only one question which asks us to develop a program that check the number is prime or not. I coded some parts of the scope, but I think I missed the most important part. Anyway, here is that program.

Sum: This program determines a number you entered whether prime or not.

Currently, I'm struggling with an issue that is related with the lack of the idea transfer. Probably, this is because I have kept writing just English so far. I think I should write here not only English but also Turkish. Especially, it will be better for critics and reviews. Yep, I'm thinking about to make reviews for a few applications. :)

Update

Hello all! I haven't been here for a while. In this period, tons of things changed, such as my perspective. It's being changing all the time, though. Here are some updates of my life.

1. Microsoft DreamSpark:  I've made an application to get verified my account as a student profile. Therefore, I tried it three times as I remember. But every single time, I got an error. Made a contact with Microsoft Support Team. Thankfully, they helped me a lot. After a long time, my account got verified. Now, I can download any Microsoft software legally.

2. Pocket: I have explored an android application, called Pocket or other words Read It Later. The name was changed for a reason. These days, I'm totally in this app. I loved and can't stop using it. I can save whatever I'd like to read on the internet in it. I can use it on the laptop, or smart phone whenever I want. It doesn't matter. And that's the biggest point. In my opinion, it's pretty successful. I'll make a critic for this application later.

3. Engineering Stuff: I'm interested in soldering nowadays. That's because I have a circuit project that I have to make any time sooner. So I'm trying to learn this process. It's really important for us as engineering students. I have already nice future dreams about this. I'm planning that I must organize an event for the next year. Besides this, I almost planned that another event which includes C++ programming. I think I will be ready for this in the second semester.

That is all for now. I'll be around here.

Why Is Programming Important?

"Programming teaches you how to think." said by Steve Jobs. I am definitely agree. Not only it teaches us how to think but also helps to think abstractly. There are three major benefits of thinking learned by programming. First of all, it helps you to think more different than the other people. The perfect ideas come from the way of think differently. This is because we can obtain a great productivity due to this way. If you have an amazing idea and are willing to do what it is, you have to show your productive thought sides. So you should learn how to program something. Secondly, you can know how something works when you see it. It teaches what is going on inside a program or a situation as an example in our daily lives. Namely, you can learn the principle of a system by examining the steps. The final advantage is that you get the showcase of your work. People have to be objective at this point. Because thinking correctly requires an impartiality. It does make a great sense on our approach about a product. For instance, we can see both the positive and the negative sides of a computer program that we coded. And we can develop it to get perfect software thanks to programming. As a conclusion, Steve Jobs was absolutely right. Programming is one of the greatest way to think. And it must be our thirst for success that we stride for.

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