http://ryft.org Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:02:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So we need a cool innovative project to start working on. Sam discovered the EPFCG while looking into EMP weapons. There is generally little information about it on the web, and I have thus far been unable to find any DIY iterations which makes this project harder, but only more ... http://ryft.org/?p=69 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="Never got around to posting this stuff, from the fall last year. Additional caps added, and a safe discharge circuit too, it was about time we got that in there..."][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="491" caption="This was a misfire, but still looks cool... The alum foil projectile welded ... http://ryft.org/?p=62 We've been driving for the past several hours and just exited our first control stop in Katherine. We are currently in tenth place overall and are roughly an hour behind MIT (they also share a silicon array). I'll post pictures and more info about scrutineering shortly http://ryft.org/?p=60 After a delay of a couple days due to the container ship captain being afraid of a tsunami...we finally got our solar car! We drove our rental van and rental truck to DB Schenker to unload our container and get our Solar Car and our Ford E350 Van.  Sasha, Matt, Nathan, ... http://ryft.org/?p=38 So we've been hanging out in the hostel for the past several days, not doing too much since the car shipment got delayed by a tsunami... We have had the chance to check out the nightlife in Melbourne, including a brief visit to the Crown Casino and some other ... http://ryft.org/?p=33 The last couple days we've been touring around Melbourne and checking out the scenery.  After getting a number of local meats and cheeses at the market we had a nice meal on the riverbank where we had a pretty awesome view of the Melbourne skyline. Following the tip of a fellow SJP ... http://ryft.org/?p=18 [caption id="attachment_10" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Downtown Melbourne"][/caption] So this is the first post of hopefully many about my trip to Australia for the 2009 World Solar Challenge.  I landed in Melbourne on Sunday and promptly fell asleep immediately after arriving at the hostel that the team is staying at. My flights were relatively ... http://ryft.org/?p=9