This past Thursday marked the start of my sophomore classes at Cornell University.  I’ve decided that I’m going to affiliate with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Major, and I’m also hoping to pursue a business minor.  However, classes have not been at the front of mind recently; instead, I’ve been far more focused on Cornell’s [...]

This is a project that I’ve been working on on-and-off for over a year now. A while back, a friend got me this robotic claw kit from thinkgeek, basically to make fun of my prosthetics research.  It’s simple enough…A wired controller is connected to the claw and has a few levers for eliciting movement from [...]

Upgrading the RAM in your laptop can be surprisingly difficult, especially if one stick is located under the keyboard. In this tutorial, I walk you through the steps needed to replace RAM on most laptops. Enjoy!

Well, solid state hard drives seem to be all the rage these days, so I figured I’d try one out in my Dell D630 Laptop.  After doing some research, Kingston’s SSD Now drive series looked like the best bang for the buck, so I ordered it.  Check out my review of the drive below.