Cornell Solar Decathlon at the NY State Fair and Beyond
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[…]
Web-Controlled RoboClaw v1
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[…]
How to Upgrade the RAM in your Laptop
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!
Kingston 128GB SSD Review
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[…]
Windows Home Server Review
Yeah, it’s been a while since my last product review…I ordered this fancy new Home Server to backup all the computers in my house, and figured it would be the perfect opportunity to do another product review. Naturally, my brother (youtube user zoop425), wanted to review it too, so we[…]
Computer Destruction 101
It’s always a good idea to keep your old hard drives. Case and point, if Zach (the one filming this video) hadn’t been looking through his old drive, he never would have found this gem that we filmed a few years ago. It’s basically just 3 minutes of computer carnage,[…]
Building the Ultimate Computer: Edition 7
Time flies…it seems like just yesterday that I was filming Ultimate Computer 1, the very first video I uploaded to youtube. 46 videos and 1,614 subscribers later, the newest Ultimate Computer has arrived! This time, the build focuses on bang-for-your-buck power, effectively providing tons of gaming horsepower, for a manageable[…]
Nerf Sentry Gun…be afraid.
The nerf sentry gun was developed as a final project for Cornell University’s CS1114 Matlab Robotics class. Jason Wright and I worked on the gun together, and were awarded “coolest final project”. Check out the video of the gun in action, and see how we built it: READ ON FOR[…]
By Popular Demand: Overclocking Guide!
Users on this blog, ultimatecomputers.net, and youtube have been begging me to do an overclocking guide for a long time. Initially I was reluctant, because overclocking works differently on almost every system. But, I’ve finally given in, and I put together a two-part TechBits episode on overclocking. Because it would[…]
Do You Fold!?
As some of you may know, we launched an UltimateComputers.net Folding Team a few months ago. I’m proud to announce that we already have 15 members, and have a grand score of over 442,000! If you don’t know what folding is, it is essentially a way for you to utilize[…]