A canonical link is an HTML element that helps webmasters prevent issues with duplicate content. The canonical URL tells search engines which version of a URL to index. One page may be associated with many different URLs. A search engine will attempt to identify the canonical, or authoritative URL for each page. Unlike duplicate content, … Continue reading Canonical URLs & Preventing Duplicate Content
Author: Michael D. Turashoff
Lower Your Payment
Your mortgage payment is most likely the largest monthly expense you have. That is why it is always wonderful when you are able to lower your mortgage payment to an amount that is much more manageable. This will give you more money to either pay the loan down sooner, be able to afford … Continue reading Lower Your Payment
Researchers Develop Technology to Estimate Range of Electric Vehicles
North Carolina State University researchers have developed new software that estimates how much farther an electric vehicle can drive before needing to recharge. The new technology requires drivers to enter their destination, then the software automatically compiles the data on a host of variables to predict the energy use for the vehicle. … Continue reading Researchers Develop Technology to Estimate Range of Electric Vehicles
World’s First Solar Cell that Stores its Own Power
Is it a solar cell or a rechargeable battery? Both! The patent-pending device invented at The Ohio State University is the world’s first solar battery. In the October 3, 2014 issue of the journal Nature Communications, the Ohio State researchers reported that they’ve succeeded in combining a battery and a solar cell … Continue reading World’s First Solar Cell that Stores its Own Power
What is a Square-Wave
A square wave is a non-sinusoidal periodic waveform (which can be represented as an infinite summation of sinusoidal waves), in which the amplitude alternates at a steady frequency between fixed minimum and maximum values, with the same duration spent at minimum and maximum. The transition between minimum to maximum is instantaneous for an … Continue reading What is a Square-Wave
What is a Sine Wave
The sine wave or sinusoid is a mathematical curve that describes a smooth repetitive oscillation. It is named after the function sine, of which it is the graph. The sine wave occurs often in pure and applied mathematics, as well as physics, engineering, signal processing and many other fields. The sine wave is … Continue reading What is a Sine Wave
Power Factor Correction
The power factor (PF) of a device is a number between zero and one that represents the ratio between the real power in watts and the apparent power in Volt-Ampere (VA). A power supply that has a PF of 1.0 indicates that the voltage and current peak together (the voltage and current sine waves … Continue reading Power Factor Correction
Daddy Discipline
Discipline is a natural part of being a father. Like it or not. I don’t know of a father that doesn’t struggle with this reality. As fathers we want to teach our children right from wrong but at the same time we don’t want to be “big fat meanies” Add to that, the natural feeling … Continue reading Daddy Discipline
New Battery Technology in the Form of Recycled Tires
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory claim that recycled tires could see new life in lithium-ion batteries that provide power to plug-in electric vehicles and store energy produced by wind and solar. By modifying the microstructural characteristics of carbon black, a substance recovered from discarded tires, a team led … Continue reading New Battery Technology in the Form of Recycled Tires
How to Make Your Own Wearable Switch
An electrical switch is simply a device that starts and stops electric current by opening and closing the electrical circuit. In the simplest description, a switch has two conductive pieces, usually metal, called contacts, connected to an external circuit, that touch to complete (make) the contact, and separate to open (break) the circuit. This … Continue reading How to Make Your Own Wearable Switch






