Designing my own physics-based gym product

A common question I see asked in the gym is 'How many reps was that?' When you are pushing your body to the limits of what it can do, it is pretty much impossible to count the number of times you do an exercise, especially near the end of the workout. There are definitely devices that can …

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Coding a 2 player arcade game in 2 days.

During some lessons, my friend and I got so bored that we created a variant of Tic Tac Toe. The largest issue with tic-tac-toe is that it is too easy to not have a winner. There are 3 outcomes to any game: draw, nought win, or crosses win. Unless you are playing a sped-up version, where each player …

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Making an air powered cannon

I want to shoot a projectile fast. That has been my main aim for years: to track the speed of a projectile that I shot, and calculate a speed of over 100mph. Unfortunately, as I live in the UK, I cannot do this with gunpowder, and using butane or gaseous propellant still counts as a firearm after th…

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