So basically, Microsoft Flight Simulator, but for cars.

I wanted to get a set of black steelies with snow tires - dunno about the hubcaps, I guess its a matter of taste...

I need to go a little easier on the poor thing. My tires are gonna be toast before I hit 20k.

I've got the same car, same color! 13,000 smile-filled miles and counting...

Yeah, but for 250,000 of them, that's basically all at once. That's like 240 fixtures per day. Depending on the size of the factory, that could be their entire output for the next 4 years.

Now I'm trying to imagine someone actually eating Fazolis on their way home...

That is a problem with the optics on your particular street light and not a problem with he light source in general. Most manufacturers are offering whatever distribution you want, from type I through type V, spill light eliminator, house side shield, all the same options as MH and HPS. Uniformity of LED is usually…

Not an issue, as street lights point straight down and the snow won't accumulate on them. Traffic lights are already LED in New York as far as I know. Not sure how they solved the snow issue with those. Probably a heating element.

They're replacing them all at once? With one fixture type?
Wow, whichever manufacturer got that contract is giving out nice bonuses this Christmas.

LED is pretty much the industry standard for roadway these days. Unless you need a 1000W HID, which you don't on city streets, every manufacturer has LED versions of all their fixtures. Even the old ugly-as-hell cobra head fixtures come in LED now. Most of them are rated over 50,000 hours lamp life, and the diodes…

Sure, a VFD does rectify the incoming power to change the frequency, but (in most cases) the induction motor it is driving still requires 3-phase AC. If the incoming main was DC you'd still need an inverter, and you wouldn't be getting any efficiency gains. A typical VFD is around 95% efficient at full load.

Sure, you can use a boost converter to convert to higher-voltage DC (like EVs do), but transformers are simpler and more robust. I doubt the AC transmission/distribution systems are going anywhere and I don't think they should. There are too many industrial machines, HVAC systems, pumps, and just motors in general…

Still a fairly impressive build for a high school student. I've seen worse from undergrad engineering students. You gotta wonder how much help his professor provided.

Thanks, I suspected that but didn't notice it in the video. I'd probably spend my money on a throttle/TPM, some instrument/switch panels, or a third screen before getting into something like this.

I'm confused... did he also write a flight simulator?

I thought every place already had ordinances for noise pollution. Usually they are a bit more precise than "audible from 25 feet" however. A friend of mine drove an old diesel rabbit and he somehow fit enough speakers in the trunk (and was a big enough asshole) that he got a few noise tickets. The police on the main…

I had to check for myself. What a shame. The only one left with a standard optical drive, the 13" MBP, doesn't have a discrete GPU. Looks like the CPU is not updated either.

Funnyyou mention how easy the stylus is to lose. I wanted to check out this tablet at the local Microsoft store, but all the stylii at the Surface Pro table were missing. They even had little holders for them like you see at the bank, but apparently not the little ball-chain thingy securing them to the table.

Funnyyou mention how easy the stylus is to lose. I wanted to check out this tablet at the local Microsoft store, but all the stylii at the Surface Pro table were missing. They even had little holders for them like you see at the bank, but apparently not the little ball-chain thingy securing them to the table.

Funnyyou mention how easy the stylus is to lose. I wanted to check out this tablet at the local Microsoft store, but all the stylii at the Surface Pro table were missing. They even had little holders for them like you see at the bank, but apparently not the little ball-chain thingy securing them to the table.