ISU World Cup ShortTrack Herenveen

1 02 2007

2 till 4 February the ISU world cup Shorttrack is in Herenveen.

 I will be there to operate the photo-finish camera for 3 days.

this is a high-speed camera wich is filming a straight line for more detail see

http://www.finishlynx.com/products/finishlynx/overview/index.htm

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Week 2

1 02 2007

Inlet valve’s

Together with Jan-Kees de Heer i brainstormed about all kind of different ways to control the airflow into an engine.
usually this controlled by a simple valve like a carburetor.

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We came with the idea to make it like the valves of the heart.

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The second idea was to make a kind of slide it is a existing system but in a different way.

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The third idea was to use a kind of plug to close the hole. The shape of the plug is a little bit the same as a tool to measure airflow.

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