On 10/26/21 9:27 AM, Dave Daniel wrote:
I’ve viewed a bunch of online classes from MIT, Stanford and Cambridge for work, mostly courses about information theory and abstract algebra (for data coding). Keeping up with the methods to learn remotely is important to me. Just because I’m retired doesn’t mean that I don’t need to continue studying.
Using safety goggles is probaby a good idea; since having my eyesight changed from nearsightedness to farsightedness last year, I have had to constantly remind myself to wear safety glasses in the shop and lab.
I’m not so sure about cut resistent gloves; IMO, most injuries caused by edged tools occur on places on the body other than the hands and are largely due to people cutting towards themselves. Of course, holding one’s hand in front of a knife or chisel will result in a nasty cut if one slips; it’s all about knowing how to use the tools, which I suppose most university students might not know. But cut-resistant gloves only solve a small part of that problem.
I can’t imagine graduating from an electrical engineering curriculum without knowing how to solder and, in fact, having had to build some things that require soldering (“ugly” construction, anyone?).
DaveD
I have no idea what the gloves were for, or why they included them. Having cut myself on the knife like edge of copper foil tape, maybe it's that.
At JPL we talk about EE graduates who don't know which end of the soldering iron gets hot. These days, that's very possible (especially with EE/CS, where you're typically working with FPGA designs and the like on eval boards).? It's sort of like "rotating machines" classes and the "motor lab" - they don't exist in most places any more.
