In memory of Rudolph N. J. Draaisma
When the individual cannot survive on its own, a group of such individuals is formed, that enables and secures the survival of its members, thus being dependent of each other – the Social Being is a weak, a vulnerable one….
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In the late 1970’s, when working on his diploma project (for upper secondary school, or high school), Rudolph Draaisma noticed something interesting. Using a simple setup, water in a container sitting outside on a cold but sunny winter’s day, could…
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Many years ago, back in 1999, Rudolph Draaisma got the idea for how pressure resistant hulls for submarines could be constructed. Think of how vaults (arches) can support the weight of the construct above them, like walls or ceilings. Something…
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In late 2014, Rudolph Draaisma responded to a challenge to come up with a design to accommodate large payload landings on Mars. He came up with a “pneumatic lander”, that does just that. – Curator Download PDF on Mars Pneumatic…
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In 2013, Rudolph Draaisma, presented his ideas for the atmospheric heat pump (AHP), offering a vast improvement over commonly used heat pumps today. – Curator Apart from a lower COP at moderate temperatures, the AHP beats the very expensive regular…
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This piece of writing, produced in 2009 by Rudolph Draaisma, discusses considerations for a first lunar settlement. This essay could fit under the heading of Engineering as well, but this is a text about “Science Vision“, so I chose to…
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Physics is about describing what we observe. It is not about explaining what something is. So far, there is no Theory For Everything. That means that any theory, like Newton’s laws of motion, Einstein’s General Relativity, or Quantum mechanics, have…
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In 1989 Rudolph Draaisma worked for a company Rotocold Technology Ltd (RTL, no longer existing) that at the time did research on refrigeration technology, based on rotary vane machines. It was then that he came up with the Compex cycle…
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In his younger days, Rudolph Draaisma subscribed to the values of the social democrats, and was at one point even an active member of the social democrat party in Sweden. During his nearly 25 years of living in Southeast Asia,…
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In his professional career, Rudolph Draaisma constructed a soil brick press. It worked fairly well, but could be improved upon. As it happened to be, the company he worked for abandoned the project, and the press was not perfected. In…
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