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EmArchive

EmArchive

This page is a searchable archive of blog posts made between 2007 and 2022.
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LRRD news

Emriver Packaging Is Going Green!

This fall Steve Grimmer, artist-mechanic for Emriver, changed our packing material for our components to something more environmentally friendly.

education

Emriver Product Giveaway

Emriver would like to announce an exciting first from our small business. We’re giving away an Em2 stream

em4

A New Home for the First Emriver Em4

We recently had a chance to visit the first version of the Emriver Em4 stream table at Saint Louis University.

art

Emriver Circuit Board Design

As our business has grown, we have improved the way our instruments are produced. In the past, we hand soldered

em3

An Em3 and Em4 at Gustavus Adolphus College

As part of a recently completed $70 million expansion and renovation of the Nobel Hall of Science at Gustavus

em4

Our First Em4 in California!

Editor’s note: This post about our first Em4 in California was written by Jim King, Production Director at Little

em2

Video Recap: How to Set Up River Deltas and Meanders with the Em2

During the Covid-19 pandemic, our own Mason Parrone' has been hard at work(ing from home) to create some really useful

engineering

City Walls, Levees, and the 1642 Yellow River Flood

Editor’s note: This post about the 1642 Yellow River Flood in Kaifeng, China was written by Steve

agriculture

The Fate of a Small Levee is in Question

Editor’s note: This post about the Len Small Levee was written by Steve Grimmer, Artist Mechanic at Little

storage for two Em2 stream tables
curriculum & lesson plans

Ultimate storage system & other hacks for your Em2 stream table — Lessons from Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation District

Larry Kasden at Ottauquechee Natural Resources Conservation District (ONRCD) developed an awesome system to store

flooding

Add Anthropogenic to the List of Flood Factors

Editor’s note: This post about the anthropogenic causes of flooding was written by Steve Grimmer, Artist Mechanic at

education

How to film a stream table

Editor's note: This post on how to film a stream table was written by Mason Parrone’, Prototyper at