Explaining concrete while getting buried in it
Adults EngineeringConcrete = cement + sand + gravel. Cement is the most important man-made material on Earth.
How NASA Reinvented The Wheel
Adults EngineeringA huge thanks to everyone at NASA Glenn Research Center for having us at the SLOPE Lab, showing their work on this indestructible tire, and helping with the science and animation.
rimitive Technology: Decarburization of iron and forging experiments
Adults EngineeringI took a brittle, high carbon/iron alloy (cast iron) made from local ore and used a decarburization method to reduce it's carbon content making it malleable and forged it flat by hammering.
3D Printing With A Twist
Youth EngineeringA rotating nozzle that can print with multiple different materials at the same time has been used to print helix shapes with intriguing properties.
Tell Me About: Roller Coasters
Kids EngineeringEver wondered how roller coasters work? Or how they're built? Well hop on and go for a ride to find out.
Primitive Technology: Smelting Iron In Brick Furnaces
Adults EngineeringI made 3 furnaces from bricks using different configurations to test their effectiveness. The benefit of using bricks to make a furnace is that it's quicker, easier, re-useable and portable relative to a furnace constructed in-situ from clay.
Primitive Technology: Rock-Throwing Catapult (Trebuchet)
Adults EngineeringI built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.
3D Printing With Drones
Youth EngineeringResearchers have mounted 3D printers onto drones with the aim of creating swarms of robots that could 3D print entire buildings.
Primitive Technology: Trebuchet
Adults EngineeringI built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.
Primitive Technology: Improved Multi-Blade Blower
Adults EngineeringIn the 6 years since I developed the first forge blower I had made very few improvements to it's design.
Erika Bergman: Finding Aliens Underwater
Kids EngineeringErika combines her two great passions: engineering and underwater exploration.
Jumping Robot Leaps To Record Heights
Youth EngineeringA team of researchers has managed to design a device capable of leaping over 30 metres into the air.
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Building The Impossible Bridge
Youth EngineeringExplore the construction of California’s Golden Gate Bridge, and dig into the engineering innovations that made the structure possible.
This MIT Engineer Built His Own Bionic Leg
Youth EngineeringAt MIT's Media Lab, researchers are developing prosthetic limbs that users can control with their minds, making a robotic foot move as seamlessly as a biological one.
Japan's $100 Billion World's Fastest Train
Youth EngineeringJapan’s world record breaking Maglev L0 passenger train has been under testing since it was unveiled to the press in November of 2012, achieving speeds of 374 miles per hour.
How Origami Is Inspiring New Kinds Of Emergnecy Shelters
Youth EngineeringEngineers have come up with a way of designing structures based on the ancient art of origami.
Building the impossible: Golden Gate Bridge - Alex Gendler
Adults EngineeringExplore the construction of California’s Golden Gate Bridge, and dig into the engineering innovations that made the structure possible.
Making A LEGO Car Cross Gaps
Youth EngineeringTesting a Lego car against longer and longer gaps that it needs to drive over.
What's An Engineer?
Kids EngineeringYou've heard of Engineers, I'm sure. But, what are Engineers? Well, it turns out that they're all kinds of people doing all kinds of neat work!