A slum in India has gotten cleaner water, thanks to filters developed by engineers in an organization that Regina Clewlow created. Clewlow started Engineers for a Sustainable World to encourage fellow engineers to brainstorm ways to improve the lives of people in poor countries.

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Playing with toys all day — that’s how Neal Saiki describes his job.Saiki created an electric dirt bike. It costs just 1 cent per mile to operate — way cheaper than gas. Also, the batteries it uses are completely recyclable. Saiki says designing environmentally friendly products was important to him because he loves camping, hiking, and rock climbing and wants to preserve the great outdoors from pollution.

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Bionic limbs give wounded soldiers a leg up.

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A software designer helped ‘Pirates’ come to life.

One of the key moments in the blockbuster movie Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End was a battle between two ships in a raging ocean storm. The 15-minute scene featured a gigantic whirlpool and lots of lightning, waves, and spray. It wasn’t the type of thing that could be faked in a neighborhood swimming pool or even on a Hollywood soundstage. So the directors came up with a solution: They created the scene on a computer with software developed by Industrial Light & Magic, the special effects company created by George Lucas when he made the first Star Wars film in the 1970s.

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Military engineers concentrate on creating new weapons for the battlefield.

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