Video: Engineers are Cool
Posted on August 31st, 2012 by aseeadmin
When Engineers Do Halloween
Posted on October 31st, 2011 by axb
What happens when you cross an engineer with Halloween? Incredibly awesome things, like using two iPads to create the illusion of a gaping hole in one’s torso:
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Tags: Aerospace, And Now, Art, e-Videos, Fun Stuff, Halloween, Mechanical
And Now: How to Melt a Rock Using Sunlight
Posted on November 30th, 2010 by axb
Don’t try this at home, kids.
In this amazing clip, Jem Stansfield, the host of BBC’s Bang Goes the Theory (sort of a UK version of Mythbusters), visits the Solar Furnace Research Facility in Southern France. There a researcher demonstrates the power of intensely concentrated sunlight, using a special furnace that can reach temperatures of 3,500 degrees C (that’s about 6,332° F), and even melt solid rock!
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The Physics of Football
Posted on November 27th, 2010 by axb
NBC and the National Science Foundation have done it again. That’s right – the team that brought you the Science of the Olympic Winter Games has produced a new series of videos, and this time they’ll be “tackling” even more fun physics, math, and engineering concepts.
The Science of NFL Football, a new 10-part series, covers topics like vectors, projectiles, Newton’s Laws of Motion, and the Pythagorean Theorem. The production crew even went to some teams’ training camps, and filmed interviews with former and current NFL players and coaches. Our favorites after the jump.
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Video: Advancing Robotics
Posted on July 1st, 2010 by jxh
