Tag: engineering

October 31, 2018 at 1:13 pm

When NASA Has a Pumpkin Carving Contest Expect Over-Engineered Goodness

When NASA Has a Pumpkin Carving Contest Expect Over-Engineered Goodness

This is what happens when engineers take a break from building space robots

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August 15, 2018 at 12:37 pm

The RNLI’s Newest All-Weather Lifeboat is an Engineering Marvel

The RNLI's Newest All-Weather Lifeboat is an Engineering Marvel

It’s the first RNLI lifeboat designed and built entirely in-house

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July 17, 2018 at 10:29 am

Guy Gives Plant Robotic Legs So It Can Experience Animal-Like Freedom

Guy Gives Plant Robotic Legs So It Can Experience Animal-Like Freedom

It all started when robotics engineer Tianqi Sun came across a dead sunflower

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June 29, 2018 at 2:41 pm

Engineering Student Designs ‘Mobile Airbag’ That Deploys When Device is Dropped

Engineering Student Designs 'Mobile Airbag' That Deploys When Device is Dropped

Philip Frenzel of Aalen University was awarded first prize in a national design contest in Germany for his ‘Mobile Airbag’

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June 27, 2018 at 12:51 pm

DARPA Engineers are Reinventing the Wheel with Shapeshifting Tires

DARPA Engineers are Reinventing the Wheel with Shapeshifting Tires

This is straight up bananas

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February 27, 2018 at 2:54 am

Casting the Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope

Casting the Mirror for the World’s Largest Telescope

The castings of the 15-metric ton, off-axis mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope forced engineers to push the design and manufacturing process beyond all previous limits

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July 14, 2017 at 4:03 pm

The World’s Largest Super Soaker Shoots at 2,400 PSI and 243 mph

The World's Largest Super Soaker Shoots at 2,400 PSI and 243 mph

It can split a watermelon in half

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June 15, 2017 at 10:57 am

Former NASA Engineer Builds Custom Car Horn With Distinct Sounds for Every Situation

Former NASA Engineer Builds Custom Car Horn With Distinct Sounds for Every Situation

Sometimes you just want to give a little courtesy beep. And sometimes you want to unleash the sound of 1000 jet engines

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April 18, 2017 at 2:48 pm

Drone Captures World’s Largest Tunneling Machine Breaking Through After 4 Years Underground

Drone Captures World's Largest Tunneling Machine Breaking Through After 4 Years Underground

The 1.7 mile (2.73 km) tunnel in downtown Seattle will house a double-decker highway

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January 18, 2017 at 2:47 pm

4K Slow Motion: Visualizing Combustion with a See Through Engine and Phantom Camera

4K Slow Motion: Visualizing Combustion with a See Through Engine and Phantom Camera

The team at Warped Perception built a glass head for a Briggs and Stratton engine to make the combustion process visible

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