Hydraulic Claw Arm
A description of the science and a guide to making a hydraulic crane. This presentation won the prize for the best entry from students for whom English is not their first language in the 2016 Kroto Prize for Innovative Use of Technology in Science Le....
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Hal has been awarded the 2014 Geoset HighSchool Award for this excellent presentation about how non-circular shapes can have a very useful set of rotational properties. More details | Watch now3D Printing
Measuring the strain
Looking at stress patterns in components using polarised light, part of the 'Engineered by US' exhibition
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Brigham Young University student Dustin Gerrard explains his research in materials science during Summer 2010 at Harvard University in the laboratory of David Weitz under the direction of Sujit Datta.
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Why a Chair?
Bill asks the question 'Why a chair?' ... the answer reveals the human aspects of engineering design.
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Bill uses slow motion video to show the ingenious engineering design of the apparently simple tab of a pop can.
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Bill describes how a whiffletree was used in early calculating devices to do mechanical digital to analog conversion. He shows briefly the device used in an IBM Selectric Typewriter.
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