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Engineering Facts
Nothing Backwards About It
Almost anyone who's seen a picture of the experimental X-29 aircraft will remember it. Its unique wings make it one of…
Airbags
An automobile airbag is a safety device: its sole purpose is to prevent an occupant of the vehicle from impacting with…
Searing Heat, Little Package
Engineers have created a miniature hotplate that can reach temperatures above 1100C (2012F), self-contained within a…
Hybrid Cars: The Magic Braking
You have undoubtedly seen one of the hybrid cars on the road. You probably heard that they are unlike any other fossil…
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Breakthroughs
- X-Ray Astronomy vs. Medical X-Rays
- A New Twist on Fiber Optics
- Bicycle Chain for Fleas
- Cool Fuel Cells
- Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
- Drip, Drip Water Clocks
- Fiber Optics
- GPS (Global Positioning System)
- Hollywood To The Rescue
- How Can A Bullet-proof Vest Stop A Bullet?
- How We Use Crystals To Tell Time
- Hybrid Cars: The Magic Braking
- Infrared Headphones
- Liquid Crystal Communication
- NASA Hits a Hole-In-One
- New York to London in Less Than Two Hours
- Non-Flammable Fuel?
- Pass the Basalt
- Red Dot Replacing Cross Hairs
- Searing Heat, Little Package
- Seeing In The Dark
- Smoke Detectors
- Space Lasers Keep Earth's Air Clean