Engineering Facts

57 facts, from the everyday to the astonishing.

All Engineering facts

Automation

• Man Versus Machine

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

Computer Technology

• Moore's Law

Flight

• A Quick Guide To Gliders
• Barn Yard Aeronauts
• Big Boom
• Guide to Propulsion
• High Altitude
• Nothing Backwards About It
• Taming Twin Tornadoes
• The Motion of An Aircraft
• The Night Orville Wright Had Too Many Cups Of Coffee

Fluids

• A Shear Mystery

Inventions

• Airbags
• Inkjet Printers
• The Truth About Atomic And Hydrogen Bombs

Materials

• A Man-made 'Take' on Nature's Style
• Alloys
• Don't Blow A Gasket!
• For Want Of An O-Ring
• How Many Cows Does It Take To String A Tennis Racquet?
• Making Cars Out of Soup
• Solid Smoke
• The Right Stuff for Super Spaceships
• What Are Composite Materials?

Processes

• Bioinformatics
• Dress Sizes The Scientific Way
• It's A Bird, It's A Plane -- No, It's A Clam!
• X-Ray Images & False Color

Robotics

• Snakebots Coming Your Way
• Teeny Tiny Technology

Simple Machines

• Ants Are Wimpy
• Sundials, Ancient Clocks

Structures

• Hydropower Basics
• Leaning Wonder of Engineering