Engineering Facts

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Automation:

1. Man Versus Machine

Breakthroughs:

1. X-Ray Astronomy vs. Medical X-Rays
2. A New Twist on Fiber Optics
3. Bicycle Chain for Fleas
4. Cool Fuel Cells
5. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
6. Drip, Drip Water Clocks
7. Fiber Optics
8. GPS (Global Positioning System)
9. Hollywood To The Rescue
10. How Can A Bullet-proof Vest Stop A Bullet?
11. How We Use Crystals To Tell Time
12. Hybrid Cars: The Magic Braking
13. Infrared Headphones
14. Liquid Crystal Communication
15. NASA Hits a Hole-In-One
16. New York to London in Less Than Two Hours
17. Non-Flammable Fuel?
18. Pass the Basalt
19. Red Dot Replacing Cross Hairs
20. Searing Heat, Little Package
21. Seeing In The Dark
22. Smoke Detectors
23. Space Lasers Keep Earth's Air Clean

Computer Technology:

1. Moore's Law

Flight:

1. A Quick Guide To Gliders
2. Barn Yard Aeronauts
3. Big Boom
4. Guide to Propulsion
5. High Altitude
6. Nothing Backwards About It
7. Taming Twin Tornadoes
8. The Motion of An Aircraft
9. The Night Orville Wright Had Too Many Cups Of Coffee

Fluids:

1. A Shear Mystery

Inventions:

1. Airbags
2. Inkjet Printers
3. The Truth About Atomic And Hydrogen Bombs

Materials:

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

Processes:

1. Bioinformatics
2. Dress Sizes The Scientific Way
3. It's A Bird, It's A Plane -- No, It's A Clam!
4. X-Ray Images & False Color

Robotics:

1. Snakebots Coming Your Way
2. Teeny Tiny Technology

Simple Machines:

1. Ants Are Wimpy
2. Sundials, Ancient Clocks

Structures:

1. Hydropower Basics
2. Leaning Wonder of Engineering