Tag: "Engineering"
Building a Better Hose
Depending on the atoms used and their arrangement, engineers and chemists use polymers to create almost anything from a soft toothbrush bristle to a tough bullet-proof vest.
Post on Dec 07, 2011 by Toivo Motter from QUEST Ohio
Stanford Engineering Offers Free Online Classes
Stanford is offering anyone with a computer and an internet connection an unprecedented opportunity to take free online courses with its engineering department.
Post on Sep 06, 2011 by Laura Khalil from QUEST Northern California
Life-Size Mouse Trap Needs Your Help!
This giant kinetic sculpture is a delight to audiences both young and old and needs your help funding its tour across the US.
Post on Jun 14, 2011 by Laura Khalil
Biomimicry Abounds in the Bay Area
By bringing biologists to the design table, biomimicry offers solutions for increasing sustainability of products, processes, and systems. A new UC Berkeley course, "How Would Nature Do That?" brings together students from architecture, engineering, business, science, and design disciplines to find solutions to sustainable design challenges.
Post on Apr 20, 2011 by Kim Vincent
Robotics Enthusiasts Converge at RoboGames
Robotics takes center stage this weekend, with robots competing against one another at the 8th annual RoboGames.
Post on Apr 12, 2011 by Laura Khalil
Famous African-American Astronauts
This April is the 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagiran going into space, the 30th Anniversary of the first US Space Shuttle Columbia launching into space and the 10th Anniversary of Yuri’s Night.
Post on Feb 03, 2011 by Cat
How it Works at the Crucible
I grew up wih the mantra, "If something works, take it apart and find out why”. The Crucible takes that one step further in adding artistic and community-oriented components.
Post on Jan 19, 2011 by Cat
Visiting the Dentist Chair of the Future
It probably goes without saying — the dentist’s chair isn’t the most popular place to visit. But going to the dentist may one day be a very different experience.
Post on Jan 03, 2011 by Lauren Sommer
5 Great Gifts for the DIY Gadget Enthusiast
The perfect gift for the DIY enthusiast in your life is just around the corner. Check out these kits which are sure to please!
Post on Nov 23, 2010 by Laura Khalil
Producer's Notes: Driverless Cars
Shelley doesn't use lasers to see the terrain like her predecessor, Junior. Instead, the car uses differential GPS to find its position on an internal map.
Post on Sep 07, 2010 by Lauren Sommer from QUEST Northern California
Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf Star at San Jose Electric Car Convention
After years of stops and starts, electric cars and plug-in hybrids are on the cusp of a new era of mainstream acceptance, starting this year.
Post on Jul 28, 2010 by Sheraz Sadiq
Producer's Notes: Decoding Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology portends big changes in our lives by ushering in a dizzying array of applications in everything from medicine to biofuels, environmental remediation to agriculture.
Post on Jul 21, 2009 by Sheraz Sadiq
Bay Bridge Rising
Bay Bridge construction and engineering brought to life by the award winning website baybridge360.
Post on Jul 09, 2009 by Dan Gillick
Reporter's Notes: Where's my Hydrogen Highway
Hydrogen is not exactly a fuel. That is, we don't burn it to make energy. It's used more as a medium for storing and transporting energy.
Post on Jun 12, 2009 by David Gorn
Reporter's Notes: Do-It-Yourself Mini-Satellites
It's a classic engineering story – a garage inventor spends years working in isolation, only to produce something that gets the attention of the world. Ok, the CubeSat story may not be quite as romantic, but it does have a lot of the same ingredients.
Post on May 15, 2009 by Lauren Sommer
Reporter's Notes: High Tech in the Vineyards
Wine making is indeed an art form, but it is increasingly becoming more scientific. I knew growing wine grapes requires a lot of attention to detail — there is the terroir, pests and diseases and all those microclimates. But who would have known, driving down Hwy 29, the main thoroughfare through the Napa Valley, that many of those vineyards are totally wired.
Post on Mar 27, 2009 by Andrea Kissack
Inside the Stanford Linear Accelerator
On the heels of the opening of the Large Hadron Collider last year, I was curious about these particle accelerators: how they work, what research is conducted there, and most importantly why.
Post on Feb 19, 2009 by Kishore Hari
Producer's Notes for Make At Home: Tabletop Linear Accelerator
My favorite Make projects all seem to have something to do with things that other people might say "Don't try this at home." In this case we went out to the Make Magazine "Test Lab" to learn how to make a small steel ball fly across the room using magnets… good clean fun in my book.
Post on Oct 21, 2008 by Chris Bauer
Producer's Notes for Bio-inspiration: Nature as Muse
Bio-inspired design borrows its creative inspiration from models and systems in nature, that is, plant and animal parts that have been slowly tweaked for over 3.8 billion years. But that doesn't mean that nature's designs are perfect.
Post on Oct 21, 2008 by Joan Johnson
Reporter's Notes: Fast Trains
The devil's in the details, so the details aren't entirely in the proposition. There are still many open questions about Prop. 1A on the November ballot, the proposal to bring high speed rail to California – and that makes sense, since there are a billion details, many of them contentious, in any $9.95 billion initiative and $45 billion project.
Post on Sep 19, 2008 by David Gorn
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