simple machines
Archive for February, 2008
Video of MIT Software
Here’s a video of an Masschuesett’s Institute of Technology professor demonstrating simulation software with a simple motion example.
Chain Reaction & Simple Machines
Here’s a famous Honda commercial known as “Cog.”
You will notice that only one camera take is used so that the chain reaction isn’t a trick of camerawork, but the real thing. It took 606 tries to get all the bits to work together correctly. You can read more about it, if you wish.
14 Grand Challenges for the 21st Century
The National Academy of Engineering has suggested 14 challenges that need addressing this century.
Here’s an introductory movie and links
- Make solar energy economical
- Provide energy from fusion
- Develop carbon sequestration methods
- Manage the nitrogen cycle
- Provide access to clean water
- Restore and improve urban infrastructure
- Advance health informatics
- Engineer better medicines
- Reverse-engineer the brain
- Prevent nuclear terror
- Secure cyberspace
- Enhance virtual reality
- Advance personalized learning
- Engineer the tools of scientific discovery
Which challenge do you think is most important to your life?
Great Nanotechnology Video
Take a look at this video that gives a good overview and opinions from experts on nanotechnology.
What aspect of nanotechnology interests you most?
http://oxleylearning.org/files/nanotech_kqed.flv