Archive for September, 2003

Slinky: an engineering marvel

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2003

It’s that silly engineering marvel, the Slinky.

Engineering is music to your ears

Wednesday, September 10th, 2003

Trumpets and horns were simply long tubes until around 1815, when two musicians used engineering to increase the instruments’ range of notes.

Conversations with my computer

Wednesday, September 17th, 2003

Someday you may be able to quit typing everything into your computer.

What a wonderful world

Wednesday, September 24th, 2003

These marvels were all built thousands of years ago, but engineers today would be proud of them.