Archive for October, 2006

Levee

Monday, October 9th, 2006

 
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Let’s talk about water, floods, and one way engineers deal with them. Today, on Engineering Works!
Humans have been trying to figure out what to do about floods for a long time. Most of us are thinking more about floods now than we used to, ever since Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans in [...]

Big Magnet

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Everybody played with magnets as kids, but you never played with one like this. We’ll explain — today on Engineering Works!

Navigating Blind

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

It’s hard to get where you want to go if you can’t see to get there. Engineers are using technology to help. We’ll see how. Today, on Engineering Works!

Heart Failure

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

Realistic simulators help pilots learn how to fly. How about a simulator to help physicians learn what heart failure feels like? We’ll find out more, today, on Engineering Works!