Archive for July, 2007

Fireworks

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

What would the Fourth of July be without fireworks? Today, we’ll ooh! and ahh! over those spectacular aerial displays, on Engineering Works.

 
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Cyberwar

Monday, July 9th, 2007

It’s a new kind of war. Fighting with bits and bytes instead of bullets and bombs — cyberwar, today on Engineering Works!

 
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Colonias wind

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

 

 
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Electric power. It’s blowin’ in the wind, in some unlikely places. We’ll check it out, today, on Engineering Works!
When we flip that switch, we expect the lights to come on. That doesn’t happen in more than 1,800 rural communities called colonias along the Texas-Mexico border. A group of engineers and high school students are [...]

Engineered Dunking

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

 

 
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Those British engineers are at it again. We’ll see what they’re up to. Today, on Engineering Works!
A while ago, we told you how some engineers in England had figured out why cookies crumble. There really is a reason, and they found it. Now, other English engineers have figured out the best way to dunk [...]