Archive for September, 2007

Hoover Dam

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

 

 
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We’ll visit an engineering marvel that really is your dam business – Hoover Dam. Today, on Engineering Works.
You’ll find Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between Nevada and Arizona. When it was completed, in 1935, it was the biggest dam in the world. And it changed the American West forever.
Without the [...]

Perpetual Motion

Friday, September 14th, 2007

 

 
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Nothing keeps on going and going, forever. Or does it? We’ll take a look. Today, on Engineering Works!
We all know that the Energizer Bunny only exists in commercials. But a lot of folks like the idea of something that goes on and on forever — perpetual motion — and they’ve been looking for ways [...]

on, off, on, off, on, off …

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

 

 
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Get out your magnifiers. We’re going to take a look at the tiny beginnings of the Information Age: transistors. Today, on Engineering Works!
Transistors might be the Rodney Dangerfields of the Information Age. They do the work, but the microchips get the credit. As Rodney might say, microchips wouldn’t be nothin’ without transistors.
Engineers at Bell [...]

Hands off

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

 

 
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Nobody talks about it, but everybody knows what that is. We’re going to bring you to the edge of your seat, today on Engineering Works.
It’s something everybody grows up with. Your mother probably told you several thousand times — wash your hands after you flush the toilet.
Now, let’s find out how some clever engineering [...]