Archive for November, 2008

High mileage

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

 
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Good gas mileage is getting to be almost as sexy as convertibles. A hundred miles a gallon. We’ll look, today on Engineering Works!
Professional and amateur engineers from 60 countries have signed on to an earth-bound competition modeled on the X-prize for commercial space flight. The prize is a big one — $10 [...]

Recycling high-tech

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

 

 
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What happens when your new computer hits retirement age? Recycling high-tech. Today, on Engineering Works!
We can do so many cool things with our new computers that we never stop to think about what to do with them when they get old. Engineers are thinking about it a lot these days.
From the monitor to the hard, [...]

Radar bees

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

 

 
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Radar tracks everything from aircraft in the sky to you when you’re speeding. Radar also tracks some unusual things. We’ll home in on one of them, today on Engineering Works!
People who study bees argue about the dances bees do. You’ve heard of them. Bees gathering pollen do a little dance when they find the pollen [...]

Saving Venice

Monday, November 24th, 2008

 

 
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Venice has a problem. We’ll look into what engineers are doing to help. Today, on Engineering Works!
The beautiful piazzas and famous canals of Venice are in trouble — they’ve got more water than they know what to do with. The thousand-year-old city is sinking into its famous lagoon, a few inches at a [...]