Archive for June, 2009

Heart pocket

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

 

 
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Getting your heart healthy again after a heart attack can be complicated. Engineers think they can help. We’ll see how – today, on Engineering Works!
More than a million people suffer heart attacks every year in the United States. Most of them survive, but that’s just the beginning. Just because you survive a heart [...]

Natural design

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

 

 
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Engineers are finding design inspiration in new places. We’ll find some, too. Today on Engineering Works!
When most of us think of engineering design, we picture computers and high-tech laboratories. A lot of engineers do, too. But some are finding inspiration in odd places. Like the Australian outback. A spiky inch-tall lizard called the [...]

Levee

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

 

 
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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 2005.
One [...]

Solar-powered swimsuits

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

 

 
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The engineers are at it again. Recharge your iPod from your swimsuit. We’ll look into it. Today. On Engineering Works!
One of the biggest problems with portable high-tech equipment like cell phones and iPods is that the batteries keep running down. It’s hard to recharge a fading iPod at the beach.
Some engineers in Germany may [...]