- Bernoulli Force – engineering 4 kids
- “Bernoulli’s equation is used on aircraft to provide a speedometer called a pitot-static tube. A pressure is quite easy to measure with a mechanical device. In a pitot-static tube, we measur…
- biomedical – engineering 4 kids
- “Electronic skin, a tiny, nearly invisible devices stick to skin ‘talks’ to computers. This new device measures the body in different ways. Electronic skin can record temperature, muscle m…
- citizen science – engineering 4 kids
- “information gathering – web site to input information collected by participants – observations, measurements, location, time and date”
<p class=”diigo-tags”&… - clocks, watches and sundials – engineering 4 kids
- “Clock – an instrument for measuring, indicating and maintaining the time. In general usage today, however, a “clock” refers to any device for measuring and displaying the time.”
- design nature – engineering 4 kids
- “Dolphin kick power – solved Gray’s Paradox using his new state-of-the-art water flow diagnostic technology — Digital Particle Image Velocimetry DPIV — that measures the force a dolphi…
- Doppler Radar – engineering 4 kids
- “Doppler radar machine which sens out a high frequency pulse ?. That is reflected off the moving ball. The moving ball compresses the signal slightly which changes the frequency of the pulse….
- digital camera – engineering 4 kids
- “image sensor – In a digital camera, the lens forms an image of the scene on a small electronic chip called the image sensor]. The sensor measures this light and converts it to a digital…
- weighing scales – engineering 4 kids
- “spring balances or spring scales measure weight (force) by balancing the force due to gravity against the force on a springa balance or pair of scales using a balance beam compares masses by…
- process control – engineering 4 kids
- “control effort, measured output, error signal, closed loop system”
<p class=”diigo-tags”><strong>Tags:</strong> <a href=… - earthquake – engineering 4 kids
- “Seismometer or seismograph – an instrument that measures motions of the ground, including those generated by earthquakes, nuclear explosions, and other sources. Records of seismic waves cal…
- electric current – engineering 4 kids
- “Electric Current – the rate of charge flow past a given point in an electric circuit, measured in Coulombs/second which is named Amperes. In most DC electric circuits, it can be assumed tha…
- electricity – engineering 4 kids
- “Electric current – a movement or flow of electrically charged particles, typically measured in amperes.”Electric potential – the capacity of an electric field to do work, typically m…
- electrical circuit – engineering 4 kids
- “Electric Circuits. The field of circuits applies physics of electrical phenomena to the design, analysis, and simulation of linear electric circuits and measurements of their properties. The…
- prosthetic design – engineering 4 kids
- “stiffness – rigidity or a measure of rigidity, inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility”
<p class=”diigo-tags”><strong>Tags:</strong>… - Galileo – engineering 4 kids
- “Galileo had to set up standards of length and time, so that measurements made on different days and in different laboratories could be compared in a reproducible fashion. This provided a reli…
- hot air balloon – engineering 4 kids
- “Pressure: Force applied uniformly over a surface, measured as force per unit of area”
<p class=”diigo-tags”><strong>Tags:</strong>… - navigation – engineering 4 kids
- “sextant 1757 – It made maps out of stars – determine the angle between an astronomical object and the horizon for the purposes of celestial navigation. The determination of this angle, th…
- energy – engineering 4 kids
- “Energy – is a measure of the ability to do mechanical work. It is a fundamental concept pertaining to the ability for action. Work (W) – energy expended by exerting a force (F) over a…
- Engineering Toolbox – engineering 4 kids
- “problems have to include specific rules, measurements, and calculations. In order to work out the solution, engineers rely on very detailed information. ”
<p class=”d… - eyeglasses – engineering 4 kids
- “The power of a lens is generally measured in diopters. Glasses correcting for myopia will have negative diopter strengths, and glasses correcting for hypermetropia will have positive diopter…
