Panama Canal – a 48-mile (77.1 km) ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean Sea)…
paint
Paint – any liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition which, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, is converted…
origami
Origami – from Japanese word “Ori” and “kami” – paper Origami Crane There is a legend concerning the origami crane.…
e4k overview
Engineering 4 Kids (e4k) – a kid-friendly exploration of everything engineering as a collection of stories about people, places and…
synergistic lab
Design Challenge statement Questions correspond to the steps in the Engineering Design Process. Ask (What? Ask questions, understand the need,…
Orion spacecraft
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. Orion will serve as the exploration…
outdoor displays
Projecting Change: The Empire State Building – images of endangered species—more than 350 feet tall and 186 feet wide, and…
oysters
Materials – polymers Oyster shells inspire new method to make superstrong, flexible polymers. Engineers have developed a method inspired by…
optical illusion
The science of optical illusions – what tricking the brain reveals about how our minds work. Sight, hearing, taste, touch,…
One Laptop Per Child OLPC
One Laptop Per Child OLPC – To create educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with…
orange battery
moas battery1.png Presenting the clock powered by Florida’s finest “Orange Battery”. Electricity: Demonstrating how different metals and acidic juice can…
open source
Engineers are problem solvers. Some of these solutions are “serious fun” – they have a playful side to a serious…
omni wheel
Omni Wheel, also known as Poly Wheel – Omni wheel are unique because they are able to move in many…
nuclear
Nuclear fission, 1939 – Gave humans new power for destruction, and creation Nuclear engineering is concerned with the science of…
object recognition
An object recognition system finds objects in the real world from an image of the world, using object models which…
