photography

Animation sequence of a horse in motion. Muybridge Photography, early 19th century – Changed journalism, art, culture, and how we…

international space station

STS-133 International Space Station after undocking 5 International Space Station – a habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. Orbit…

vacuum flask

U.S. Patent number 872,795, issue date 1907-12-03 Vacuum flask (or Dewar flask or Thermos) has the remarkable capacity to hold…

ocean engineering

Sperm whale ocean engineering – covers everything from oceanographic surveying to naval architecture to water sports equipment design to animal…

surface tension

  Surfaces tension – The cohesive forces between liquid molecules are responsible for the phenomenon known as surface tension. The…

electronic toll collection

Electronic toll collection (ETC) – To eliminate the delay on toll roads by collecting tolls electronically, ETC determines whether the…

wave energy

  Wave energy generator – a floating, flexible, modular and massively scalable wave power generation idea under testing in Scotland…

solar energy

  Basics of solar efficiency for using solar power for providing electricity for home use Solar batteries – Solar batteries…

Garrett Morgan

Garrett Morgan — The Gas Mask, Hair Straightener, Traffic Signal and More Garrett Morgan only had an elementary school education,…

cardboard chair

Design a cardboard chair Problem-finding – What is it? Why is it important? Watch the video – author of The…

stem toys, ion drive

The Ten Best STEM Toys to Give as Gifts This Year | Innovation | Smithsonian availability of a wider variety…

for educators

Here are some “teaching engineering” resources for educators – formal and informal – teachers, parents, mentors Engineers On Deck Engineering…

people

There are so many stories about people in engineering and other STEM fields that have made significant contributions to the…

spatial thinking

Spatial thinking, or spatial reasoning is thinking about the positions of objects, their shapes, their spatial relations to one another…

introduction to engineering

Engineering is… the use of science and math to design or make things. the discipline and profession of applying scientific…