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Necrobotics

Youth Science Technology Engineering

At Rice University in Houston, Texas, mechanical engineers have created dead spider robots!

Using Lasers To Disperse Ravens

Youth Animals Science Technology Engineering

Chris uses one of the world's only remotely-fired lasers to safely disperse a gathering of thousands of ravens in the middle of the California desert.

How I Built My Prosthetic Arm With LEGO Bricks

Youth Experiments Technology Disability Engineering Creativity

The genius engineering student was born without a right forearm, but now makes his own prosthetics using the creative power of LEGO bricks.

How To Design A Mars Rover

Kids Science Space Technology Engineering How-to

Today, the crew at The Fort learn about engineers and how they design different ways to solve problems like they did for the rovers exploring Mars!

Primitive Technology: New Brick Kiln Design

Adults Creativity Education Nature DIY Engineering Technology

I cleared an area as a workspace for making bricks, trialed a new source of clay for brick making and tested a new kiln variant that uses fewer bricks than the previous design.

How One Design Flaw Almost Toppled A Skyscraper

Youth Cities Construction Technology Engineering Architecture Industry

Dig into the unique engineering of New York City’s Citicorp Center tower, and the design flaw that threatened to topple it.

Explaining concrete while getting buried in it

Adults Construction History Science Engineering

Concrete = cement + sand + gravel. Cement is the most important man-made material on Earth.

rimitive Technology: Decarburization of iron and forging experiments

Adults Construction Creativity Life Science Engineering DIY

I took a brittle, high carbon/iron alloy (cast iron) made from local ore and used a decarburization method to reduce it's carbon content making it malleable and forged it flat by hammering.

3D Printing With A Twist

Youth Creativity Science Technology Engineering

A rotating nozzle that can print with multiple different materials at the same time has been used to print helix shapes with intriguing properties.

Tell Me About: Roller Coasters

Kids Science Technology Engineering Education Fun

Ever wondered how roller coasters work? Or how they're built? Well hop on and go for a ride to find out.

Primitive Technology: Rock-Throwing Catapult (Trebuchet)

Adults Creativity Education Nature DIY Engineering Science

I built a trebuchet, a type of catapult that uses a counter weight to store gravitational potential energy which is then used to fire a projectile via a sling.

3D Printing With Drones

Youth Future Gadgets Science Technology Engineering

Researchers have mounted 3D printers onto drones with the aim of creating swarms of robots that could 3D print entire buildings.

Build A Simple Electric Motor

Kids Science How-to Engineering

Here is a fun way to create your own motor.

This MIT Engineer Built His Own Bionic Leg

Youth History Technology Biotechnology Health Engineering

At MIT's Media Lab, researchers are developing prosthetic limbs that users can control with their minds, making a robotic foot move as seamlessly as a biological one.

Japan's $100 Billion World's Fastest Train

Youth History Technology Transportation Engineering

Japan’s world record breaking Maglev L0 passenger train has been under testing since it was unveiled to the press in November of 2012, achieving speeds of 374 miles per hour.