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3.1
Designing Machines |
Bad
Designs — Can opener. Visit this site and find
out how to design a good can opener.
Starfrit
MagiCan Can Opener. Thanks to its side-cutting
action, MagiCan leaves a lid with no sharp edges and
no metal shavings.
Can
Opener cordless (one-handed use). This lightweight,
rechargeable One-Handed Cordless Can Opener requires
no pressure to operate once the "Power Pierce" cutter
has been activated.
Edlund
Company — Can Openers. The Edlund Company
develops and manufactures innovative equipment for Foodservice
such as can openers, scales, can crushers and kitchen
accessories/equipment.
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3.2
Levers: How They Work
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Cantilever
Geometry. You cannot understand bicycle brakes unless
you understand mechanical advantage. Go to this site to learn
all about tuning your bike's brakes.
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3.4
Designing Machines |
Canadian
Space Resource Centre, Ontario. SpaceNet provides you with
information about Canada's efforts in space. SpaceNet, a website
at Marc Garneau Collegate in Toronto Canada, provides information
about the Canadian Astronaut Program, the development and highlights
of the shuttle's Canadarm
Chris's
Electronically Prehensile Robotic Arm.
Visit this site and learn how to build your own Robotic Arm.
Build
A Robotic Arm. Students design their own robotic
arms and use them to perform a simple but sensitive task.
Artificial
Intelligence — Home Page. The starting
place for exploring Artificial Intelligence.
Rat's
brain is taught to control robot arm. The
science fiction idea of a disembodied brain controlling
a bionic body comes a step closer with the first
demonstration of brain
signals directly controlling a robot arm
Animated
Prosthetics. Visit a company that makes advanced
prosthetic arms.
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3.6
Mechanisms in Giant Machines |
Surface
mining: Draglines, Electric mining shovels. Visit Bucyrus-Erie
to see the manufacturer of the biggest machines in the world.
Classic
Construction Models. At the other end is this
model company that makes scale models of Draglines and
Power Shovels
Australian
Scientists Develop World's Largest Robot. A
team of Australian scientists is developing the world's
largest industrial robot — a massive beast 75 meters
tall, weighing 3500 tons and able to devour 150 tons
of rock in a single bite.
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3.7
Moving Efficiently |
Friction
- Science Museum of Minnesota. Vollis Simpson is an artist
who creates kinetic sculptures and whirligigs. He uses bearings
in all of his spinning pieces so that they move smoothly. An
experiment here is a nice introduction to friction and bearings.
The
Hovercraft Club of Canada. Here you will find
a brief introduction to the club, how to contact and
links to a few other interesting hovercraft pages from
around the world.
Teva
Sport Sandals. With features like proprietary
Spider Rubber – the stickiest, grippiest, grabbin-est
bottomsoles on the planet.
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3.8
Friction and Mechanical Advantage |
Amusement
Park Physics — Roller Coaster.
Raybestos
Tech Center. Raybestos Products Company is one
of the largest developers of friction material products in
the world. Visit their site to find out about friction products.
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3.11
Testing Shoes |
AAOS
On-Line Service Athletic Shoes. Go to this site to
learn what foot doctors recommend about sports shoes. Provides
a guide for designing your own.
All-New
Sport Shoe Traction Tester. This new device
can apply dynamic forces to a test foot shod with an
actual developmental shoe product in a manner analogous
to what goes on in popular athletic contests, and it
does its thing on the actual playing field (whether natural
or synthetic turf) or other outdoor surface, such as
a hiking trail, clay tennis court or dry river bed.
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3.12
Force, Area and Pressure |
Pressure
Force per unit area. 'Pressure' is a term often used
in everyday life, for example, we frequently speak of tire pressure,
air pressure, blood pressure, water pressure and so on. |
3.14
Squeezing Liquids and Gases
3.15
Pressure in Fluid Systems
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Mechanical
Advantage From A Hydraulic System. Mechanical advantage
is explained in terms of
work input equals work output. Good graphics
History
of Hydraulics. From the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research.
Roman
Waterworks and Hydraulic Engineering. Offers photographs and a
collection of articles pertaining to the aqueducts and water supply
system of ancient Rome.
The
Pneumatic Tube & The History of Pneumatic Devices. A
pneumatic device is any of various tools and instruments that generate
and utilize compressed air. Visit this site to learn more about pneumatics.
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3.16
A Hydraulic Solution for a Pain in the Neck |
The
EasyChair WorkStation. Here's someone who wanted
to relax while he surfed the Net. He invented this monitor
arm.
Making
Money In Technical Writing
What
if Dr. Seuss Wrote Technical Manuals?
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!
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3.17
A Student-Friendly Classroom |
Healthy
Schools. A panel discussion between experts about making
a classroom healthy. |
3.18
Designing for Peoplewith Special Needs |
ABLEDATA. Explore
the world of assistive technology.! A searchable database of 25000
products that assist the disabled. |
3.19
Mountain Bike or Road Bike? |
The
Exploratorium's Science of Cycling Home Science from a cyclist's
perspective. Check out the Aerodynamics, Drives and Gears, and
Frames and Materials pages.
The
Exploratorium's Skateboard Science Even skateboarders
use science. The Trickscience page is particularly interesting.
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3.20
The Life of a Product |
Recycler's
World . A commercial site for recycling companies.
See what the business world is doing about recycling.
The
Consumer Recycling Guide: Recycling Obscure Materials. Simple
instructions are given on recycling computer floppy discs,
computers, eyeglasses, smoke detectors, styrofoam packing,
compact discs, cameras, holiday cards, batteries.
Computers
for Schools. An educational, business and federal
community partnership that channels surplus computer
equipment and software to Canadian elementary and secondary
schools.
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3.21
A World Without Cars? |
Car-Free
Times. Many examples, in Europe, of cities that have
gone car-free.
One
Carfree Life. Read about one person's choice
to live his life without a car.
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