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High School Girls’ Dream of Solar Tents for the Homeless Became a Reality
What were you doing when you were in 9th grade? These girls are finding solutions for the homeless community in their neighborhood. Twelve girls from San Fernando Valley, California, saw the homeless population in their city growing daily and felt…
MoreEngineering the World’s Largest Family Tree: The 13-Million-Person Family
The study sheds a light on longevity and when people stopped marrying their cousins. Who are we, and where did we come from? These are just two questions each of us has when tracing our family tree back in time.…
MoreThis 3D Printed House Was Built in Just 24 Hours, and We Want to Live in It
3D Printing Has Made Incredible Feats, but Can It Also Answer the Housing Crisis? What if you could build a house in just 24 hours? Actually, you don’t have to. This 3D printing machine can do that for you. 3D…
MoreThis Man-Made Lightsaber Re-Creates Epic Jedi Stunt from Star Wars Episode I
The Hacksmith Tests His 2500°F Proto-Saber by Attempting to Cut Through A Door. Star Wars fan, raise your hand if you’ve ever pretended to use a lightsaber. (If you’re not raising your hand, we don’t believe you.) Star Wars’…
MoreGrown-Up Hot Wheels Track Goes Out the Window and Through the Garden
We may outgrow some toys, but building awesome racing tracks never gets old. This ultimate Hot Wheels track makes all of us want to pull out our old Hot Wheels collection and start building. At 141 feet, the track…
MoreABB Powers the World’s Steepest Funicular Railway in the Swiss Alps
Technology in the Swiss Alps is reaching new heights. Literally. After 14 years of planning and building, the Swiss government and ABB unveiled the world’s steepest funicular railway in December, replacing the funicular that had been in operation since…
MoreAustralian Primary School Students Engineer a Robot Orca to Scare Off Sharks
Let’s pretend like it’s still shark week! And you know what that means, countless hours of watching Discovery Channel vowing to never step foot in the ocean again, but these awesome kids could put your mind at ease…
MoreSurfing: Stand Around and Catch Gnarly Waves With “The Dock”
This Floating Dock Adds a New Level to “Riding the Waves” Why waste all that energy paddling out, hundreds of yards, to catch a sweet wave when you can just stand there an let it come to you? Who needs…
MoreMeet Maslow CNC: Can it be this easy to have a home CNC router?
Maslow brings the functionality of a CNC to your home in a convenient package! A CNC is an automated machine that takes a design from the computer and makes a cut-out object using power tools and a medium such as…
More“The Red Special” Engineering Brian May’s Homemade guitar
The Father-Son Project Heard Around the World The path to becoming a guitar god is well documented: Step 1) A young prodigy spends hours alone practicing to perfect his craft Step 2) He meets other like-minded musicians and forms a…
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