Science360
NSF Science Now: Episode 25
In this week's episode we learn about Google glass type technology for the deaf. We learn how studying tornado debris could help save lives. We discover how sweeping fingers could be the future in password security --and finally we...
NASA
NASA's Curious Universe: The Crawlers
A pair of behemoth machines called crawler-transporters have carried the load of taking rockets and spacecraft to the launchpad for more than 50 years at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Go-To Government Fund for Startups
In part 4 of INET's interview with Fred Block, he says that even VC Firms point entrepreneurs first to government agencies and a public fund to get their most risky money
Science360
Smart Concrete - Science of Innovation
By adding carbon fiber to concrete mixture, a slab of concrete is able to conduct electricity. "Smart concrete" has many potential applications, including helping structural engineers to identify trouble spots in a concrete structure...
Visual Learning Systems
Investigations and Data: Questions
A key component of answering questions and solving problems is to conduct investigations. In easy-to-understand language, this video describes what investigations are and why they are important. Special emphasis is placed on...
Zach Star
The Truth About Engineering
There are millions of engineers in the world, all with their own stories, backgrounds, and areas of expertise. Therefore it is very difficult to say exactly what you can expect when you enter your career. However there are some...
Financial Times
Why Israel leads the world in computer vision
This technology's impact Is being felt in fields from medicine to self-driving cars and even shopping. Israel's start-ups in this sector have attracted millions of dollars in investment. It has a big advantage: a heavy concentration of...
IDG TECHtalk
Mars Perseverance rover landing: How IT supports NASA and JPL’s Mars 2020 mission
Last month, the Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars following a six-and-half-month journey from Earth through space. Over the next Martian year (or, over 600 days here on Earth), the rover will search for signs of ancient...
Curated Video
NASA's Curious Universe: Building Highways in the Sky
When you think of NASA, you probably think about outer space. But the first “A” in NASA - aeronautics - means we’re busy crafting a lot closer to home. Aerospace engineers Shivanjli Sharma, David Zahn, and Mike Guminsky are hard at work...
NASA
NASA | Desert RATS
Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) tests procedures and equipment that could one day be a part of human space flight missions to the moon and Mars.
The March of Time
Wind tunnel aircraft stress test
MOT 1948: WRIGHT FIELD: Sign Vertical Wind Tunnel Aircraft Laboratory. Aeronautical engineers put model airplane into wind tunnel watching model spin. Testing airplane in hangar dropping aircraft on landing gear second drop in SLO MO...
Science360
4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 24
Stretching the strength, snake buckling behavior, table for crime scenes, and rewriting the history of oxygen. Super stretchy mighty metal fiber https://news.ncsu.edu/2019/02/researchers-engineer-a-tougher-fiber/ North Carolina State...
Science360
Research immerses HBCU undergrads in biomedical engineering - Science Nation
Center for Biomechanical & Rehabilitation Engineering lab inspires STEM careers by focusing students on helping the elderly For Americans over 65, falls are the leading cause of injury-related death. With increases in average life...
NASA
NASA's Most Scientifically Complex Space Observatory Requires Precision
The James Webb Space Telescope is one the most ambitious, and technically complex missions NASA has ever set its focus on. Building an infrared observatory of this magnitude, power and complexity has never been attempted before. In order...
Visual Learning Systems
Tools for Repairing and Making
In this video, we explore the variety of tools used by scientists, engineers, and medical workers to fix, repair, and create. From heavy equipment like cranes used to lift buildings, to robotic tools utilized in hard-to-reach places, and...
NASA
NASA | Exploring the Inner Solar System (Part 6/6)
In the final part of Dr. Garvin's lecture he continues discussion for the future of exploring Mars with the upcoming Mars Science Lab/Curiosity Rover, the concepts for a future Mars sample-return mission, and his dreams of one day...
NASA
2016 Planetary Science Winter School
Brook Lakew, the Associate Director of Planning and R&D at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, has lead a variety of successful missions for NASA. But proposals are often rejected for failing to meet science, technical and cost...
NASA
The James Webb Space Telescope Completes its Final Environmental Tests
The fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope has completed its environmental tests at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, CA. The environmental tests are a combination of acoustic and sine vibration tests. These tests simulate the...
NASA
NASA | NASA for Kids: Intro to Engineering
What is engineering, and who exactly is an engineer? Learn more in this video!
NASA
Master Plan "Envision Goddard, Modernizing for the Future."
We are modernizing Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and its six sites for the future. A comprehensive Facilities Master Plan is an essential element in developing a blueprint for the future of our Center. Goddard recognizes the...
NASA
James Webb Space Telescope: Worth the Wait
Building the James Webb Space Telescope is challenging. It is NASA's most ambitious and complex space science observatory. The mission required 10 new technologies to be invented, the dedication of hundreds of scientists, engineers and...
NASA
Aligning the Primary Mirror Segments of the James Webb Space Telescope
Engineers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston used light waves to align the James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror segments to each other, so they act like a single, monolithic mirror in the cryogenic cold of the center’s iconic...
Curated Video
Why Are Solenoid Valves Used
In this video, we're going to learn about solenoid valves. Solenoid valves are used in a variety of applications, including air conditioning, water supply, and oil production. We'll also learn about the basics of valve operation and how...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Ali Guarneros Luna Talks About Engineering a New Path to Space
A conversation with Ali Guarneros Luna, NASA Engineer and Deputy Project Manager at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.