University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: On Making Life Livable
Being able to withstand heat and cold is a need shared by rich and poor alike. The author of this speech to the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) provides an anecdotal history of climate...
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Spider's Apprentice: Helpful Guide to Web Search Engines
A site that gives tips on web searching, tells how search engines work, and gives analysis on the most popular search engines.
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Engineer Girl: Careers
Doesn't an engineer drive a train? Yes, but the career of engineering is so much more! Explore this comprehensive list of all types of engineering careers. Learn what each entails, find out how to plan for them, learn how to set up job...
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Sparticl
Sparticl is a new web and mobile service for teens, a collection of the very best the web has to offer in science, technology, engineering, and math or STEM. Sparticl includes answers to science questions, images, videos, games, and...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Computational Science and Engineering I
A collection of video lectures from a course reviewing linear algebra with applications to networks, structures, and estimation. Webpage includes thirty-six lectures from a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lectures...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Testing With Models
In this video segment from Cyberchase, learn about the importance of creating a model as the CyberSquad designs a giant "Trojan Ducky" that will help them enter a fort without being noticed. [4:17]
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Teecom: What Do We Mean by "Flexibility" in Design?
A technology consultant discusses what "flexibility" means in the context of design. He tries to understand what a client means when they say they want a flexible design. His goal is to come up with a design that focuses on the user. The...
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Mobile Spoon: Here's to Trade Offs and Compromises Your Product's Best Friends
This article discusses some of the different trade-offs and compromises that happen during a design process, for example, usability vs. appeal. Includes some examples from a home renovation and from technology features.
FNO Press
From Now On: A Questioning Toolkit
What exactly is a "questioning tool kit"? This resource provides techniques for asking essential questions, hypothetical questions, telling questions, planning questions and organizing questions.