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Soda Can Mythbusting
physics  engineering  experiment  pressure  strain  fizz 
18 days ago by maciej
(RE)EXAMINING THE CITICORP CASE: Ethical Paragon or Chimera
architecture  ethics  engineering  nyc 
february 2012 by maciej
Our Local Correspondents: Up and Then Down : The New Yorker
engineering  newyorker 
june 2010 by maciej
HurriQuake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
special nail redesign to make structures more resistant to earthquakes and hurricanes
engineering  construction  disaster  earthquake 
may 2008 by maciej
jwz - engineering pornography (GIANT UNDERGROUND HIGH-AMP CABLES)
wow
electricity  engineering  la 
may 2008 by maciej
The Soviet Union River Diversion Project - From Plan to Cancellation 1976-86
hydro  cccp  river  siberia  engineering  climate 
april 2007 by maciej
 Golden Gate Bridge seismic retrofit
an overview with photos of the very challenging work of strengthening the golden gate bridge and approach ramps to withstand up to an 8.3 magnitude earthquake
risk  disaster  bridge  earthquake  sf  architecture  civil  engineering  shooka  golden  gate 
january 2007 by maciej
Steve Wozniak in Founders At Work
nice woz interview
engineering  apple  tech  computer  interview  startup 
august 2006 by maciej
GEORGE FORBES
capsule bio of one of the endless stream of Scottish engineering geniuses of the 19th century. Took a long siberian trip to boot
bio  engineering  scotland  victorian  tech  travel  china  russia  siberia  want 
july 2006 by maciej
Chron.com | Discovery engineer says he was forced out in safety dispute
shuttle  risk  engineering  politics  us  space  nasa 
june 2006 by maciej
Shredding Scissors
neat gadget for shredding without a shredder
snip  engineering  design  tool  cool 
june 2006 by maciej
Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - Ground Effect and WIG Vehicles
neat photos of ground effect planes, including the Russian monsters
aviation  cool  lift  physics  russian  engineering 
june 2006 by maciej
NASA "mishap" report summary for DART autonomous rendezvous mission
n00b programmers burn through $100 million and manage to clonk into an innocent satellite with their constantly-rebooting autonomous probe
risks  engineering  idiot  nasa  space  report  autonomous  cornercutting 
may 2006 by maciej
Tank foam lost during shuttle wind tunnel test
foam ramp redesign actually makes things worse. More evidence that no one understands the process of foam shedding
shuttle  risk  nasa  testing  space  engineering  design 
april 2006 by maciej
THE FIFTY-NINE-STORY CRISIS, The New Yorker, 5/29/95, pp 45-53
citicorp tower turns out to be prone to wind-induced collapse, story of the emergency repairs that fixed it
engineering  risk  nyc  building  new_yorker 
april 2006 by maciej
Pictures of Pennies
money hacks!
engineering  coins  cool 
january 2006 by maciej
Mark Ketchum's Bridge Collapse Page
nice bits of bridge collapse porn
engineering  physics  disaster 
september 2005 by maciej
Debunking Tacoma Narrows 'resonance' explanation
the bridge collapsed because of torsional flutter, a much more complicated and interesting phenomenon than the simple resonance this bridge collapse is often used to illustrate
rant  physics  engineering 
september 2005 by maciej
Arroyo Cangrejillo Pipeline Bridge, Catamarca, Argentina
neat suspended cable bridge over the Argentinian rain forest
engineering  argentina  cool 
september 2005 by maciej
Zipped AVI movie of Bay Bridge in a simulated 8.3 magnitude quake
you don't want to be on it
sim  earthquake  sf  engineering 
september 2005 by maciej
Itaipu hydroelectric dam
largest generating dam in the world, 12 GW of power, located on the border between Paraguay and Brazil
engineering  electricity  hydro  brazil  paraguay 
september 2005 by maciej

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