Multimedia
The monthly service, MEL Kids, visually translates difficult-to-understand science concepts through hands-on experiments, an accompanying illustrated comic book and a lesson delivered via augmented reality app.
Sponsor:
FEATURED VIDEOS
-
New science-education subscription service for kids
21 Aug 2019 -
Seeking welder with 'golden arm,' developer turns to cobot system
01 May 2019 -
Listen to a Bit of Space History
15 Nov 2018 -
Watch: 13 Ocean Solutions for Climate Change
04 Oct 2018 -
A First for Flat Lenses: Full-Color Imaging
03 Oct 2018
-
Watch GE demonstrate its tunneling earthworm-inspired robot
05 Aug 2021Source: Marie DonlonDARPA-funded robot creates 10 cm diameter tunnels autonomously. -
Lots will soon be available in North Carolina’s first 100% net-zero energy neighborhood
05 Aug 2021Source: Amy J. BornBakst has been developing this one-of-a-kind community featuring custom high performance homes built to the National Green Building Standards and with active solar to achieve net-zero or negative net-zero energy. -
Video: Modular stainless steel building unveiled at Holon Technology Conference
05 Aug 2021Source: Amy J. BornThrough revolutionary changes in the material and construction methods for traditional concrete buildings, BROAD is the first company to “build buildings like cars.” -
Video: Drone locates distressed swimmers, throws them a "line"
04 Aug 2021Source: Marie DonlonDrone patrols the beach, saves lives. -
Watch: Smart glass could lower office building energy use by 26%
03 Aug 2021Source: Siobhan TreacyThe new window glass would reduce energy use and lower carbon emissions of office buildings around the world. -
Watch: LEGO assemblies of complex mechanical principles
02 Aug 2021Source: Kevin J. HarriganNo matter the complexity or ubiquity, this YouTuber aims to turn complex motion control techniques into something understandable, and even reproducible for LEGO fans. -
Video: Aluminum pillars de-ice airplanes on the fly
02 Aug 2021Source: S. HimmelsteinThe de-icing method exploits how frost grows on pillar structures to suspend ice as it forms into a layer less likely to adhere. -
Video: This lithium-ion battery is reusable and recyclable
02 Aug 2021Source: S. HimmelsteinDisposable battery technology may soon be challenged with the advent of a renewable and recyclable lithium-ion battery that can be repaired, traded or upgraded. -
Video: High performance leak tester for pharma packaging testing
30 Jul 2021Source: Engineering360 News DeskThe leak tester for container closure integrity testing applications can detect leaks as small as 1 µm. -
Watch: Fast-charging sodium-ion battery developed
30 Jul 2021Source: S. HimmelsteinThe device promises high-energy density, fast-charging capability and excellent thermal stability. -
The electropolishing solution for common metal surface problems
28 Jul 2021Learn why engineers in industries with no room for error rely on electropolishing for ultra-smooth and defect-free metal parts. -
Video: Coil Driver technology extended to electric vehicle technology
27 Jul 2021Source: S. HimmelsteinThe technology can reduce the cost and complexity of deploying EVs and the charging infrastructure at scale. -
Watch how ESA tracks carbon emissions from space
26 Jul 2021Source: S. HimmelsteinSatellite observations track atmospheric greenhouse gases in addition to other carbon stocks on land and sea. -
Watch how material cloaks soldiers, makes them invisible to thermal imagers
26 Jul 2021Source: Marie DonlonMaterial masks soldier's heat signatures. -
Video: DNA database proposed to avoid child labor, environmental abuses along cocoa supply chain
25 Jul 2021Source: Marie DonlonDatabase could let consumers and governments avoid products with ties to forced labor, environmental abuses. -
Video: Portable high capacity home battery launches
23 Jul 2021Source: S. HimmelsteinThe emergency power consumption of an average family can be covered for a week with just one charge. -
Video: Coal waste as a remedy for coal mine and water reclamation
22 Jul 2021Source: S. HimmelsteinA by-product of coal mining can be of value in remediating land and water resources despoiled in that mining process. -
Keep workers comfortable and safe in extreme temperatures
21 Jul 2021The newly redesigned Vortec Cooling Vest directs cold air around the torso for continuous body cooling. -
Watch as this pneumatically actuated soft robot plays the piano
21 Jul 2021Source: Marie DonlonThe team devised a pneumatic random access memory (RAM) chip featuring microfluidic valves in lieu of electronic transistors. -
Video: World record for longest solar-powered flight in a production electric aircraft
21 Jul 2021Source: S. HimmelsteinA 227 nautical mile trip over central California marks the longest flight for a production electric aircraft powered by solar energy.