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Series
Advanced materials research volume 142
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"The major topics covered by the special volumes include manufacture and production, engineering materials, CAD/CAM/CAE, robotics, automation and control, environment-friendly design and manufacture, web/internet technologies, artificial intelligence and smart computing in design and manufacture, enterprise, management, and other related topics"--Preface.
Publisher
National Academies Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
More than two decades ago, a commission of 17 MIT scientists and economists released a report, Made in America, which opened with the memorable phrase, "To live well, a nation must produce well." Is that still true? Or can the United States remain a preeminent nation while other countries increasingly make the products that once were made in America? These questions were at the center of a forum titled "Making Things: 21st Century Manufacturing and...
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Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
c2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Description
Did you know that nature is the world's largest science and engineering lab? Learn how designers and engineers use biomimicry to create or improve products. Animimics are the designers and engineers who are inspired by the genius of nature. Using a science called biomimicry, they rely on nature's 3.8 billion years of experience to research and create new or improved designs, materials, and systems. From road reflectors to water collectors, nature...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Mount Rushmore: Follows the quest of the sculptor Gutzon Borglum to create Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota Mount Rushmore. Describes how Borglum whipped American patriotism into a frenzy to elicit public support and secure financing for his dream. Shows how, over the course of fifteen years, 350 men poured their sweat into Borglum's vision using drills and explosives to chisel the stone faces of the American presidents Washington,...
