Engineering Innovation

By The National Academy of EngineeringTechnology

Engineering Innovation episodes

July 08, 2005 Easier Orthodontics
Braces use the brute force of wires and metal to move teeth, ligaments, and bone. A new idea might make it easier.
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July 01, 2005 Framing Independence
The country?s founding document has been through a lot?rolled, unrolled, hidden in trunks, kept in the bright sun. Now it leads a more predictable existence.
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June 24, 2005 Wimbledon Pressure
For the first time in a decade, there?s an unfamiliar sound on the hushed tennis courts of Wimbledon.
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June 16, 2005 Radar and Breast Cancer
A technology developed to find land mines might one day help save many more lives.
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June 10, 2005 Sporting Contacts
The new performance enhancing technology in the sports world is contact lenses.
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June 03, 2005 Anthrax Tracks
A new forensic technique can now link bacterial spores to a particular geographical area, and may narrow the search for the 2001 anthrax mailer.
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May 27, 2005 Building Beaches
Heading to Ocean City, Maryland this weekend? You can thank engineers for the fact that its beach is still around.
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May 20, 2005 Cell Phone Sentinel
You can call for help on your cell phone, but in the future, it may warn you that you need help.
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May 13, 2005 Custom Traffic Reports
Washington continues to have the third worst traffic in the country, but a new technology might be a way around it.
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May 06, 2005 Concrete Lite
A new concrete might make you do a double-take. But be assured, your eyes don?t suddenly have X-ray vision.
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