GPS (Global Positioning System)
Engineering / Breakthroughs
The GPS, or Global Positioning System, is the high-tech application of one of the most fundamental principles of geometry. Surveyors routinely use geometry and triangulation to map and lay out areas o continue reading this fact
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A Man-made 'Take' on Nature's Style
Engineering / Materials
Advanced Composite Materials, (ACMs) are, as the name implies, composite materials. However, they consist exclusively of man-made specialty fibers bound in a matrix of plastics. The variety of such ma continue reading this fact
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Drip, Drip Water Clocks
Engineering / Breakthroughs
Water clocks were among the earliest timekeepers that didn't depend on the observation of celestial bodies. One of the oldest was found in the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep I, buried around 1 continue reading this fact
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