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A tire- specifically, a car tire- seems like a simple device at its core. It’s a wheel of vulcanized rubber designed to give the car traction and stability in all conditions. Something as basic as that can’t have a complicated production process, can it? Of course it can…simply because of the number of factors and […]
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One of the earliest applications of electricity was the creation of the electric motor. The first DC electric motor appeared in 1832, invented by William Sturgeon. Hippolyte Pixii is cited with creating the first AC motor around the same time. While nearly 200 years have passed, the overall design for a motor hasn’t changed. Amazingly, […]
Solar power should be, by all accounts, more popular than it already is. While technically not an infinite resource, the sun will be around long enough to provide plenty of energy. The science behind solar panels is simple and they’re easy to make. It’s only thanks to a select few that solar farms aren’t a […]
Lasers are powerful light beams, capable of shining into the sky or cutting through solid materials. They can be colored or ultraviolet and are the favorite accessory of rock bands and Bond villains alike. They’re also both older yet more recent than people realize: the theory of lasers was first introduced in 1958. But what […]
