Mechanical Engineering
This section of the Jackson Journal is about anything related to the branch of engineering dealing with the design, construction, and use of machines.
Utility poles. You've likely seen them on a walk or while you're playing outside, and you may have thought to yourself, "Where does that pole get electricity from?" Or, "How does that thing work?" I will be covering that today, and our journey starts at a power plant.
Power lines power everything we know, just to name a few: light poles, our homes, and buildings near us.
Within the potato gun, it combines complex materials to create an intricate machine. This includes a barrel, pressure release valve, air container, and a filling chamber.
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972. The crash and the resulting 72-day ordeal of the survivors led to the deaths of 29 of the 45 people on board, until two survivors hiked out of the mountains and were able to find help.
Carbon fiber is a sleek composite known for its low weight and immense strength. It is being used in many different industries, and its uses will continue to evolve.
23,000 workers helped in the process of creating this project both from France and England. Until this day 60,000 passengers pass through the Channel tunnel everyday. This shows how complex the engineering was to build this tunnel. Also it shows how important and popular the finished product was. That is why it is important to know the understanding of the engineering behind one of the most interesting tunnels in the world, the Channel Tunnel.
The world revolves around food as a source of fuel and you know it. Without the invention of the microwave oven, easy access to warm food wouldn't be a thing.
The primary goal of Starlink is to provide satellite internet connectivity to underserved areas of the planet, as well as provide competitively priced service to urban areas. The project aims to improve upon the delay traditionally associated with satellite internet, making it a viable alternative to cable or fiber connections.
Jetpacks are a very possible future of transportation for the whole world. Despite the cost, jetpacks are a great way for military and personal travel.
To truly understand what this is we need to ask the question, what is Neuralink and how does it work? Simply put, Neuralink is a brain chip designed by Elon Musk.
The typewriter is very different than what we have today. Today in the present we have laptops, computers, and printers. Instead of those 150 years ago, we had typewriters. Much slower heavy relics from our past. That have evolved and transformed into what we have today.
You might have heard of how now as cars are becoming more electric companies have started creating self driving car. With these new cars coming to the market it begs the question "how do they work" and "are they safe".
Incandescent and LED light bulbs are the most commonly used light bulbs around the world, but when someone says I need LED light bulbs do you really know what that means?
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