engineering
Meet the 17-Year-Old, Award-Winning, Rube Goldberg Parts Manufacturer
Tommy George and the Agents of SHIELD shot a Nerf ball and erased a whiteboard.
How a Snowflake Turns Into an Avalanche
Meet the avalanche engineers of the Subzero Laboratory.
This Iconoclast Injected Life Into Artificial Body Parts
Laura Niklason recognized that synthetic organs can't grow without mechanical stress.
Animals Bow to Their Mechanical Overlords
Robots are infiltrating insect, fish, and bird communities—and seizing control.
Joys of Noise
The reliability of some technologies depends on just the right amount of randomness.