Notes and Further Reading
General Reading
Blockley, D., Engineering: A Very Short Introduction, London: Oxford UP, 2012.
Constable, G. and Somerville, B., A Century of Innovation, Washington, DC: Joseph Baker, 2003.
Wikipedia Encyclopedia, www.wikipedia.org.
Books by Marshall Brain
Brain, M., How God Works, New York: Sterling, 2015.
Brain, M., How Stuff Works, New York: Chartwell, 2010.
Brain, M., More How Stuff Works, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2002.
Brain, M., How Much Does the Earth Weigh?, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2007.
Brain, M., The Teenager’s Guide to the Real World, Cary, NC: BYG, 1997.
Brain, M., Manna, Cary, NC: BYG, 2012.
Brain, M., The Meaning of Life, Cary, NC: BYG, 2012.
Introduction
Merriam-Webster.com. http://tinyurl.com/q37olct.
30,000 AAA, Bow and Arrow
Dollinger, A. http://tinyurl.com/3pbdqav.
3300 AAA, Hunter/Gatherer Tools
Fowler, B., Iceman, Chicago, IL: Chicago UP, 2001.
2550 AAA, The Great Pyramid
Brier, B., The Secret of the Great Pyramid, NY: Harper, 2009.
2000 AAA, Inuit Technology
Living Dictionary. http://tinyurl.com/nvzjzqj.
1400 AAA, Concrete
Moorehead, C., Lost and Found, NY: Penguin, 1997.
625 AAA, Asphalt
Marozzi, J., The Way of Herodotus, NY: Da Capo, 2010.
438 AAA, Parthenon
Beard, M., The Parthenon, Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2010.
312 AAA, Roman Aqueduct System
Rinne, K., The Waters of Rome, New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 2011.
100 AAA, Waterwheel
Wikander, Ö., Handbook of Ancient Water Technology, Leiden: Brill, 1992.
79, Pompeii
Beard, M., Fires of Vesuvius, Cambridge, MA: Belknap, 2010.
1040, Compass
Vardalas, J., http://tinyurl.com/oz3rrm3.
1144, Basilica of Saint Denis
Honour, H. and Fleming, J., A World History of Art, London: Laurence King, 2009.
1300, Catapult
Gurstelle, W., The Art of the Catapult, Chicago, IL: Chicago Review, 2004.
1372, Leaning Tower of Pisa
McLain, B., Do Fish Drink Water?, NY: Morrow, 1999.
1492, Square-Rigged Wooden Sailboats
Ship Wiki, http://tinyurl.com/kflx47n.
1600, The Great Wall of China
Bloomberg News, http://tinyurl.com/pehjxd2.
1620, Gunter’s Chain
Linklater, A., Measuring America, NY: Penguin, 2003.
1670, Mechanical Pendulum Clock
Rawlings, A., The Science of Clocks and Watches, Upton, UK: British Horological Institute, 1993.
1750, Simple Machines at Yates Mill
Anderson, W., Physics for Technical Students, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1914.
1773, Building Implosions
Blanchard, B., http://tinyurl.com/nz9pjcg.
1784, Power Loom
Marsden, R., http://tinyurl.com/mpq88kd.
1790, Cotton Mill
Hunt, D., http://tinyurl.com/morw2on.
1794, Cotton Gin
Roe, J., English and American Tool Builders, New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 1916.
1800, High-Pressure Steam Engine
Kirby, R., Engineering in History, Mineola, NY: Dover, 1990.
1823, Truss Bridge
The Science Museum, http://tinyurl.com/ntm2qnt.
1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, http://tinyurl.com/pwy2u9n.
1825, Erie Canal
Finch, R., http://tinyurl.com/mvll2fa.
1830, Tom Thumb Steam Locomotive
Stover, J., History of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, West Lafayette, IN: Purdue UP, 1987.
1837, Telegraph System
Connected Earth, http://tinyurl.com/lgntn64.
1845, Mass Production
Hounshell, D., From the American System to Mass Production, 1800–1932, Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins UP, 1984.
1845, Tunnel Boring Machine
Bagust, H., The Greater Genius? Birmingham, UK: Ian Allan, 2006.
1846, Sewing Machine
ISMACS International, http://tinyurl.com/qhj7t9f.
1851, America’s Cup
America’s Cup, http://tinyurl.com/qb9psfo.
1854, Water Treatment
EPA.gov, http://tinyurl.com/4ftm2y.
1855, Bessemer Process
Ponting, C., World History, A New Perspective, New York: Pimlico, 2000.
1856, Plastic
Dreher, Carl, http://tinyurl.com/k8hsxtk.
1858, Big Ben
Hill, R., God’s Architect, New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 2009.
1859, Oil Well
Tarbell, I. M., The History of the Standard Oil Company, Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1963.
1859, Modern Sewer System
Halliday, S., The Great Stink of London, Gloucestershire, UK: History Press, 2001.
1860, Louisville Water Tower
Amies, N., http://tinyurl.com/lewuhkk.
1861, Wamsutta Oil Refinery
Schmidt, B., http://tinyurl.com/lzt4c6x.
1861, Elevator
Bellis, M., http://tinyurl.com/ao5qkqo.
1869, Transcontinental Railroad
Cooper, B., Riding the Transcontinental Rails, Philadelphia, PA: Polyglot, 2005.
1873, Cable Cars
Thompson, J., http://tinyurl.com/lxtd7f5.
1876, Telephone
John, R., Network Nation, Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 2010.
1878, Power Grid
Energy Graph, http://tinyurl.com/mxayh62.
1879, Carbon Fiber
Kopeliovich, D., http://tinyurl.com/qbfn2tg.
1885, Supercharger and Turbocharger
McNeil, I., Encyclopedia of the History of Technology, London: Routledge, 1990.
1885, Washington Monument
Savage, K., Monument Wars, Oakland, CA: California UP, 2011.
1886, Statue of Liberty
Khan, Y., Enlightening the World, Ithaca, NY: Cornell UP, 2010.
1889, Eiffel Tower
Harvie, D., Eiffel, Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton, 2006.
1889, Hall-Héroult Process
American Chemical Society, http://tinyurl.com/kbmurtf.
1890, Steam Turbine
Encyclopedia Britannica, http://tinyurl.com/ncrj8q7.
1891, Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall, http://tinyurl.com/kelly3a.
1891, Zuiderzee Works
Kimmelman, M., http://tinyurl.com/qbhr4l6.
1893, Two-Stroke Diesel Engine
Sloan, A., Diesel Engine Design, London: George Newnes, 1953.
1893, Ferris Wheel
World Digital Library, http://tinyurl.com/myzq959.
1897, Diesel Locomotive
Churella, A., From Steam to Diesel, Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 1998.
1899, Defibrillator
Nature magazine archives, http://tinyurl.com/kap38f9.
1902, Air Conditioning
Bergen Refrigeration, http://tinyurl.com/lrer5sw.
1903, EKG/ECG
Cooper, J., http://tinyurl.com/jw3ub7k.
1903, The Wright Brothers Airplane
National Parks Service, http://tinyurl.com/mkkd4et.
1905, Engineered Lumber
APA—The Engineered Wood Association, http://tinyurl.com/kn9rqwh.
1907, Professional Engineer Licensing
NSPE, http://tinyurl.com/kz9yuyb.
1908, Internal Combustion Engine
For a video of the engine in action, see http://tinyurl.com/q9f9wla.
1910, Laparoscopic Surgery
Martin Hatzinger, et al., http://tinyurl.com/mpdpm96.
1912, Titanic
Freer, A., and Griffiths, D., http://tinyurl.com/o7tov7w.
1913, Woolworth Building
Douglas, G., Skyscrapers, Jefferson, US: McFarland, 1996.
1914, The Panama Canal
Greene, J., The Canal Builders, New York: Penguin, 2009.
1917, Laser
Siegman, A., Lasers, Sausalito, CA: University Science, 1986.
1917, Hooker Telescope
Mount Wilson Observatory, http://tinyurl.com/qeffczm.
1919, Women’s Engineering Society
Nicholson, V., Singled Out, Oxford, UK: Oxford UP, 2008.
1919, Under Friction Roller Coaster
Coker, R., Roller Coasters, New York: Metrobooks, 2002.
1920, Kinsol Trestle Bridge
Webb, W., Railroad Construction, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 1917.
1920, Radio Station
Nebeker, F., Dawn of the Electronic Age, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009.
1921, Robot
Roberts, A., The History of Science Fiction, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
1926, Heart-Lung Machine
Kohn, L., http://tinyurl.com/ntf8mpw.
1927, Electric Refrigeration
Burstall, A., A History of Mechanical Engineering, Cambridge, MA: MIT
Press, 1965.
1931, Empire State Building
Wagner, G., Thirteen Months to Go, San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay, 2003.
1935, Tape Recording
Onosko, T., Wasn’t the Future Wonderful?, New York: Plume, 1979.
1936, Hoover Dam
Hiltzik, M., Colossus, New York: Free Press, 2010.
1937, Golden Gate Bridge
Starr, K., Golden Gate, London: Bloomsbury, 2012.
1937, Hindenburg
Lawson, D., Engineering Disasters, New York: ASME, 2005.
1937, Turbojet Engine
NASA, http://tinyurl.com/orxbfxd.
1937, Magnetically Levitated Trains
Post, R., http://tinyurl.com/lhzjqd8.
1938, Formula One Car
De Groote, S., http://tinyurl.com/72fayvs.
1939, Norden Bombsight
St. John, P., Bombardier, Nashville, TN: Turner, 1998.
1939, Color Television
A timeline of the introduction of color television in a variety of countries: http://tinyurl.com/nfeobs.
1940, Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Petroski, H., To Engineer is Human, New York: Vintage, 1992.
1940, Radar
Bowen, E. G., Radar Days, UK: Taylor & Francis, 1987.
1941, Doped Silicon
Brain, M., http://tinyurl.com/kov5tve.
1942, Spread Spectrum
Petersen, A., http://tinyurl.com/lts47sn.
1943, Dialysis Machine
Pendse, S., Singh, A., and Zawada, E., Handbook of Dialysis, 4th ed., NY: Macmillan, 2008.
1944, SCUBA
Cousteau, J., The Silent World, New York: Nat Geo, 2004.
1944, Helicopter
Chiles, J., The God Machine, New York: Bantam, 2007.
1945, Uranium Enrichment
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, http://tinyurl.com/opubbot.
1945, Trinity Nuclear Bomb
Monk, R., Robert Oppenheimer, Toronto: Doubleday, 2012.
1946, ENIAC—The First Digital Computer
Rojas, R. and Hashagen, U., eds., The First Computers, Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2000.
1946, Top-Loading Washing Machine
Stanley, A., Mothers and Daughters of Invention, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1995.
1946, Microwave Oven
Cowan, R., More Work for Mother, New York: Basic, 1985.
1946, Light Water Reactor
Bunker, M., http://tinyurl.com/oflyu7o.
1947, AK-47
Rottman, G., The AK-47, New York: Osprey, 2011.
1947, Transistor
Riordan, M., http://tinyurl.com/yaufccm.
1948, Cable TV
Eisenmann, T., http://tinyurl.com/kckooou.
1949, Tower Crane
Liebherr, http://tinyurl.com/nlfjtzt.
1949, Atomic Clock
Ost, L., http://tinyurl.com/nllbz9j.
1949, Integrated Circuit
A short film on Jack Kilby: http://tinyurl.com/k74ed7p.
1950, Chess Computer
Computer chess, a film by Andrew Bujalski, provides some interesting background information: http://tinyurl.com/k4cql25.
1951, Jet Engine Testing
For more on the chicken gun used to test jet engines: http://tinyurl.com/3dehuo.
1952, Center-Pivot Irrigation
Snyder, C., http://tinyurl.com/nkyfbyj.
1952, 3D Glasses
Zone, R., Stereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-D Film, 1838–1952, Lexington, KY: Kentucky UP, 2007.
1952, Ivy Mike Hydrogen Bomb
Formerly classified, this short film on the bomb is now available online: http://tinyurl.com/pqbxlrm.
1953, Automobile Airbag
Bellis, M., http://tinyurl.com/2vror8.
1956, Hard Disk
Mueller, S., Upgrading and Repairing PCs (21st Ed.), Upper Saddle River, NJ: Que, 2013.
1956, TAT-1 Undersea Cable
Burns, B., http://tinyurl.com/menaxz3.
1957, Frozen Pizza
Hulin, B., The Everything Pizza Cookbook, Avon, MA: F+W, 2007.
1957, Space Satellite
Jorden, W., http://tinyurl.com/lc6rm6s.
1958, Cabin Pressurization
Larson, G., http://tinyurl.com/md7oveb.
1959, Desalination
Barlow, M. and Clarke, T., http://tinyurl.com/m3bykcl.
1960, Cleanroom
Leary, W., http://tinyurl.com/lzsb534.
1961, T1 Line
How Stuff Works, http://tinyurl.com/jlppv.
1961, Green Revolution
Jain, H., The Green Revolution, Houston, TX: Studium, 2010.
1962, SR-71
Video with SR-71 pilot Richard Graham: http://tinyurl.com/lt7wftd.
1962, Atomic Clock Radio Station
More information on the station: http://tinyurl.com/bum65ma.
1963, Retractable Stadium Roof
Video demonstrating the retractable roof at Canada’s West Harbour stadium: http://tinyurl.com/k9jshef.
1963, Irradiated Food
FDA’s food irradiation FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/837e83n.
1964, Top Fuel Dragster
A 10,000 horsepower top fuel dragster: http://tinyurl.com/qaqesv5.
1964, Drip Irrigation
Freedman, C., http://tinyurl.com/qc6gctl.
1964, Natural Gas Tanker
Barden, J., http://tinyurl.com/ltsmzfl.
1964, Bullet Train
Hosozawa, A. and Hiroshi, N., http://tinyurl.com/lz467ek.
1965, Gateway Arch in St. Louis
Campbell, T., The Gateway Arch, New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 2013.
1965, Cluster Munition
Clancy, T., Fighter Wing, London: Harpercollins, 1995.
1966, Compound Bow
Paterson, W., The Encyclopaedia of Archery, London: St. Martin’s, 1985.
1966, Parafoil
Popular Science, http://tinyurl.com/p7zy4ap.
1966, Pebble Bed Nuclear Reactor
Bradsher, K., http://tinyurl.com/orrumbd.
1966, Dynamic RAM
Wang, D., http://tinyurl.com/kjp5th7.
1967, Automotive Emission Controls
The International Council on Clean Transportation has updated information on global emissions standards: http://tinyurl.com/6yo97xz.
1967, Apollo 1
The New York Times, http://tinyurl.com/3c65on5.
1967, Saturn V Rocket
Tate, K., http://tinyurl.com/afo3foz.
1968, C-5 Super Galaxy
A useful infographic illustrating the Galaxy’s massive size: http://tinyurl.com/pgupdqr.
1968, Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet
Pealing, N. and Savage, M., Jumbo Jetliners, Osceola, WI: Motorbooks, 1999.
1969, Lunar Landing
A video of the first moon landing: http://tinyurl.com/2znnoa.
1969, ARPANET
Stewart, W., http://tinyurl.com/dd4mzc.
1969, Space Suit
For an excellent selection of space suit photos: http://tinyurl.com/mex5r7f.
1970, LCD Screen
Castellano, J., Liquid Gold, Hackensack, NJ: World Scientific, 2005.
1970, Apollo 13
Lattimer, D., All We Did was Fly to the Moon, Cedar Key, FL: Whispering Eagle, 1985.
1970, Fiber Optic Communication
Keiser, G., Optical Fiber Communications (4th Ed.), New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.
1971, Anti-Lock Brakes
Lincoln Continental car brochure from the year anti-lock brakes became standard: http://tinyurl.com/m7to74t.
1971, Lunar Rover
Lunar Rover manual: http://tinyurl.com/pmagdv5.
1971, Microprocessor
Augarten, S., State of the Art, New York: Houghton-Mifflin, 1983.
1971, CANDU Reactor
Whitlock, J., http://tinyurl.com/2kakzd.
1971, CT Scan
CT scan medical animation: http://tinyurl.com/p6oeylv.
1971, Power Plant Scrubber
A useful video: http://tinyurl.com/qh2554v.
1971, Kevlar
Pearce, J., http://tinyurl.com/nlhzb3l.
1972, Genetic Engineering
Voosen, P., http://tinyurl.com/l7a4edl.
1973, World Trade Center
An archival video about the construction of the original World Trade Center: http://tinyurl.com/lxgmzhs.
1975, Router
Some recollections from other engineers who worked with Virginia “Ginny” Strazisar on the development of the router: http://tinyurl.com/mbapf9u.
1976, The Concorde
Conway, C., High Speed Dreams, Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins UP, 2005.
1976, CN Tower
Fulford, R., Accidental City, Ottawa, CN: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1995.
1976, VHS Video Tape
IEEE History Center, http://tinyurl.com/k54eptr.
1977, Human-Powered Airplane
Roper, C., http://tinyurl.com/qffjswj.
1977, Tuned Mass Damper
The Taipei 101 tuned mass damper moving during an earthquake: http://tinyurl.com/n47rc5m.
1977, Voyager Spacecraft
Clark, S., http://tinyurl.com/kadbgmu.
1977, Trans-Alaska Pipeline
McPhee, J., Coming Into the Country, New York: FSG, 1976.
1977, MRI
Mayo Clinic, http://tinyurl.com/lrz3ayz.
1978, Nitrous Oxide Engine
NOS Systems, http://tinyurl.com/nxxjxjt.
1978, Bagger 288
Murray, P., http://tinyurl.com/7cg7ma8.
1979, Seawise Giant Supertanker
Trex, E., http://tinyurl.com/pob5l3y.
1980, Flash Memory
Computer engineer David Woodhouse presentation about how flash storage works: http://tinyurl.com/mq7ebjn.
1980, M1 Tank
Orr, K., King of the Killing Zone, New York: WW Norton, 1989.
1980, Stadium TV Screen
Mercer, B., ManVentions, Blue Ash, OH: Adams, 2011.
1981, Bigfoot Monster Truck
Borelli, C., http://tinyurl.com/m5vtx5u.
1981, Space Shuttle Orbiter
NASA, http://tinyurl.com/3xkpjbj.
1981, V-22 Osprey
Whittle, R., The Dream Machine, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010.
1982, Artificial Heart
Long, T., http://tinyurl.com/kjqjd3m.
1982, Neodymium Magnet
Swain, F., http://tinyurl.com/7l4ww9o.
1983, RFID Tag
Angell, I. and Kietzmann, J., http://tinyurl.com/nczuwcr.
1983, F-117 Stealth Fighter
Video of the F-117 Stealth Fighter crashing: http://tinyurl.com/n2wrmvb.
1983, Mobile Phone
Agar, J., Constant Touch, London: Totem, 2004.
1983, Gimli Glider
Hoffer, M. and Hoffer, W., Freefall, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
1983, Ethernet
The original patent can be found online here: http://tinyurl.com/mr846j4.
1984, 3D Printer
Hart, B., http://tinyurl.com/8xosxgm.
1984, Domain Name Service (DNS)
Ball, J., http://tinyurl.com/pvqz53x.
1984, Surgical Robot
Pransky, J., http://tinyurl.com/kmqmh3c.
1984, Container Shipping
Cudahy, B., Box Boats, New York: Fordham UP, 2006.
1984, Itaipu Dam
BBC, http://tinyurl.com/lkn32w.
1985, Bath County Pumped Storage
Koronowski, R., http://tinyurl.com/mnkd9le.
1985, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)
Khatchadourian, R., http://tinyurl.com/lqpcbya.
1985, Virtual Reality
Lanier, J., You Are Not a Gadget, New York: Vintage, 2011.
1986, Chernobyl
Mahaffey, J., Atomic Accidents, New York: Pegasus, 2014.
1986, Apache Helicopter
Macy, E., Apache, New York: Grove, 2010.
1990, World Wide Web
Hafner, K., Where Wizards Stay Up Late, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.
1990, Hubble Space Telescope
Hubblesite.org, http://tinyurl.com/dmnpr5.
1991, Lithium Ion Battery
List of lithium ion batteries at dmoz.org: http://tinyurl.com/klvyssp.
1991, Biosphere 2
Allen, J., Me and the Biospheres, Santa Fe, NM: Synergetic, 2009.
1992, Low-Flow Toilet
Nash, J., http://tinyurl.com/d8tsosl.
1992, Stormwater Management
Lee, E., http://tinyurl.com/k4x9fhp.
1993, Keck Telescope
Yarris, L., http://tinyurl.com/n3dttn2.
1993, Doom Engine
Kushner, D., Masters of Doom, New York: Random, 2004.
1994, Channel Tunnel
Flyvbjerg, B. and Rothengatter, N., Megaprojects and Risk, Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003.
1994, Digital Camera
Kaplan, J. and Segan, S., http://tinyurl.com/5gutm4.
1994, Global Positioning System (GPS)
Lagunilla, J., Samper, J., Perez, R., GPS and Galileo, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008.
1994, Kansai International Airport
Watkins, T., http://tinyurl.com/n6hly9d.
1995, Toy Story Animated Movie
Price, D., The Pixar Touch, New York: Vintage, 2009.
1996, Ariel Atom
Nusca, A., http://tinyurl.com/lr8j79v.
1996, HDTV
Princeton University, http://tinyurl.com/p3wv67z.
1997, Prius Hybrid Car
Berman, B., http://tinyurl.com/m8xgzm4.
1998, International Space Station
To see a full list of the countries that have contributed to this space station, see http://tinyurl.com/psz9wfr.
1998, Large Hadron Collider
Kolbert, E., http://tinyurl.com/nw38lt6.
1998, Smart Grid
For the first articulation of this vision and the resultant funding please see http://tinyurl.com/nobgsum and for consortia and their foci http://tinyurl.com/mwe75qg.
1998, Iridium Satellite System
McIntyre, D., http://tinyurl.com/m2k3smp.
1999, Wi-Fi
Cox, J., http://tinyurl.com/pbd3ufp.
2001, Segway
This is one example of an invention that is often attributed to one or two people, but is actually the result of hard work by numerous people. For a list of the full team, including dynamics engineers, programmers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, and industrial designers, see http://tinyurl.com/nfcopmy.
2003, A Century in Innovation
The catalog page for this book contains a link to an informative podcast: http://tinyurl.com/nccp693.
2004, Millau Viaduct
This document on the construction of the bridge includes the names of the full team: http://tinyurl.com/q6xd4ds.
2005, Bugatti Veyron
A fascinating documentary on the process of designing the Bugatti Veyron can be found online at http://tinyurl.com/ougbzad.
2005, Georgia Aquarium
Rothstein, E., http://tinyurl.com/n69csdv.
2006, Palm Islands
Webb, M., http://tinyurl.com/m3az4fc.
2006, AMOLED Screen
Pohlmann, K., http://tinyurl.com/ljz6zqe.
2007, Smart Phone
PC Magazine, http://tinyurl.com/kg6jpmg.
2008, Quadrotor
Mellinger, D., http://tinyurl.com/opg3t5k.
2008, Carbon Sequestration
One of the Engineering Grand Challenges is a better method of carbon-capture: http://tinyurl.com/pbxy5n9.
2008, Engineering Grand Challenges
A full list of the Challenges is available online at http://tinyurl.com/pbxy5n9.
2008, Martin Jet Pack
The Martin Jet Pack website has a great gallery of videos: http://tinyurl.com/lsl58of.
2008, Three Gorges Dam
An animation showing the interior of the dam: http://tinyurl.com/nol5zcj.
2009, National Ignition Facility
Sample, I., http://tinyurl.com/ly3lmrr.
2009, Earthquake-Safe Buildings
Hart, M., http://tinyurl.com/pdqst7q.
2009, US President’s Limousine
Strong, M., http://tinyurl.com/l9bhfzy.
2010, Solar Impulse Airplane
Boyle, A., http://tinyurl.com/kl23okx.
2010, BP Blowout Preventer Failure
Gold, R., http://tinyurl.com/mylqamk.
2010, Burj Khalifa
The construction timeline can be found online here: http://tinyurl.com/n3u2pu7.
2010, Harry Potter Forbidden Journey Ride
A full rundown on the RoboCoaster can be found on KUKA’s website: http://tinyurl.com/l8kqoym.
2010, Alta Wind Energy Center
The ten largest wind farms in the world: http://tinyurl.com/pkdj39y.
2010, Tablet Computer
PC Magazine, http://tinyurl.com/nk4wfp3.
2010, The X2 and X3 Helicopters
Paur, J., http://tinyurl.com/n293wlx.
2011, Fukushima Disaster
Beech, H., http://tinyurl.com/lt4wdw7.
2011, Self-Driving Car
A video of one of the first driving tests is available here: http://tinyurl.com/muunl4w.
2011, Instant Skyscraper
Brennan, L., http://tinyurl.com/kt8ufkx.
2011, Watson
BBC, http://tinyurl.com/mpgx69c.
2012, Curiosity Rover
Stromberg, J., http://tinyurl.com/n56z7n8.
2012, Human-Powered Helicopter
An article about the winners with links to video: http://tinyurl.com/oc2np3n.
2013, NCSU BookBot
The bookBot website provides more information: http://tinyurl.com/p3ny2em.
2014, Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System
Weiner-Bronner, D., http://tinyurl.com/k4cdwzn.
2016, Venice Flood System
ATPN, http://tinyurl.com/q3gb2td.
c. 2020, Vactrains
Stewart, J., http://tinyurl.com/bwcwkel.
c. 2024, Brain Replication
Horgan, J., The Undiscovered Mind, New York: Free Press, 2000.
c. 2030, Mars Colony
Maynard, J., http://tinyurl.com/kn5tpd7.
c. 3000, Things We Have Yet to Engineer
Kanani, R., http://tinyurl.com/qb2zdb9.