The word inertia in everyday use suggests resistance to change and anunwillingness to act. This is hardly something we need in engineering practiceto solve the urgent problems we all face. Even in a ...

Why does one ball beat another in a race down a ramp, even if they have the same mass and volume? Explore the concept of ...

How linear, rotary, reciprocating and oscillating motion are evolving as customization grows and new capabilities emerge.

All of the objects in our solar system are acted upon by forces. Forces are pushes or pulls. Every force has both a strength and a direction. Applying a force on something–like pushing a toy car–can ...

Designed for demanding high-performance servo applications, MaxPlus-J (MPJ) motors offer the same design specifications as the vendor’s MPP (MaxPlusPlus) motors but give users higher inertia. The ...

Diving has gotten a lot of strange attention this year, thanks to a lack of filtration chemicals that caused the water to turn from a pristine blue to a worrisome green, which Olympic officials are ...