Think back to high school and some of your earliest physics lessons. Remember Sir Isaac Newton first law of motion? If not, let me refresh your memory. Newton’s first law of motion says: inertia is ...
The Mad Science presentation was hosted by Iola Reads, which is focused on the book “Hidden Figures” this fall, which chronicles a group of African American women who played key roles in the early ...
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Solid vs. hollow

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...