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This resource is a documentary film about the history of the cordage industry from ancient technologies through the industrial revolution, trustbusting, and globalization. The one-hour DVD, Ropewalk: A Cordage Engineer's Journey Through History, is free for schools, libraries, museums. Produced by...

This resource is provided by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC) and is an animation that shows a rotary piston pump operation. An .mp4 file is also available for viewing and runs 00:32 seconds in length. 

This resource, provided by the Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), is an animation of a rotary vane pump. Rotary vane pumps are "positive-displacement pumps" that consist of "vanes mounted to a rotor that rotates inside of a cavity." An .mp4 is also available for viewing and runs...

This brief interactive activity, by Electromechanical Digital Library and Wisconsin Technical College System faculty members Joseph Wetzel and Jeff Sonnleitner, provides a lesson on logical addresses in order to teach the significance of the physical address or identifying system found on every...

The ATETV project delivers web-based videos to connect students to careers in advanced technology. This episode of ATETV examines a remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) competition, HVAC as a career option, and the advantages of online distance learning. It can be viewed whole or in three segments:...

This interactive presentation, created by Terry Bartelt for the Electromechanical Digital Library, discusses the rotations per minute (RPM) of AC motors. Bartelt begins with a discussion of the magnetism that allows most of these motors to function. The author addresses such factors as the frequency...

How did Rutherford figure out the structure of the atomic nucleus without looking at it? Simulate the famous experiment in which he disproved the Plum Pudding model of the atom by observing alpha particles bouncing off atoms and determining that they must have a small core. This simulation of a...

Presented by the University of Cambridge's Engineering Department, this page contains an interactive semiconductor diode animation. Additionally, a quiz and short exam are provided.

This is a web page with learning objects in Sensors with lessons in: Proximity, Interfacing, and Optical. The lessons are interactive flash exercises which help to illustrate the concepts.

Created by Patrick Hoppe of the Wisconsin Online Resource Center, this primer introduces the student to the key terms and concepts associated with the silicon diode. This is a nice introductory flash presentation for those interested in this topic.