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This brief interactive activity, by the Electromechanical Digital Library and Wisconsin Technical College System faculty, explains clearly the reasons to use switches in place of hubs when using an LAN. The animations and corresponding explanations are helpful as the user clicks through each slide...

This web site, provided by Texas Instruments Incorporated, describes the DLP projection system, an optical semiconductor known as the DLP chip. The web site is divided into the following sections: Advanced light control, Display and projection, Automotive solutions, and Technical resources.

This page, created by Noreen Warren and Lisa A. Seidman and presented by Bio-Link, explains how to use the internet to obtain the current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). It describes how the regulations are organized and how they can be...

The Tabletop Explainer presents this video showing what you need and how to build an electric motor.  It also explains how an electric motor works. This activity can be used with students in a classroom or as a student/class activity or project.

This article from the Programmable Logic Design Line website gives an in-depth tutorial on how to design an FPGA (field programmable gate array) from scratch. The article includes a design checklist and a step by step guide to designing an FPGA.

This archived webinar was presented by Geri Hertel. Geri will lead you through the step-by-step process of creating a Women in Technology class. She also includes a sample curriculum that you may use as a model for constructing a course like this. Java is required to access the webinar.

This webinar, from the Florida Advanced Technological Center for Manufacturing (FLATE), provides a brief introduction to FLATE followed by presentations from international professionals who share their respective cultures and insights on increasing diversity. The featured presenters are from...

This 4-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, provides the steps for a classroom demonstration on how to paint a swirl guitar. Materials required include a plastic storage container, borax, oil paint, and a guitar body. Photographs of the process are also included. 

This 23-page instructional activity, made available by Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center (MATEC), provides students with experience "using Xilinx ISE 9.1i software by implementing inputs and outputs for a simple 2 inputs AND gate."  Learning objectives for this lab include: Create a...

This paper, from the Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, discusses the WATer Environmental Research System (WATERS) Network and how it will "enable the formulation and development of engineering solutions and policy options for the restoration and protection of water...