NASA | GPM: Engineering Next Generation Observations of Rain and Snow.

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For the past three years, the global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory has gone from components and assembly drawings to a fully functioning satellite at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The satellite has now arrived in Japan, where it will lift off in early 2014.

The journey to the launch pad has been a long and painstaking process.

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Caltech Engineering - "The Beat of Caltech"

This video was created at Caltech to inspire young students (K-12) to think about engineering as a creative, fun, and meaningful career choice that can have enormous positive impact on society. The video was entered into the National Academy of Engineering's "Engineering for You" video contest. At Caltech Engineering, we work at the leading edges of fundamental science to invent the technologies of the future.

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STEM Engineering 101 Rescue Robots 2.010k

STEM Engineering 101 Rescue Robots 2.010k

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Space Station Live HUNCH Provides Engineering Opportunities for Students

Space Station Live HUNCH Provides Engineering Opportunities for Students NASA Public Affairs Officer Lori Meggs explores HUNCH (High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware) with Bob Zeek, HUNCH co-founder and Mike Evans with the Huntsville Center for Technology

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SCI-Arc/Caltech Engineering Video - 2011 Solar Decathlon

SCI-Arc/Caltech Engineering Video - 2011 Solar Decathlon What are the engineering innovations that the SCI-Arc/Caltech team built into the Compact Hyper Insulated Prototype home for the 2011 Solar Decathlon? Well, they show you...

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Engineering Update #41: Talking to your appliances

Engineering Update #41: Talking to your appliances

In this week's episode

-Communicating with your smart appliances
The LG HomeChat service allows homeowners to more or less talk to any smart appliances in their home from a cell phone.

-NASA's newest primate robot

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has added a new creature to their ranks with the Robosimian, a hi-tech robot designed to mimic the posture and movement of a primate.

-Google's Newest toy

Big news for Google this week, who just purchased the device company Nest for a cool 3.2 billion dollars.

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Engineering Newswire 54: Semi-Automatic Needle Gun

Today on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by Interpower Corporation, the premier supplier for power system components with a one week manufacturing lead-time and over 4 million parts in stock, we're working out with RoboSimian, exploring the deepest place on earth, saving brains, and we're locked and loaded with a semi-automatic needle gun. This episode features:

UCLA professor, Vijay Gupta, is applying his expertise in materials science, mechanical engineering, and bioengineering to protect the brain from forces that cause concussions and traumatic brain injury.
Called SAGIV, this device uses infrared sights and electrical sensing to identify veins, correctly insert the needle, and withdraw it in a single, rapid robotic movement.

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Engineering Newswire 33: Boston Dynamics Tests Mustard Gas & Sarin on PETMAN

Today on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by PD&D TV, we're building a bionic dragonfly, fishing with the FrankenDrone, and testing mustard gas on PETMAN.

-To help test the durability of hazmat suits, Boston Dynamics has unveiled its PETMAN (or Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin) robot, which can perform rigorous tests like running, jumping, crawling, crouching, and crawling.

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