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Every invention, one connected map of how things work.

Technology and Engineering Atlas is a cross-referenced encyclopedia of invention and the built world, from machines, materials, and methods to bridges, circuits, and beyond. Search any invention and follow its threads through everything it made possible.

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Methods

Tunnel Boring

Tunnel boring is the civil engineering method of excavating a tunnel using a tunnel boring machine, a large rotating cutterhead that grinds through ro

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Spallation Neutron Source

The Spallation Neutron Source is an accelerator based neutron source facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee that provides the most int

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Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering applies the principles and tools of engineering to biology and medicine, designing devices, diagnostics and materials that inte

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Waterwheel

A waterwheel is a machine that converts the kinetic energy of flowing or falling water into useful mechanical power, typically to drive a mill, using

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Heinz Wolff

Heinz Wolff was a German-born British scientist who coined the term bioengineering in 1954 to describe the combination of physiology and engineering.

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Kevlar

Kevlar is the DuPont trade name for a synthetic para-aramid polymer spun into fibers with exceptional tensile strength relative to weight and high res

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History of Technology

Who deserves primary credit for the mechanical reaper: Obed Hussey, who patented his design in 1833, or Cyrus McCormick, who patented a competing design in 1834 and claimed an even earlier 1831 invention?

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