Monday, April 20, 2009

Engineer

Nate is taking a class he really enjoys. They do computerized design of engineering projects on a CAD program called Rhino. They also just finished destroying one of their projects. They built mini bridges out of balsa wood. They used various reinforcement techniques and designs. Then, to see how strong they were, they applied weight to the breaking point. Nate's did pretty well, holding more than 500 times its own weight. You can watch the test on this video.


2 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow - cool!Nate - what a great class that is -
How has your running been going?
thanks for showing us this - see you Saturday - Love, Grandma Lin

Unknown said...

checking out my google address for accuricy...