Simple Machines
A wheel with a groove for a rope or cable, used to change the direction of force.
What is a pulley?
This is a modern-day manufacturing technique often used for rapid prototyping of complex geometries.
What is 3D printing (or Additive Manufacturing)?
This Scottish engineer improved the steam engine by adding a separate condenser.
Who is James Watt?
A genius billionaire builds a powered suit of armor to escape captivity, utilizing early robotics and materials science.
What is Iron Man?
This simple machine is essentially an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.
What is a screw?
This manufacturing process involves pouring molten material into a mold to create complex shapes.
What is casting?
This mechanical engineer transitioned from working at Boeing to hosting a popular science television show as "the Science Guy".
Who is Bill Nye?
A teenage robotics prodigy upgrades a vinyl healthcare robot for combat to fight a masked villain.
What is Big Hero 6?
This type of simple machine is a flat surface that is higher on one end, commonly used to move heavy objects to a higher elevation.
What is an inclined plane?
This property describes a material's ability to undergo permanent deformation before breaking.
What is ductility?
He created the "death ray" using mirrors and invented the Archimedes screw.
Who is Archimedes?
Ex-NASA pilot Cooper must pilot the Endurance spacecraft through a wormhole to find a new planet for humanity.
What is Interstellar?
This machine has a rigid bar that pivots around a fixed point called a fulcrum.
What is a lever?
This test measures a material's resistance to fracture from a fast-acting impact.
What is Impact Testing?
This inventor of the 15th century is famously studied for his sketches of gears, flying machines, and early robotics.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
An inventor creates a machine that turns water into food to solve a community’s economic crisis.
What is Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs?
This machine is made of two inclined planes joined together and is often used for cutting or splitting.
What is a wedge?
The ability of a material to absorb energy and deform plastically before fracturing.
What is Toughness?
Founder of the Ford Motor Company, he revolutionized manufacturing with the moving assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford?
An inventor develops a device that enables robot boxing, turning a discarded sparring bot into a champion.
What is Real Steel?