Thursday, 22 September 2016

Welcome

Welcome


Welcome to the technology blog!

This year you are going to learn a lot of things about technology, programming computers and making things by your own in the workshop. I really hope that you learn a lot during this course and also that this blog is useful for you.


Saturday, 2 April 2016

Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses


The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses due to high winds on this day in 1940.  

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The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was built in Washington during the 1930s and opened to traffic on July 1, 1940. On November 7, high winds buffeted the area and the bridge swayed considerably. The first failure came at about 11 a.m., when concrete dropped from the road surface. Just minutes later, a 600-foot section of the bridge broke free.

Have a look to the next video:




Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Structures, Loads and stresses

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/index.html 

If you want to test how shapes and materials affect structures' resistence, visit this website:  Test Lab