In 1978, Dr. Amar Bose was frustrated by the inability to hear good music in a noisy airplane cabin. Then he got curious and wondered if there was a way to separate what one wanted to hear from what one didn’t.
Running time 3:00 minutes.

Tiny glass filaments carry so much information that all the books ever written could be transmitted over a single fiber optic cable in a few seconds. This technology is at the heart of 21st century communications systems.
Running time 1:44 minutes.

It takes a sophisticated network of hundreds of communication satellites orbiting the earth to connect the dots of the global economy. It’s a field that relies on everything from variables to patterns and measurement to space science.
Running time 2:43 minutes.

What do you do if you're building a space station and happen to let go of a $250,000 tool that you had forgotten to tie down? Somebody is going to need to take a spacewalk to retrieve it. If you're lucky, you can give that dangerous task to "Arnie"--the robot.
Running time 2:36 minutes.

With human-powered flight, the fastest solar powered car at the first World Solar Challenge race, the electric car prototype that became GM's EV1, and numerous other feats of engineering and innovation to his credit, visionary Paul MacCready was one of the truly great engineers of the 20th Century.
Running time 3:07 minutes.

Gliding on a wave of electromagnetic force, a maglev train could travel at 300 miles per hour or faster. Designer-engineers describe the mechanics and future benefits of such superconductor trains.
Running time 4:12 minutes.

Finding alternative sources of energy has never been more important than it is today. This movie breaks down the basics of how solar energy works. Show your students how and why solar energy is a good alternative source of electricity.
Running time 4:53 minutes.

When it comes to designing robots for space, making sure that they can complete their missions is the name of the game for NASA’s robotics engineers. That requires math, especially probability.
Running time 5:35 minutes.

The heart-pumping exhilaration keeps us coming back time and time again, but it’s the laws of the physics and a great deal of math that keep these thrill rides soaring through the air day after day.
Running time 2:00 minutes.

Using the energy it takes to run a hair dryer, this solar-powered car travels 200 miles at speeds of 50 to 65 mph without a drop of gas. Go behind the scenes and meet the team of students who built it.
Running time 3:35 minutes.

From the cannon room to the bat-swinging robot to the bat handle-breaking machine, the engineers at Easton Sports are testing the latest sports equipment for durability, performance and handling.
Running time 4:55 minutes.

Suppose you want to search for the largest sunken gold treasure in U.S. History. Who would you want on your team? Tom Thompson wanted a mathematician who specialized in probability.
Running time 5:40 minutes.

Cold, dark, fascinating and deadly: These are the attributes of the ocean depths. How can we explore such an environment when no diver can descend beyond 100 meters and survive? Enter the Ventana, a remotely operated vehicle.
Running time 5:09 minutes.

The information revolution is based on one idea: that all information -- numbers, text, sound, pictures, and videos -- can be translated into a string of 1's and 0's. Of course, in some cases, it takes a LOT of 1's and 0's.
Running time 3:42 minutes.

It can take years to plan and engineer these state-of-the-art wind farms. It’s a problem-solving process that draws on an understanding of algebra, geometry, kinetic energy, electronics and just about everything in between in order to turn one of our most abundant natural resources into a viable business.
Running time 5:55 minutes.