May08

VR Pulley System

This application intends to present elementary pulley systems as mechanical devices able to transmit force and reduce the effort required to lift loads. Three different pulley systems illustrate these characteristics and allow feeling the force required by each one when a load is lifted.

May08

VR Spring Constant

This application permits to interact with a simple spring element by using a haptic device of 1 DOF and to feel the spring reaction force to displacement imposed by the haptic device. It is possible to demonstrate how the spring constant depends both on the geometric parameters and on the spring material.

May08

Augmented Reality Nsensor

This application uses augmented reality in order to display dynamic information from NSensor monitoring devices.

Apr24

Piezoelectric Shoe

The New Frontiers of Engineering Award is an initiative promoted by the Portuguese Association of Engineers (Central Region) which aims to stimulate the interest of students in elementary and secondary education about STEM themes and in the engineering profession. Piezoelectric Shoe, was a work developed by students of the 12th year of Colégio da Imaculada Conceição school and candidate for the prize in 2016. Consisting of the development of a shoe capable of producing energy through movement, using piezoelectric crystals.

Mar21

How do touchscreens work?

How does a touchscreen work? Why can you text with your finger, but not with a q-tip? The physics of smartphones is a complicated and amazing mixture of engineering, physics, electronics and computer science.

Oct25

Geographical Engineering - Mission to Planet Earth

This video, from the Portuguese Engineers Association, presents Geographical Engineering and generally describes the profession of an Geographical Engineer and his present contribution to social and economic development

Oct02

Easy Maths for all ages!

The italian web platform REDOOC is providing an easy way to approach to all mathematics difficulties through small videos and examples. Test and games are included. The idea is that nobody is not able to be applied to STEM issues, it is matter to find the right apprenticeship style.

Feb17

Talent Check on line tool

Talent check is an online Career Guidance test that enables the assessment of professional interests and suggests the more suitable professions.

Feb06

Using ICT in education. New ideas and Tendencies

A comprehensive presentation in Greek about applications of ICT in the modern classroom, and how the employable are people who choose to study ICT and CS in education, not only as teachers.

May08

VR Friction Force

The application demonstrates the variation of the friction force between a body on a moving surface as a result of the body weight, the surface smoothness and the degree of lubrication.

May08

SoftBeam

The application allows the user to set up and test elastic beam structural models with built-in, fixed and/or roller supports, under point loads. The deformed structural shape is displayed, as well as the internal force diagrams.

Apr26

Junior Privacy

The New Frontiers of Engineering Award is an initiative promoted by the Portuguese Association of Engineers (Central Region) which aims to stimulate the interest of students in elementary and secondary education about STEM themes and in the engineering profession. Junior Privacy, was a work developed by students of the 6th and 7th year of Colégio da Imaculada Conceição school and candidate for the prize in 2016. Consisting of creating an alarm that allows privacy in the juvenile’s room and to know if someone came in during his absence.

Apr24

Humidity Sensor

The New Frontiers of Engineering Award is an initiative promoted by the Portuguese Association of Engineers (Central Region) which aims to stimulate the interest of students in elementary and secondary education about STEM themes and in the engineering profession. Humidity Sensor was a work developed by students of the 7th year of Colégio da Imaculada Conceição school and candidate for the prize in 2016. Consisting of the development of an humidity sensor, which was designed to be used in plant cultivation (small-scale and / or large scale) in a circuit that indicates when the soil is dry, which implies the need to carry out its watering. 

Nov13

Hedy Lamarr - The Beauty of WiFi

Hedy Lamarr - The Beauty of WiFi

The most beautiful actress of '40 should be remembered not  only for her 6 husbands, but also to be the inventor of principles used in nowadays wireless links.

Oct25

Computer Engineering - In a Flat World

This video, from the Portuguese Engineers Association, presents Computer Engineering and generally describes the profession of an Computer Engineer and his present contribution to social and economic development

Feb21

Energy for everyone

A task to gather data and reflect on electricity access: its main source, its users, its advantages and the environmental issues related.

Feb06

New Frontiers in Engineering

A comprehensive presentation on all new areas under the field of modern engineering, accompanied by a series of YouTube videos on key aspects of modern engineering