A Wing is… Something that moves through the air and has low pressure on the top and higher pressure on the bottom. The curvature of a bird or airplane wing creates a pressure difference that generates lift. The wing provides…
The Kaleidoscope is made using three long mirrors with the mirror-sides facing each other forming a triangle. When looking down the tube that holds the mirrors, we see many images. Straight ahead, we see whatever is at the end of…
The Magic of Science Fair and Festival, previously planned for 2020 at Ripken Stadium, has been postponed until June 11, 2022. The 2022 event will feature sports competitions, drone races, play areas, magic shows, a major regional science fair, science…
Katie Bouman helped the world see a black hole. Fans want ‘a rightful seat in history’ for her.
"The ENIAC Story" is reprinted from here. The world's first electronic digital computer was developed by Army Ordnance to compute World War II ballistic firing tables. By Martin H. Weik, 1961 Ordnance Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD "...With the…
"Propelled by electric fans, the robots can fly and navigate autonomously inside the space station using their built-in software and six cameras. Designed to assist astronauts, softly humming as they go, the Astrobees will do housekeeping chores, such as monitoring…
The term "artificial intelligence" was coined in a proposal for a research project published August 31, 1955, by John McCarthy (Dartmouth College), Marvin Minsky (Harvard University), Nathaniel Rochester (IBM), and Claude Shannon (Bell Telephone Laboratories). They are credited with launching…
"In January 1975, Fuller sat down to deliver the twelve lectures that make up Everything I Know, all captured on video and enhanced with the most exciting bluescreen technology of the day. Props and background graphics illustrate the many concepts he…
Tree-Planting Drones Have Successfully Planted Thousands of Saplings – and They’re About to Plant More
High-speed photography was invented at Aberdeen Proving Ground, so we like sharing stories about innovations in photography. The photo booth that produced a strip of black and white photos has evolved since the first one was installed on Broadway in…