By applying an old proven principle—prestressing—to an ancient material—concrete—engineers are building strong, inexpensive, elegant, and quickly assembled bridges
Building a truly useful prosthetic arm remains a major engineering challenge: while new designs show promise, they still can't beat the utility of a simple hook mechanism that dates back to before World War I
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