Demonstrate a how a special optical fiber
could be used to measure electrical current, flowing in a wire.
Illustrate
how a micro-mirror array could be used as a high speed light modulator.
Build a working model of a Sterling cycle
electrical generator, powered by concentrated sunlight.
Illustrate how a vortex air swirl could be
used to separate minerals on the Moon or Mars.
Demonstrate a working solar furnace.
Illustrate how it might be used for making glass and steel.
Demonstrate how light pipes could be used to
bring natural sunlight to a manned habitat below the surface of the Moon
or Mars.
Demonstrate how many materials, such as
plastic and rubber, become very brittle when cooled to dry ice
temperatures. Demonstrate
other materials that don’t become brittle.
Illustrate how a blimp could be
used on Mars to take detailed photos of the surface.
Build a working model of a “hanging weight”
energy storage system that could be used on the Moon or Mars.
The weight would be lowered into a very deep canyon and would be connected
to a motor/generator.
Demonstrate the insulation properties of glass
foam. Show how such materials
might be used on the Moon or Mars.
Build a working model of a system that uses
pressured Marian air as a means to store energy.
Demonstrate the principles of a greenhouse.
Show how such structures might be built on the Moon and Mars.
Build
a working model of a spring powered electrical generator.
The device might be used to power a flashlight or a radio.
Demonstrate a “snap action”
electrical generator.
Pressing the snap button could kick spin a magnet, which is surrounded by
a coil . The device might be
used to power garage door openers or unlock car doors without batteries.
Illustrate how a jet of water at 10,000 psi
can cut thick steel plates.
Demonstrate
how optical fibers and a laser could be used to detonate explosives
safely.
Illustrate
how optical fibers could be used for sensitive instruments measuring
pressure, temperature, motion, magnetic and electric fields, vibration and
biological changes.
Demonstrate
how optical fibers can transfer optical images.
Devise
a fluorescent lamp that emits near infrared light using special phosphors.
Illustrate
how lasers could be used to sense speed of a moving material.
Demonstrate
how sandblasting with solid carbon diode reduces dust.
Illustrate how electrically
conducting “Velcro” could have many uses.
Display how noise
cancellation techniques might be used for something.
Illustrate an
attachment for a camcorder that allows views inside your mouth.
Experiment with
infrasonics (very low frequency sound). Build a working unit that can
process the low frequencies and make them audible.
Demonstrate how
Ferro-fluids might be used for something.
Demonstrate that colors
can be produced from a spinning wheel that contains only black and white
lines. Try to explain why it works.
Demonstrate the
superior strength of some composite materials over conventional steel and
wood structures.
Illustrate how an audio
CD player works. Show how much more information could be put on the
CD if a deep blue 350nM laser were used instead of a 830nM infrared laser.
Demonstrate that simple
electrical nitrogen sparks in air are powerful light sources with very
fast rise and fall times. Describe some possible uses for the light
pulses.
Illustrate how optical
radar would work. Show by using the speed of light, the distance to
objects can be measured.
Illustrate how a
scanning electron microscope works.
