Tech Directions - August 2007 - (Page 36) more than fun Back to School Giveaway Casio wants to start the new school year off right by giving away two fx9860G Slim Graphing calculators to Tech Directions readers! The ultra-compact calculator features an easy-to-use icon menu, lots of memory, and allows viewing of equations exactly as they appear in a textbook. The two lucky winners will also receive a Skinit—a durable vinyl cover that lets you personalize your calculator while providing protection from scuffs and scrapes. To help with the giveaway, we’ve enlisted our old friend the Dingbat, who has agreed to come out of retirement for a brief game of hide-and-seek. He’ll be hiding on one of the pages in this issue, disguised as Kilroy (L). To enter the contest, simply find the dingbat, jot down his location, and send it to pam@techdirections.com. Or mail your answer to: Casio Giveaway, c/o Tech Directions, PO Box 8623, Ann Arbor, MI 48107. The two lucky winners will be announced in our October issue. Happy hunting! J Transportation Technology Inventors Each of the inventors listed below made a great contribution to the field of transportation. See if you can match up the inventor with his invention. 1. August Fruehauf 2. Ole Evinrude 3. Donald Douglas 4. Edwin Link 5. Igor Sikorsky 6. Orville and Wilbur Wright 7. John Fitch 8. Elijah McCoy 9. Gottlieb Daimler 10. Allen Breed A. Pioneered piloted powered flight B. Made the first operational steamboat C. Built the first trainer to provide ground instruction for new pilots D. Invented the first airplane that could lift a load that exceeded its own weight E. Invented an automatic lubrication system for locomotive steam engines and factory machinery F. Developed and built the first semitrailer G. Prototype of the modern gas engine H. Built the first practical helicopter I. Patented the first successful car air bag J. Invented the first practical outboard motor Mist-Directions Wacky Scientific Units 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurt o An electrical motor on an 18-foot boat traveling at 24 mph for 38 minutes stops at the shore. The wind was gusting at 26 mph the entire time. In which direction does the smoke from the motor travel, assuming the boat traveled due north the entire time?—Reed Gilbow, Cleveland (OH) Career Development & Technology Center. e Time between slipping on a peel & hitting the ground = 1 bananosecond Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake 2 million bicycles = 2 megacycles 1000 milliliters of wet socks = 1 literhosen 1 millionth of a fish = 1 microfiche 10 rations = 1 decoration See answers on page 35. We will pay $25 for brainteasers, one-period challenges, and puzzles; $20 for cartoons; and $5 for jokes and humorous anecdotes used on this page. Preferable theme for all submissions is applied science, technology, and technical education. Send contributions to “More Than Fun,” PO Box 8623, Ann Arbor, MI 48107-8623. “Well. Billy, I suppose you have some lame excuse for not having your assignemnt today.” 36 techdirections ◆ AUGUST 2007
For optimal viewing of this digital publication, please enable JavaScript and then refresh the page. If you would like to try to load the digital publication without using Flash Player detection, please click here.