{"id":9633,"date":"2021-10-20T12:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/?p=9633"},"modified":"2021-10-19T13:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T18:28:09","slug":"engineering-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/engineering-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Spooky Season! The weather is changing here on campus and it’s almost time for Halloween. You may wonder why the Engineering Library would care about a holiday that we celebrate by dressing up and eating candy. Remember – engineering is the science of applied EVERYTHING <\/em>and that includes Halloween! Come on in and check out our exhibit: Engineering Halloween. It will be up through the end of the month.<\/p>\n

Potions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Witches around a bubbling cauldron may seem far from scientific, but <\/span>humans<\/span> have<\/span> long <\/span>relied on <\/span>home <\/span>remedies<\/span> to <\/span>handle most illnesses<\/span>, the making of some may resemble brewing a potion. You won\u2019t find any eye of newt or blood of a dragon in modern pharmaceuticals<\/span>. <\/span>T<\/span>oday\u2019s cauldron, the glass beaker, <\/span>must<\/span> be able to stand <\/span>high heat<\/span>. <\/span>The ASTM creates standards for lab equipment to help ensure that chemists won\u2019t end up with their potion<\/span> on the bench. For more information on standards and their importance in engineering, visit our standards guide!<\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Ghost Hunting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some people believe that on Halloween the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds <\/span>is pulled aside, which makes it the perfect time to go hunting for ghosts! <\/span>If you\u2019ve ever watched <\/span>a ghost hunting show you might have seen <\/span>ghost hunters <\/span>use specialized tools like a spirit box or an EMF reader. <\/span>Other tools are more commonplace. For example, some ghost hunters use thermal cameras<\/span> and infrared thermometers<\/span>, like the ones in our Tool Library<\/a>, to capture cold spots \u2013 a supposed paranormal phenomenon. Sometimes ghosts can get more physical – like pushing and hitting people. Sometimes those sensations have a more earthly explanation that can be easily fixed. If people feel like they’re getting pushed down your stairs, check out a level to make sure those stairs are as flat and safe as they should be before you go calling the Ghostbusters. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Costumes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Want to take first place at this year\u2019s costume contest? Consider integrating some wearable technology into your look. Use CAD and a 3D printer to create your whole costume, or just a piece or two and you’ll have a costume no one else does. You can also make sure you’re seen by adding LED’s! Check out this LilyPad Constellation Project<\/a> to see the system in action. With a little knowledge of sewing and circuits, you can outshine the competition. With careful engineering and planning, you can also add elements like moving wings. It may be a little late to make glowing articulated wings like this project,<\/a> but it’s not too early to plan for next year! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stop in and see our exhibit “Engineering Halloween” which will be up for the rest of the month. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Spooky Season! The weather is changing here on campus and it’s almost time for Halloween. You may wonder why the Engineering Library would care about a holiday that we celebrate by dressing up and eating candy. Remember – engineering is the science of applied EVERYTHING and that includes Halloween! Come on in and check outContinue reading “Engineering Halloween”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":309,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,46,26,1],"tags":[],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/309"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9633"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9645,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9633\/revisions\/9645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9633"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=9633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}