Simple Machines Made Simple,’ which raised more than seven times its target on Kickstarter, wants to demystify mechanical ...

MT. COMFORT — Cayden Spoon stood before his fellow third-graders in his class at Mt. Comfort Elementary School. A model of a bed with a crank on the end of it rested on the table before him. “Are you ...

When you push or pull with a simple machine, you are applying a force and doing work. And, if you get more force out of a machine than you put into it, then that machine has a mechanical advantage.