How Things Work

The door stop, acts as a spring,   pushing the door back so that it won't hit the wall. My room By: Nicole Pena 

Weston Shosid Taken in my dorm room converts potential elastic energy, stored in the spring, into kinetic energy in the golf ball.

The springs used in a bed support the mattress and keep the mattress from falling through the bed frame. Taken at Whitis LLA.

The staples uses a spring  and potential energy to push the staples towards the front, so they can be pushed out. 3rd Floor Jester Wes...

The spring from a pen at home contains elastic potential energy to write with.

A spring supporting the suspension on the Longhorn Racing car ETC Lobby By Mitchell Johnson

This stapler uses elastic potential energy to press the staples flush against the wall of the machine. When the staples are flush the teet...

  Description: The spring within the head of this electric shaver pushes up blades against a metal screen to shave off unwanted facial h...

The back of my quad and its shocks. Photo by: vanessa manzano

The two springs located underneath the trimmer contain potential energy to expand until the locking mechanism is unleashed and the trimmer...

The spring in the stapler is used to keep the staples in place by compressing and retracting depending on the number of staples in the st...

This spring compresses and pushes back the door when it comes into contact with it, preventing the door from hitting the wall.  South Austin...

This slinky, when fully outstretched has Elastic potential energy. When I let go, the slinky contracts, changing that potential energy int...

This machine is locates at ECJ basement.  Civil engineering students use it in compression to test concrete strength. The spring keep the...

A restroom Hose. When you push the hand to let the water come out and then leave it, there is a spring attached to the hand make it go bac...

        The springs on the hole puncher store potential energy in the form of compression when the hole puncher is depressed. This turn...

The click pen works because of the spring.  The spring has created tension with the ballpoint of the pen, which permits it to stay expo...

When the top of a pen is clicked down, a spring is compressed (storing elastic potential energy) so that when it is clicked again it can ret...

This spring keeps the stall door from staying open when it is opened. Carothers Dorm. third floor.