<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Explorehall</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/</link><atom:link href="https://explorehall.com/en/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Working 3D models of clocks, engines, locks and other machines. Turn them, slow them down, look inside, and read how each one works.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>How a wing makes lift, and what changes as the angle grows</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/airplane-wing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/airplane-wing/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>An airplane wing changes airflow and pressure to create lift. Adjust angle of attack, airspeed and flaps in a wind tunnel and compare flow and forces.</description></item><item><title>How big a crater would an asteroid make, and how craters form</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/experience/asteroid-impact/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/experience/asteroid-impact/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How are impact craters formed? Pick an asteroid's size, material, speed and angle, watch it cross the air, and see the crater, fireball and blast rings it leaves on 3D terrain.</description></item><item><title>Coral bleaching causes: why warmer water turns reefs white</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/walk/coral-reef-walk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/walk/coral-reef-walk/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>See coral bleaching causes in a 3D reef: raise the water temperature, follow NOAA heat stress levels and inspect a coral polyp at 100 times its size.</description></item><item><title>How to do CPR, use an AED, help someone choking and use a fire extinguisher</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/follow/cpr-firstaid/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/follow/cpr-firstaid/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Follow adult and infant CPR, AED pads, choking and a fire extinguisher step by step to the 2025 guidelines, and test your rate in a rhythm game.</description></item><item><title>How CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing works</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/crispr/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/crispr/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How does CRISPR-Cas9 work, step by step? In 3D, Cas9 slides along DNA to a PAM, its guide pairs with 20 letters, both strands are cut and bacteria beat viruses.</description></item><item><title>Swim to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in a 3D ocean</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/walk/deep-sea-walk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/walk/deep-sea-walk/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Swim to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in a 3D ocean with 113 animals, following changing light and pressure down to a depth of about 10,935 m.</description></item><item><title>How does a differential work in a car? A 3D gear model</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/differential/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/differential/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>See how a differential works in a car by steering a 3D open differential, comparing wheel speeds and watching what happens with one wheel on ice.</description></item><item><title>Dinosaur size comparison to humans: 172 life-size animals</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/walk/dinosaur-walk/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/walk/dinosaur-walk/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Try a dinosaur size comparison to humans in a 3D park with 137 dinosaurs and 35 other prehistoric animals, using a person and bus for scale.</description></item><item><title>Disc brake and ABS simulator: how they work, step by step</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/disc-brake-abs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/disc-brake-abs/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Press the brake pedal in 3D and follow the force from foot to pads. Switch ABS off, change the road surface and compare wheel lock and stopping distance.</description></item><item><title>How DNA replication works, step by step: Okazaki fragments in 3D</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/dna-replication/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/dna-replication/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>See how DNA replication works step by step at a 3D fork: pull the helicase, pair the next base yourself and watch Okazaki fragments form and join.</description></item><item><title>How does an elevator work? Counterweight and safety brake</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/elevator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/elevator/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How does an elevator work? Be the operator of a 3D lift, drag the counterweight and passengers, race three algorithms, then cut the ropes.</description></item><item><title>How a four-stroke engine works: two crank turns per cycle</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/four-stroke-engine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/four-stroke-engine/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A four-stroke engine needs two crankshaft turns for intake, compression, power and exhaust. Slow the cutaway to follow the valves, piston and pressure.</description></item><item><title>How GPS works: why your phone needs four satellites</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/gps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/gps/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>GPS finds position by timing satellite signals and solving for clock error. Change satellite count, clock error and relativity to see the map dot move.</description></item><item><title>Why a spinning gyroscope doesn’t fall over</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/gyroscope/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/gyroscope/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A spinning gyroscope precesses as gravity changes its angular momentum. Change the spin, compare torque vectors and stop the wheel to see it fall.</description></item><item><title>How a hanok is put together and heated by ondol</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/hanok/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/hanok/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Take apart timber joints in a hanok, light the ondol fire and follow heat under the floor. Change the eaves and date to compare sunlight in the room.</description></item><item><title>How a horse runs: walk, trot, canter and gallop</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/horse-gait/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/horse-gait/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How does a horse run? Watch a 3D horse walk, trot, canter and gallop, then compare the gaits of 20 animals, from camels to cheetahs, with footfall diagrams and tasks.</description></item><item><title>How does the eye focus on near and far objects? Try it in 3D</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/human-eye/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/human-eye/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How the eye focuses on near and far objects, in 3D: drag the lens, see the blur a myopic or ageing eye sees, fit glasses and find your blind spot.</description></item><item><title>How a lithium-ion battery works: where the ions go on charge</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/lithium-ion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/lithium-ion/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Charging moves lithium ions into graphite while electrons travel through the wire. Switch charge and discharge, inspect the cell and build a battery pack.</description></item><item><title>How a manual gearbox works</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/manual-gearbox/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/manual-gearbox/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A 3D cutaway five-speed manual gearbox. Change gear to watch a synchro ring match speeds in slow motion, and see why a shift without the clutch grinds.</description></item><item><title>How a pendulum clock works, and why its length sets the time</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/mechanical-clock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/mechanical-clock/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A longer pendulum swings more slowly, making a pendulum clock lose time. Adjust length, temperature and latitude, then compare escapements and daily error.</description></item><item><title>How does a mechanical watch work without a battery?</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/mechanical-watch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/mechanical-watch/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A working 3D watch movement with no battery: wind the crown, stop the balance wheel with a finger, and see heat, gravity and magnets change the daily error.</description></item><item><title>How a microwave oven works: the magnetron that makes the waves</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/experience/microwave-oven/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/experience/microwave-oven/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>The magnetron produces the microwaves that cook food. Look inside the oven, heat a layer of cheese and compare hot spots with the turntable on or off.</description></item><item><title>Why should you switch doors in the Monty Hall problem?</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/experience/monty-hall/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/experience/monty-hall/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Test why you should switch doors in the Monty Hall problem by playing with 3 to 100 doors and comparing switching with staying over 10,000 games.</description></item><item><title>Moon phases: why a crescent is not Earth’s shadow</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/moon-phases/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/moon-phases/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Moon phases show how much of the sunlit half we can see, not Earth’s shadow. Move the date in 3D to compare crescents, full moons and eclipse alignments.</description></item><item><title>Optical illusions: why equal grey tiles look different</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/experience/optical-illusions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/experience/optical-illusions/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Optical illusions change how equal tiles or bars appear in context. Read the grey values, mask the surroundings and change your view of an Ames room.</description></item><item><title>How to fold a paper crane and read its crease pattern</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/follow/origami-crane/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/follow/origami-crane/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Fold a paper crane in 30 moves, step back through reverse folds and unfold the finished bird. Show crease marks and separate layers to follow each fold.</description></item><item><title>How a piano works: the grand action and equal temperament</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/experience/piano/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/experience/piano/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Watch one grand piano key in slow motion as the jack throws the hammer and lets go, then play the keyboard and see each note's frequency worked out.</description></item><item><title>How does a pin tumbler lock work inside? A 3D cutaway</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/pin-tumbler-lock/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/pin-tumbler-lock/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>See how a pin tumbler lock works inside a 3D cutaway, comparing the right key with a wrong one and watching each pin meet or cross the shear line.</description></item><item><title>Pulley and hydraulic jack simulator: lift a crate and a car</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/pulley-hydraulics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/pulley-hydraulics/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Lift a crate with one to six rope parts and a car with a hydraulic jack in 3D. Change rope count or piston size and watch force, distance and work.</description></item><item><title>Reaction time test: how many milliseconds do you take?</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/experience/reaction-time/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/experience/reaction-time/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Test your reaction time to light, sound and choices in milliseconds, then follow the signal from eye to finger in 3D and see what your screen adds.</description></item><item><title>Robot arm: move the joints, how it works step by step</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/robot-arm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/robot-arm/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A 3D six-axis industrial robot arm. Drag the target to watch inverse kinematics set every joint, and see the wrist singularity and a cobot speed limit.</description></item><item><title>Why we have seasons: tilted Earth, changing daylight</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/seasons/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/seasons/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Earth’s tilt changes Sun height and day length, causing the seasons. Choose a date and latitude to compare daylight and how sunlight spreads on the ground.</description></item><item><title>Why do ships float?</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/ship-buoyancy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/ship-buoyancy/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Load a container ship in a 3D water tank, switch from sea to fresh water, then tip it over and see how G, B, M and GM decide whether it comes back.</description></item><item><title>How a solar panel works</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/solar-panel/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/solar-panel/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Zoom from a rooftop solar panel into one silicon cell. Change sun height, tilt, heat and shade, then watch the watts, bypass diode and inverter respond.</description></item><item><title>How tides work</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/tides/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/tides/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How do tides work? A 3D Earth, Moon and Sun with the tidal bulges drawn to a stated stretch. Move the date and hour to see high water, spring tides and neap tides change.</description></item><item><title>How a touchscreen works: how the glass finds your finger</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/experience/touchscreen/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/experience/touchscreen/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A touchscreen detects how your finger changes the electric field in an electrode grid. Pull the screen layers apart and press the test grid to see readings.</description></item><item><title>Why a tower crane doesn't tip over</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/tower-crane/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/tower-crane/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Move the trolley and the load on a 3D tower crane and see how load moment, counterweight, foundation, wind limits and the climbing mast change.</description></item><item><title>How a transistor works as a switch: the MOSFET gate</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/transistor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/transistor/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Gate voltage draws electrons into a conducting channel in a MOSFET transistor. Raise the voltage in the cutaway and compare current and inverter output.</description></item><item><title>Turbocharger: interactive model, take it apart</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/turbocharger/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/turbocharger/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A cut-away 3D turbo on a four-cylinder engine. Change throttle, boost and the intercooler to see turbo speed, air temperature, power and turbo lag.</description></item><item><title>What is under the street</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/under-the-street/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/under-the-street/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A 3D cut through a city street down to 18 m. Lift off the asphalt and soil layer by layer, tilt the sewer, and see which pipes a 2 m dig would hit.</description></item><item><title>How does a vinyl record work? Grooves, stereo and RIAA</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/collection/vinyl-record/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/collection/vinyl-record/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How does a vinyl record work? Drop the needle on a 3D turntable, cut your own groove, and see two 45° walls carry stereo at 33⅓, 45 or 78 rpm.</description></item><item><title>How a water treatment plant turns muddy water clear</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/water-treatment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/water-treatment/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A water treatment plant clumps fine particles so they settle and filter out. Change coagulant dose and grain size, then follow turbidity towards the tap.</description></item><item><title>Animal vision: see the world through 69 animals’ eyes</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/experience/animal-vision/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/experience/animal-vision/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>See a garden, a night forest, a reef and a farm from the air through the eyes of 69 animals, with the studies that measured each one.</description></item><item><title>Stone arch bridge: load it and watch how it carries weight</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/arch-bridge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/arch-bridge/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Compare a stone arch, a Pratt truss and a suspension bridge in 3D. Move a load and watch the thrust line, member forces and cable shape change.</description></item><item><title>How ATP synthase works</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/atp-synthase/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/atp-synthase/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How does ATP synthase work? A 3D model in six scenes: proton-motive force, c rings of 13 species, mitochondria, chloroplasts, bacteria, V-ATPase and the 1997 rotation test.</description></item><item><title>Bicycle gears: which gear makes climbing a hill easier</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/bicycle-gears/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/bicycle-gears/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A smaller front ring and larger rear cog make a hill easier to pedal. Shift the 3D bike, set power and gradient, and compare cadence across gears.</description></item><item><title>Braille, semaphore and fingerspelling: how the codes work</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/follow/braille-signals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/follow/braille-signals/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Braille is read by fingertip; semaphore uses flag positions. Type text to compare braille, semaphore, fingerspelling and maritime signals in 3D.</description></item><item><title>Why salt forms cubes: crystal structure and unit cells</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/crystals/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/crystals/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Salt forms cubes because its atomic pattern repeats along flat planes. Build crystal unit cells, compare lattices and test planes with X-ray diffraction.</description></item><item><title>How the Enigma machine worked: rotors, reflector and plugboard</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/collection/enigma/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/collection/enigma/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>How did the Enigma machine work? Type on a 3D Enigma I wired like the real rotors I to V, watch the rotors step, trace one letter through the reflector and decrypt a 1941 message.</description></item><item><title>How a jet engine works: where an airliner’s thrust comes from</title><link>https://explorehall.com/en/how/jet-engine/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://explorehall.com/en/how/jet-engine/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>An airliner jet engine gets most thrust from air pushed around its hot core. Compare seven engine types, change throttle and altitude, and read thrust.</description></item></channel></rss>