By John Hayes on
6/27/2008 9:30 AM
The National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council published this week titled “Changing the conversation about Engineering”. I hope people hear them.
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By heywood on
6/26/2008 9:38 AM
Snagit 9 has a new UI, some great new features but most importantly it still does a great a job at what it was originally intended to do, take screen shots. Plus there's a coupon to save $10....
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By oddengineer on
6/25/2008 8:22 PM
A relic of the cold war, this sub base buried deep in a mountain in the Ukraine is an incredible feat given the era it was constucted.
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By BurtJordaan on
Thursday, June 26, 2008
What is gravity? The truth is that at the most fundamental level, no one really knows. This post covers the very basics of Einstein's gravity in terms of the gravitational acceleration that is caused by curved spacetime and velocity.
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By Jessie Nichols on
6/23/2008 9:07 PM
RedEye RPM and Alibre recently partnered to offer instant rapid prototyping quotes from Alibre Design. Designers and Engineers are familiar with rapid prototyping but may not have utilized such online services. Part 1 of this multipost segment focuses on the capability of RedEye RPM, use of the Alibre Design add-on, and the quotation process.
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By John Hayes on
6/23/2008 11:10 AM
What are the great challenges that engineers need to solve in this century. A bunch of really smart engineers got together and came up with an excellent list and a video.
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By oddengineer on
6/19/2008 7:32 AM
An essential sluice channel was dug to drain a dangerously rising lake as a result of the Sichuan earthquake. The scale of the problem is evident by the size of the dump trucks and other equipment in relation to the size of the channel.
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By John Hayes on
6/17/2008 4:10 PM
Today we launched free email for our registered members. It was pretty exciting to see the registrations rolling in.
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By oddengineer on
6/16/2008 9:07 PM
In order to protect a reservoir from sunlight 3 million plastic balls are being added. The sunlight causes a reaction between the bromide and the chlorine resulting in the carcinogen bromate forming.The balls will not only block the sun but will be loads of fun for local kids!
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By BurtJordaan on
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
This old 'enigma' has
puzzled scores of people over the last century. There are many so-called
'solutions to the twin paradox', but many are still left confused. Here's how
you as engineer should look at it.
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By John Hayes on
6/11/2008 8:38 AM
We gave a sneak preview of the upcoming ENGINEERING.com mail service to a dozen of our members. They told us what they thought of it.
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By Inspirtech on
6/10/2008 8:27 PM
This Video is an awnser to the following Question:
I'm looking for an easy way to generate holes at an angle using the
hole wizard. For example, suppose I need a set of drilled holes,
maybe for a spray nozzle or something, and they need to be say 12° off
of vertical. What's the easiest way to accomplish this using the hole
wizard?
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By Corporal Willy on
6/10/2008 11:05 AM
Can a six year old learn an MCAD application like SolidWorks? I endeavor to find out by teaching my borrowed next door neighbor's young son.
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