Engineering

Why You & Your Company May Be Vulnerable to Internet Viruses

Yesterday’s computer viruses are tame in comparison to today’s and the financial damages, while significant, pale in comparison. For a look back at some of the earliest malware a visit to Internet Archive’s Malware Museum…

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Stanford Engineer Proves Spider-Man is Plausible With Innovative Adhesive Gecko Gloves

Elliot Hawkes from Stanford makes it very clear that he and some of his peers “have an issue” with the idea that Spider-Man is not plausible. To silence the haters, Hawkes decided to develop a…

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How Cognitive Bias Makes Us Blind, Deaf & Dumb

If you played the recent record lottery in the United States that reached $1.3 billion, chances are you were suffering from one form of cognitive bias or another. It might have been the bandwagon effect…

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Improved Data Mining Sensors & Logging Techniques for the IoT

While humans gear up for the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that the world’s plants, animals and ecosystems are the Earth’s natural…

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Is VR Technology Now Becoming Mainstream?

In late November 2015, Samsung started delivering orders for its Oculus-powered Gear VR headset, providing its customers the chance to experience the new technology. After fulfilling its sales and distribution responsibilities in the U.S., the…

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Converting Atmospheric CO2 Into Diamonds & Carbon Nanotubes

Most humans are well aware of the feeling of being drunk and disoriented when they’ve had too much alcohol. Hypercapnia is a physiological condition in which excessive carbon dioxide in the blood stream is caused…

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Countries & Companies Leading the Aerospace Industry Into the Future

Aerospace Leaders In the Innovation Fast Lane When we look at the aerospace industry today and the countries and companies leading it, some basic themes emerge. Today’s top companies are building global aerospace ecosystems to…

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Wearable Technology, Employee Productivity & the Future of Work

Wearables are relatively new and a bit exotic, but they are just miniaturized computers attached to new sensors, wireless communications, and smartphones. According to Gartner, the wearables market will grow at 18.4% in 2016 on top…

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The Way to Survive in 2045 May Be In Artificial Bodies

Just 30 years from now, the earth may be uninhabitable for humans and most other life. The recent emergence of the zika virus is perhaps a sign of things to come. As humans get more…

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Elon Musk Declares MIT the Winner of His Hyperloop Design Competition

Last year, we documented the fact that Elon Musk would be holding a Hyperloop design competition. The competition had been ongoing until this past weekend when Musk declared MIT the winner of the Hyperloop design…

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