Engineering

Greased Lightning: NASA’s New 10-Engine Hybrid Wing Electric Plane

Companies, including government contractor Lockheed Martin, are seeking ways to design radically more efficient military transport aircraft to reduce fuel costs and logistical problems related to landing and takeoff. NASA’s new GL-10 “Greased Lightning” Plane…

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558 Base Jumpers Just Dove Off the 1,358 Foot Princess Tower in Dubai, Captured in 4K!

Base jumping off the world’s second tallest residential building is something most sane human beings would not seek out, but the feeling is the exact opposite for adrenaline junkies. The 1,358 foot Princess Tower in…

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Low Global Oil Prices Could Last Decades, Stimulate Growth

Today, the price of oil is $60 a barrel. Over the past year, the price has remained under $100 and has been as low as the mid to high 40’s. Oil prices have not been…

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Watch Blue Origin’s New Shepard Space Vehicle Launch For the First Time!

Blue Origin’s New Shepard space vehicle launched on its first developmental test flight last week, marking a major milestone for Jeff Bezos’s company. Despite the fact Blue Origin was unable to recover the propulsion module…

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Skilling Up with Online Learning

As engineers, we learn a lot of the fundamentals of engineering in school, but as our careers develop, many of us feel that more training would be useful. When this has been the case in…

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This Team of Flat Robots Can Easily Roll Up Under Your Car and Move or Park It Autonomously

Are you terrible at parking? Probably… Well, lucky for you, the AVERT (Autonomous Vehicle Emergency Recovery Tool) system is a gang of flat robots capable of lifting a car up by its wheels and parking…

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Zero-Energy Groundfridge Uses Insulating Effect of Soil to Store Perishables

Refrigerators are responsible for a big portion of home energy use. In most homes, refrigerators are the second largest user of energy after air conditioners. With most of appliances, you can save energy by using…

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Real Time Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Supporting Sustainable Development

Canada is one of the world’s largest suppliers of forest products and is beginning to use Earth observation GIS technology, including remote sensing, to track 83 indicators to measure whether or not its forests are…

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This Realistic Humanoid Robot Can React to Your Facial Expressions

Humanoid robots have been fascinating people ever since the development of robots. In science fiction, these human-like robots are shown to be capable of emulating human expressions, but in reality the capabilities of humanoid robots are…

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Teaching Engineering With Cartoons & Funny Machines

Capturing the Imagination of College Freshmen Add simplicity, bright colors, creativity, and imagination and you’ve got the series of cartoons introducing young and old alike to economics, statistics, climate change, engineering, physics and more. One…

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