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Learning can be fun, virtually
15 May 2012 by Kavitha Srinivasa
A virtual check indicates that technology is redefining the way children grow up. That's the reality of the digital age. We are not just talking about cool tech toys but also e-textbooks.
The mythology of innovation
14 May 2012 by Chris Edwards
The way analysts and executives talk about Steve Jobs as a great innovator, you have to wonder what handle any of them have on the meaning of the word, especially when so many of them espouse the mantra of being innovative in everything they do. In words if not in deeds.
Avoncroft Museum celebrates Strowger automatic exchange centenary
14 May 2012 by James Hayes
One hundred years ago this week the UK's first 'automatic' telephone exchange clicked into action in Epsom. It was designed by one Almon Brown Strowger who used electro-mechanical switches to
Brits plan visionary wired city for Portugal
12 May 2012 by Pelle Neroth
The idea of planned cities has always attracted visionaries, and we have seen examples like Brasilia, Canberra and St Petersburg. Now there is PlanIT Valley in Portugal.
Facebook's $96bn 'Like' button
8 May 2012 by Paul Dempsey
"One thing that there's never been is a map of everybody in the world and their relationships with each other."
Should engineers play God?
26 Apr 2012 by Dickon Ross
This month's cover shows Moses parting the Red Sea. There are plenty of theories about how he did it: it wasn't the red sea but something easier; it was a freak storm; it was a miraculous act of God. But it all went to plan, there were no ill side-effects, and he carried public opinion - well, among his own people if not the Egyptians. Engineers will have to be careful if they are to achieve as good results with geoengineering.
Your favourite reference books
25 Apr 2012 by Vitali Vitaliev
Readers of this column/blog never stop surprising me. I mean pleasantly. The feedback to my timid call to share a favourite reference book started pouring in immediately after I made it in my issue 2, 2012 "After All". The conclusion is that "After All" followers in their majority appear to be not just extremely well- read, but also - as it fits a true engineer - tremendously versatile in their passions and interests.
SpaceX Dragon Capsule – an annotated graphic
15 May 2012
In light of the Soyuz spacecraft blasting off today, in preparation for the arrival next week of the privately owned SpaceX Dragon Capsule, we present this infographic about the Dragon Capsule. Upon its arrival, it will be the first commercial space vehicle to dock with the International Space Station. Click on the graphic for an [...]
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