Harnessing Cybertech?
Many of us believed that technology could save mankind. Yet it now appears that many cyber...More
20 Dec 2019
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Everyone a Winner?
Today’s engineers may need to be satisfied with personal “wins,” without the acknowl...More
24 Oct 2019
KISS? “Yes.” TMO? “No.”
Simplicity was the key to KISS system design. Yet it was not always adhered to as more com...More
28 Aug 2019
A Salute to Captain William Eddy
When Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941, retired Navy Captain William Eddy volunteered to r...More
16 Jul 2019
The 737 MAX: An Accident Waiting to Happen?
The recent Boeing 737 MAX crashes, in both of which all passengers and crew were lost, b...More
2 May 2019
The Driverless Car Rumbles Toward the City
The question is not whether autonomous vehicles can be developed, produced and sold at com...More
14 Feb 2019
Craftsman Tools: Where Are They Now?
The Craftsman brand has changed hands over the years, but it has always been synonymous wi...More
17 Dec 2018
The Factory: It Comes, It Goes
Only about 8 percent of U.S. workers are employed in manufacturing jobs today. At the heig...More
11 Oct 2018
Smart Machines and Artificial Intelligence
It is in evaluating real-life situations that AI faces its greatest challenges, including ...More
14 Aug 2018