Your Engineering Heritage: The $25 Million Ceiling Fan and the £100 Million Server
In the 1800s, a signal or telegraph problem affected a few trains, and perhaps a hundred o...More
14 Aug 2017
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IEEE-USA’s August Free E-Book Explores Design, Communications, the Engineering Gender Gap—and More!
Former Spectrum Editor, Donald Christiansen, welcomes readers to (in his introduction) to ...More
11 Aug 2017
The Future of Automated Warfare
The concept of automated warfare is not new. Nor is its limited use for specific purposes....More
26 Jun 2017
The Bipartisan Stronger Patents Act Will Protect America’s Perpetual Motion Machine: Innovation
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced the "Stronger Patents Ac...More
21 Jun 2017
Beyond Devices: What Business Leaders Need to Know About the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is literally everywhere, and one cant help but marvel at how ...More
23 May 2017
What Happened to the Engineering Societies Library?
Once considered to be the major library of engineering publications worldwide, the Enginee...More
20 Apr 2017
Focus on Lithium-ion Batteries
Lithium-ion batteries have made headlines for cell phone fires, but recent woes do not sig...More
24 Feb 2017
The Golden Mousetrap
Cees Links, one of the pioneers of Wi-Fi, reflects on his ultimate engineering experience,...More
20 Feb 2017
Your Engineering Heritage: Magnetism in the Greco-Roman World
The electromagnetic revolution in the late 19th century profoundly changed technology and ...More
13 Feb 2017