Archive for 'June 2009'

Engineerography Blog, Version 2

by Kevin C. on Jun 30, 2009

Think of this as our attempt at a relaunch, complete with a slightly refreshed design. Starting tomorrow, July 1, Engineerography 2 will be in effect. We hope to bring more content to you guys too.
There are  a bunch of subtle changes used to improve the user interface of the site (we hope), one of which [...]

Weekend Site Maintenance

by Admin on Jun 27, 2009

Let’s see if this works.

Design Problems with the 787

by Kevin C. on Jun 26, 2009

A few days ago (this past Tuesday), Boeing had to once again delay the maiden flight of the much-anticipated Boeing 787 Dreamliner. It is no surprise that it has harmed the company’s public image stock price as well as had damaging effects on deals with Qantas and Virgin, for example.
According to the Wall Street Journal:
Despite the [...]

Mars Mission Research Applied to Life on Earth?

by Hans F. on Jun 25, 2009

An interesting article from ScienceDaily reports that techniques being researched for an upcoming European mission to Mars could be directly applied to help address the energy crisis here on Earth. Basically, the process of separating organic material from space rock could be applied to purifying the large quantities of water required to refine unconventional fossil [...]

Science and Engineering: Differences Revisited

by Kevin C. on Jun 23, 2009

Back in February, I had written a post about the differences between science and engineering, titled “Science Isn’t Engineering; Engineering Isn’t Science.”
This morning, I came across a very interesting blog by a guy named Eric Drexler, who writes about science and technology at Metamodern.com. He elaborates more on the topic that I had superficially written [...]