Engineers are the new Currency
Silicon Vally investor discusses keys to good investment companies: “Engineers are the new currency… having the right engineers that can innovate and deliver is absolutely vital to success… It takes a...
View ArticleDennis Hong, Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Professor, Leading Robotics...
Dennis Hong is the U.S. star in humanoid robotics Hong came by his interest in science naturally. He was born in 1971 on the exclusive Palos Verdes Peninsula, outside Los Angeles, and his father, Yong...
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Earnings by College Major – Engineers and Scientists at the Top
Median annual income by major based on data from the Georgetown Center On Education And The Workforce – via blog post: The Most And Least Lucrative College Majors. As we have posted about for years...
View ArticleBiomass Fueled Power Generator from All Power Labs
All Power Labs produces biomass fueled power generators. They have grown from a open science and engineering foundation to their current position. I really like how they are focused on promoting...
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International Science Research Scholar Grants
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation have announced the International Research Scholars Program which aims...
View ArticleSuper Awesome Micro Project – Full Size Lego Car
Here is an interview with Steve Sammartino (Australia) and Raul Oaida (Romania) on their efforts to build the car. The project built a fullsize car out of lego ($60,000 worth of legos) with a lego...
View ArticleFemale African-American Mathematicians at NASA in 1961
Hidden Figures is a film based on the experiences of female African-American mathematicians at NASA in 1961 including Katherine Johnson. It is easy to forget our history if we don’t make an effort to...
View ArticleProtecting Cows with Lion Lights
It is wonderful to see what great things people accomplish to improve their lives using sensible, and fairly simple, engineering. 15 Year-Old Kenyan Prodigy, Richard Turere, Who Created “Lion Lights”...
View ArticleAppropriate Technology: a Microscope and Centrifuge for Under $1
Malaria is estimated to have killed more than half the people that have ever lived. And it continues to kill millions. One big challenge is diagnosing malaria is difficult (those infected have flu like...
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