For as long as humans have been on Earth we’ve been trying to see further. We’ve been up trees, climbed hills, and built a variety of stony highpoints to gaze inquisitively over the landscape. And then we discovered that glass, curved one way or another, could enlarge our view. And we became entranc...
Approaching the topic of coal as a serviceable fuel is fraught with the danger of severe criticism. So while the concept of "clean coal" has been a topic of debate and much controversy, and much is being done to reduce certain emissions associated with coal combustion, the term can be misl...
There is at times considerable gloom about the state of the world, the environment, and how we may be damaging the Earth for future generations. But in essence, if we look up, we will discover that we have an impressive amount of scientific knowledge and technical and engineering skill to fix just a...
A few years ago we had hardly heard the term artificial intelligence. Now it is everywhere, seemingly involved systematically in our daily lives and creeping evermore into how we interact with our world. From virtual assistants to self-driving cars, AI is making its presence felt in various areas, i...
There are definitely two ways in which we engineer the news. The first is considered agenda appropriate where news may be slanted in all sorts of clever and devious ways to fit the narrative of the producers – and the other is the extraordinary effect of technology on how we receive and convey news....
It’s perhaps demeaning to know that although we may design an ingenious solution to a difficult problem, there is something scuttling underfoot – something we might stamp on without a backward glance – which has already done it.
Studying insects is nothing new for engineers who have long envied some ...
There’s no doubt that reviewing human engineering progress without including the momentous invention of rail would leave a hole big enough to drive a train through (excuse pun). The advent of rail introduced speed across a variety of terrains, the potential for bulk materi...
When a computer does its amazing magic and executes the exact actions you expect, you should be thanking a software engineer. From business operating systems to network control to computer games to banking solutions and a vast host of working platforms, our lives are made easier, faster, and more ef...
No matter what kind of business you operate, with the growing expense, and complexity of running any modern operation, comes the management headache: how to manage a wide range of specialist functions while remaining efficient, cost-effective and on top of processes. As an organisation evolves, mana...
After the medical profession, engineers must be the next group who have most significantly contributed to the lifestyle and comfort we enjoy today. From massive projects such as roads and bridges to smaller everyday articles such as washing machines, toasters and hairdryers – engineers are the peopl...
