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  • Peter Scott-Morgan - The world's first human cyborg passed away at 64 years old

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    Peter Scott-Morgan, the world's first human cyborg, passed away after his 5-year battle with ALS. (Image Credit: Facebook/Peter Scott-Morgan) English scientist Dr. Peter Scott Morgan, the world's first human cyborg, tragically passed away af...
    • 20 Jun 2022
  • Remembering early pioneers Stephen Wilhite and John Roach

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    (Image credit: Getty Images) On March 14, 2022, Stephen Wilhite, Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) creator and computer scientist, passed away due to COVID-19 complications. He was 74 and in the presence of family members at the hospital. His ...
    • 28 Mar 2022
  • Pharrell Williams’ Black Ambition foundation gives $1 million to black-owned startup Livegistics

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    Black Ambition aims to give support and guidance to Latinx and black owned startups. Livegistics founders Andre Davis and Justin Turk. (Photo from Kai Davis) Pharrell Williams is known for his impressive musical resume. He’s worked w...
    • 4 Mar 2022
  • David Boggs, Co-inventor of the Ethernet has passed away, aged 71

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    David Boggs is well-known for helping to develop the Ethernet protocol. (Image Credit: Wiki, Xerox) Heroes of modern electronics are passing away. We lost another recently. David Boggs, electrical engineer, computer scientist, and co-inventor of the...
    • 2 Mar 2022
  • Engineer at the Movies – Reviews – Justice League 2017 & 2021 — Right Arm of the Batman

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     Justice League from back in 2017; the movie was so terrible – I quit writing reviews after seeing it. I was so distraught with the idea of thinking about it again that I gave up.  It’s been four years. I think my mental blocks had mel...
    • 24 Mar 2021
  • TV Series and Movies for Engineers to Watch During the Pandemic

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     With the pandemic sweeping the globe, most non-essential workers are self-isolating, which includes us, engineers. Although free time allows us to catch up on some unfinished projects, it also allows us to binge-watch our favorite shows and mo...
    • 10 Apr 2020
  • Engineer at the Movies – Reviews – “Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers"

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    (Image credit: Jeremy Corbell via Vimeo)  Forewarning, there are spoilers ahead. Here it is, the biggest spoiler: If you plan to watch the documentary, you won’t get that hour and a half back, or your money either. Granted, I’m dubious when...
    • 31 Dec 2018
  • My Holiday Card for You All - 2018

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    Click on the pic to make it bigger! Click on the pic to make it bigger!   Thank you all for a great year! Maybe by next year I'll make this tree canon a reality.  Cabe http://twitter.com/Cabe_Atwell
    • 20 Dec 2018
  • Stan Lee, Inspirational Hero, and Godfather of Marvel Comics Passes Away at 95

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    (Image credit: Alan Light via Wikipedia)  “I am the least scientific person you’ll ever know,” is a Stan Lee quote he gave during a PBS interview back in 2013 about the ‘Science of Comic Books’ that struck me as funny. Not ha-ha funny, but amusi...
    • 14 Nov 2018
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... Won't You Be My Neighbor?

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    www.youtube.com/watch If you grew up in the 1960’s, 70’s, 80’s, or 90’s you already know Fred Rogers. You spent a lot of time in “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood.” I did for sure, it was my favorite kid’s show. When Fred Rogers passed away in 2003, ...
    • 22 Sep 2018
  • EatM: Reviews – Star Wars The Last Jedi – “I find your lack of montages disturbing"

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    (via Disney) SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS... not many. I don't talk much about the twists and turns, but... be warned.... Two years between anthology films is a brutal wait period. It builds up anticipation beyond all measure. With it, a th...
    • 15 Dec 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

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    Valerian's poster. Looks like tons of fun to me... (via EuropaCorp) www.youtube.com/watch If you liked The Fifth Element you’ll love Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, right? Well, hold on a minute. Not everybody agrees. ...
    • 12 Aug 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... Spider-Man: Homecoming

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    Two movie posters. I love the drawn one most. (via Marvel Entertainment) Spoilers ahead!  The Peter Parker of this film is a nerd… but he’s OK with the label. I love this. No longer is he a sad sack or tortured soul superhero. It’s imp...
    • 7 Aug 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews… Alien: Covenant

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    (Images via and TM of Twentieth Century Fox)  It’s hard not to feel letdown by sci-fi these days. Ghost in the Shell, Life, Passengers, Transformers The Last Knight, all glorious looking wastes of time. To add to that, these films are ...
    • 12 Jul 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews… Transformers The Last Knight (2017)

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    (Spoilers ahead)  It’s nonstop angry people in this film. The Autobots are angry. The military is angry. Science people are angry. Every main human character is angry. The Decepticons are, of course, angry. Even a new polite-butler rob...
    • 2 Jul 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... LIFE (2017)

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     Life, the movie, is a let down. Been done, cliché, a non-science science fiction monster movie. Predictable to the end.One thing I learned from watching… “life” is precious, don’t waste it watching Life (2017). That said, allow me to expla...
    • 9 Jun 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... The Wave (2016)

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     It’s another science-hero movie, and it’s a good one.  Spoilers, be warned.... Geologist Kristian Eikjord is about to leave picturesque Geirangerfjorden for the much flatter Stavanger… but on last days of anything, does that day ever ...
    • 26 May 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... Deepwater Horizon (2016)

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    Deepwater Horizon: Why Corporate Greed, Ineptitude and Shortcuts are Hazardous to Your Health. Shoddy cement job, failed equipment and erupting methane gas, what could go wrong? (Image credit Summit Entertainment)  Deepwater Horizon is about as ...
    • 1 May 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... Ghost in the Shell (2017)

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    Maybe the One Movie Where a Live Action Adaptation isn’t Horrible.This image of a robotic Geisha is one of the incredible props designed by the Weta Workshop that is featured in the Ghost in the Shell. (Image credit DreamWorks) Why does it seem ...
    • 22 Apr 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews… Shin Godzilla (2016) – Science vs. the Beast

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    I avoided Shin Godzilla (Godzilla Resurgence) for looking silly. But a bored, trapped audience will watch anything. I had no choice. Either this or stare at a wall. I’ve watched the wall too much, so… I’m glad I did watch this Godzilla movie. I ...
    • 17 Apr 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... Logan (2017)

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    Logan: Why Kids and Telepaths are Nothing but Problems. Image credit 20TH Century Fox.  Yes, I am a fan of Marvel comics and have an extensive collection of X-Men and Wolverine issues dating back to the mid 80’s and some going back a decade earl...
    • 31 Mar 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... The Railway Man: When a Simple Radio can bring Salvation or a World of Hurt

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    Image credit Lionsgate.  Spoilers Ahead ─  At the beginning of time the clock struck one- Then dropped the dew and the clock struck two- From the dew grew a tree and the clock struck three- The tree made a door and the clock struck four- Ma...
    • 29 Mar 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews... Snowden (2016) & kind-of Citizenfour (2014)

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    LEFT - Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden from Snowden (2016)  RIGHT - The real Edward Snowden from Citizenfour (2014) In my opinion, Snowden is a dramatized prequel/sequel to Citizenfour (2014), the real life documentary of Edward Snow...
    • 17 Mar 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews... Star Trek Beyond - Or Why the USS Yorktown Needs its Own Movie

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    All image courtesy of Paramount Pictures.  A misunderstanding is how it begins, revenge is what’s sought, and the adventure continues- that’s Star Trek Beyond in a nutshell. Obviously, there will be some Spoilers ahead, so stop now if you haven’...
    • 10 Mar 2017
  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews... Hidden Figures (2016)

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    www.youtube.com/watch Kids have it easy today. Their phones could compute the orbital trajectories John Glenn took in 1962. I think there is even a browser-based calculator too. Human beings were “the computers” back when Hidden Figures takes pl...
    • 3 Mar 2017
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