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  • Engineering On Friday: Albert Einstein's Archives, Online

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    >Click the image<>Click the image<See the Albert Einstein Archives Online after this link. Cabehttp://twitter.com/Cabe_e14 See more Engineering On Friday comics in the Engineering Life group.
    • 30 Mar 2012
  • Engineering On Friday: Electric Avenue

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    >Click the image<>Click the image< University of Belgium students created a touchscreen interface using CRT monitors. The system requires a glove laden with phototransistors to work. Cumbersome apparatuses to operate a defunked techn...
    • 23 Mar 2012
  • Engineering On Friday: NASA Test Procedures

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    >Click the image<>Click the image<NASA's Robo-Glove gives a user a grip strength boost. It is possible with only 10 pounds of pressure, 20 pounds or more is experienced between the clutches of the gloves.  How many objects do yo...
    • 16 Mar 2012
  • Engineering On Friday: Superstar Robot Jockey

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    >Click the image<>Click the image< Robot Jockeys replaced child riders in the United Arab Emirates camel racing circuit due to international human rights pressure. Since then, several generations of the robotic riders have come ...
    • 9 Mar 2012
  • Engineering On Friday: Raspberry Pi

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    >Click the image<>Click the image<  Nothing more wholesome than Raspberry Pi.   Cabehttp://twitter.com/Cabe_e14 See more Engineering On Friday comics in the Engineering Life group.
    • 2 Mar 2012
  • Engineering On Friday: Time for a new job.

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    >Click the image<>Click the image<  The University of New South Wales has created an inexpensive, "perfect," single-atom transistor. The future of electronic devices for sure.  Hopefully no one will lose that atom... C...
    • 24 Feb 2012
  • Engineering On Friday: A toast to CPU and GPU collaboration

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    >Click the image<>Click the image<  North Carolina State University researchers have come up with a way to get a 21% boost in computer performance by making the CPU and GPU work together like a single unit. Sponsored by AMD, The...
    • 17 Feb 2012
  • Engineering On Friday: Kinect for Windows 1.0

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    >Click the image<>Click the image< As Kinect for Windows integrates itself into homes, how soon before we all start flailing our arms? I would say this is an accurate depiction of how one might look using the device. Inspired off of ...
    • 3 Feb 2012
  • Engineering On Friday: Sound-WiFi

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    >Click the image<>Click the image<In a recent patent application, Intel Corporation will attempt using sound as a way to authenticate connections between devices. Hopefully it will not make the already noisy coffee shop unbearable.  ...
    • 27 Jan 2012
  • Engineering On Friday: Up, Up, and Away

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    >Click the image<>Click the image< Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, aka DARPA, built and tested the world's fastest aircraft, the HTV-2. The craft is capable of speeds up to 13,000 mph, mach-20.During one of the test flight...
    • 6 Jan 2012
  • Engineering On Friday: Holiday Tree-Topper

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    >Click the image<>Click the image<  A "You know you are an engineer when.." joke applies here too.  Happy Holidays.Cabehttp://twitter.com/Cabe_e14 ps. Maybe I should make this a real item. I would not mind having one m...
    • 22 Dec 2011
  • Engineering On Friday: The Phone Interview

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    >Click the image<>Click the image<The typical attire worn by a phone interviewee is often enough some variation of the outfit above.  Does wearing pajamas or loungewear change how one presents themselves during a phone interview? Sim...
    • 16 Dec 2011
  • Engineering On Friday: Robot self-image

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    >Click the image<>Click the image<The dream of one engineer, Francisco Paz, brings the open-source robot "Q.bo" that can recognize itself in a mirror. Read more about it after this link.  Would error checking and correcting be consid...
    • 13 Dec 2011
  • Engineering On Friday: The room was bugged

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    >Click the image<>Click the image<The future of spy gear too soon include a plethora of bugs fitted with leading-edge technology, all thanks to the researchers at the University of Michigan.Cabehttp://twitter.com/Cabe_e14
    • 9 Dec 2011
  • Engineering On Friday: Animals in testing

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    >Click the image<>Click the image< It is unfortunate that animals are used for scientific testing. Imagine all the creatures that were needed to test every drug, every medical device, and every implant.Take the latest in augmented re...
    • 9 Dec 2011
  • Engineering On Friday: The brain chip

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    >Click the image<>Click the image< In an MIT-Harvard joint effort, a single human synapse was forged into an IC package. Read more here. Cabehttp://twitter.com/Cabe_e14
    • 9 Dec 2011
  • Classrooms in Florida use ‘facilitators’ instead of teachers

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     Like South Korea, classrooms in Miami are starting to use computers to teach kids instead of teachers. A ‘facilitator’ is in the room to make sure students progress. That person also deals with any technical problems. These virtual classrooms, ...
    • 19 Jan 2011
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