MIT wants to use the money to address issue like clean energy, food, and aiding illnesses (Photo via MIT) MIT is known around the world as one of the top universities in America. Thanks to their field of research, they're always on the cusp ...
Although most industry experts recommend every professional learn coding to become more diverse in the marketplace, it might not be worth it. Learning to code is exceptionally difficult, and eventually, may become obsolete. Coding has cer...
Marvel’s new STEM challenge tasks school girls with creating projects to reform the future. (all images via Marvel/Disney) In an effort to get more schoolgirls interested in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields, Mar...
Indiegogo launched a yearlong campaign to encourage women to crowdfund on the platform. The initiative offers exclusive coaching, events, and tools to help women succeed. (via Indiegogo) In recognition of International Women’s Day, Indiegogo lau...
In light of International Women’s Day, IET President Naomi Climer called for an end to engineering gender inequality. Women make up a measly 10 percent of the engineering workforce today. This past week we celebrated International Women’s Day – ...
See Part 1 here, telling the tale of an engineer three generations ago. Then Part 2 here, the current generation. Now for the next generation engineer - it's the third and final part of my exploration of the Printed Engineering Magaz...
See Part 1 here. Now, I go back to my college days... Several Printed Engineering Magazine (PEM) subscriptions were a requirement for all those in my engineering college. Issues were shipped directly to me. Then again, it wouldn’t have mat...
An issue of a random Printed Engineering Magazine (PEM) sat inside a top secret facility, school libraries, colleges, every engineer’s home at one point. From a print magazines to a global reach online today, PEMs have been an ever present reso...
A perfect way to end "Back to the Future Day" - Michael J. Fox tries on the self lacing Nike MAG shoes. Only took 26 years to make it real. ... This is great, by the way. www.youtube.com/watch Ever notice, everything truly cool in...
Doc Brown and Marty arrive today, October 21, 2015. So where are Jaws 19 and self-tying shoes? Today is Back to the Future day- meaning todays the day when Marty and Doc Brown arrive on October 21, 2015 and while that imaginary world looked futu...
More than 67% of Americans admitted to not being very happy in a Harris Interactive survey conducted in 2013. Couple this with an average of five hours of TV-watching every day and we wonder why people say we are a society of escapists. We are trying...
Workday, Inc. recently announced the launch of its investment fund, Workday Ventures, where it hopes to collaborate with machine-learning start ups to enhance its own products. It predicts big data will be instrumental to the success of all companies...
I wanted to delve into some of what it took to make a technology Kickstarter, so that others can be better prepared when they try to make one. My Kickstarter is for the PiSoC, an open source electronics development platform. It is designed to be easy...
Start-ups securing major venture capital for faulty valuations and concepts in April 2015. Mid-April proved to be a lucrative time for investors and security tech start-ups who secured massive investment from venture capitalists and from floatin...
According to YouGov Profiles, these are a few of the things that interest electronic engineers. However, it is a relatively small sample size of 420 people. But, it got us thinking… What does the average engineer like? Does su...
@DAB mentioned on my research post earlier in the series not to forget the costs of marketing, shipping and handling. These were not things I knew much about so I've done some more investigation. as I've been busy with the Enchanted Objects Design Ch...
Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack. (via linkedin.com) “No one's ever written a book called ‘Women In Tech.’ That's a huge oversight that I'm going to fix.” Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack writes these words on her new Kickstarter page called “Women In Tech: ...
Looking from the view of a packed office, it may seem that having a private consulting business with a private lab would be paradise. Nobody to walk up and bother you when under the gun. Nobody to use the communal toaster oven to heat up stinky lefto...
Anyone in a professional field feels that their station is deserving of a vacation or two each year. Even new hires at most companies are allocated a week off. However, this conviction begins to wane when working with non-salaried positions. Thanks t...
This is Micah Elizabeth Scott. Micah previously had a career in the software industry, and now has a second career in art. Micah's work focuses on applying new media techniques with a careful eye to the details of how the underlying technologi...
If I had to pick one root cause for all of mankind’s problems, it would be errors in perception. Measuring, assessing, and gathering data is well within our ability. However selecting what should be measured and interpreting the data to drive higher-...
This is Louis Beaudoin, owner of Pixelmatix, a New York based company. Pixelmatix sells controllers and LED matrixes to the DIY and early adopter market.SK: Where are you located? LB: I’m working out of my apartment in Manhattan SK: I remem...
Disclaimer: I’m an engineer, not a pro film maker. Be advised.www.youtube.com/watchI took a tour on the Inventables HQ and talk with founder Zach Kaplan about Easel and the future of CNC machining. It is a long video. Zach walks me through Easel in t...
At first blush, consulting seems like a ‘work-for-money’ trade. But clients don’t care about the work; they are only interested in the work product. The design, service, or patent that makes up the intellectual property (IP) resulting from an enginee...
