Remarkable Engineering with Solar Impulse 2’s Flight Around the World
The flight around the world with 2 pilots via the Solar Impulse 2 is an amazing engineering feat. Take a look at the news and see how this compares to conventional carbon emission planes. I think the future is coming into focus. Far less weight, consumption and...
FEA and the Deepwater Horizon
I enjoyed walking the Offshore Technology Conference exhibits in Houston this past week. I saw many of you there, though traffic was a little down this year. The attendance was just under 70,000 people down from 95,000 a year ago. The nice thing about that was easy...
Inspecting Passenger Loading Bridges In Canada
This picture was taken in Ottawa, Canada where we were inspecting the installation of passenger loading bridges like the one shown. While boarding and unboarding planes may be a largely mundane action for you as a passenger, a lot of engineering thought goes into the...
The Robots Are Here
Does the pace of technology just blow your mind at times? One of the futurist proclamations is that robots will infiltrate every part of our life. Well, if you click the image above, you will see how robots are building a bridge using 3D printing technology....