Being a combat engineer in the army is really bad ass
Being an engineer isn’t usually associated with being a bad ass. In fact, it’s probably one of the gigs furthest from…
This Super-Stable Aluminum Battery Can Charge in 60 Seconds
This may look like a scrap of kitchen foil, but it’s actually a new kind of aluminum battery that could out-perform the…
This Mooring Tool Is Next-Level Design Sorcery
Every now and then, a bit of engineering comes by that is both deeply simple, and beautifully complex. This tool for…
Dog uses catapult contraption to play fetch with itself
I don't know who is smarter. The dog owner (apparently, an engineer) who built this catapult to allow his dog to play…
An Engineer Commissioned This Incredible Mausoleum For Himself
It's a rare kind of person who has the foresight (and cash) to hire an architect to design their own funeral mausoleum.…
What Happens When a Hardcore Rock Band Doesn't Pay Its Sound Engineer?
This song is supposed to be a hardcore rock song. And though it has the punching anger throat sounds of any respectable…
Making Edison's Batteries Charge 1000 Times Faster
Over a century ago, Thomas Edison developed a rechargeable nickel-iron battery, designed to power cars. Remarkably, the…
Death to the Dock Connector Is Imminent, Suggests Apple Job Opening
Apple has posted on their jobs pages a job opening at Cupertino for a Connector Design Engineer, which only strengthens…
Data Centers Will Be Manned By Engineers Sleeping in These Pods During the Olympics
The Olympics is all about grand feats of athletic prowess and endurance demonstrated by its competitors. But for the…
Apple Was Working On Porting OS X to ARM Processors
Apple seems to be doing very well with Intel processors in its MacBook range. But a recently published academic paper…
Hilariously optimistic 1954 magazine article proclaimed we'd all be piloting flying saucers by 1965
In a 1954 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, the magazine ran a wonderfully rosy piece titled "FLYING SAUCERS FOR…
Would You Climb Into a Capsule To Escape a Tsunami?
A pair of former Boeing engineers are building an escape pod that would let people ride out the worst of a Tsunami…
Every Day is a Fairground Ride for Wind Turbine Engineers
As you stagger into work and slump over your desktop like one of last night's zombies, engineer Ross Kennedy is having…
Meet the F-22 Engineer Who Saved Another Driver's Life by Crashing Into Him on Purpose
Duane Innes is a very smart man. He's in charge of Lockheed Martin's incredibly complex F-22 fighter program. But how…
Young Engineer Uses Webcam, Laser to Build Budget 3-D Scanner
Using little more than a webcam and a laser, a young engineer has built a cheap 3D scanner that dovetails perfectly…
How To Tell If You're Really Dealing With A Mad Scientist
There's a crazy guy with a death ray threatening to take over the world and claiming to be a mad scientist, but is he re…