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Every now and then, a bit of engineering comes by that is both deeply simple, and beautifully complex. This tool for…

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This song is supposed to be a hardcore rock song. And though it has the punching anger throat sounds of any…

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A pair of former Boeing engineers are building an escape pod that would let people ride out the worst of a Tsunami…

As you stagger into work and slump over your desktop like one of last night's zombies, engineer Ross Kennedy is…

Duane Innes is a very smart man. He's in charge of Lockheed Martin's incredibly complex F-22 fighter program. But…

Using little more than a webcam and a laser, a young engineer has built a cheap 3D scanner that dovetails perfectly…

There's a crazy guy with a death ray threatening to take over the world and claiming to be a mad scientist, but is…