Mechanical engineers inspecting a lighthouse found a surprising message: a handwritten missive from workers of another age. Mechanical engineers found an old glass bottle with a message in a cavity in a wall at Corsewall Lighthouse in southwest Scotland.Northern Lighthouse … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, I gave a talk at Hannah Foxwell’s amazing AI for the Rest of Us conference about something that’s been brewing in my mind after years of working in DevOps, MLOps, and now GenAI: the barriers … Read more
As the world struggles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, researchers are seeking practical, economical ways to capture carbon dioxide and convert it into useful products, such as transportation fuels, chemical feedstocks, or even building materials. But so far, such attempts … Read more
Enlarge / The Merlin vacuum engine on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket fired for six minutes to place the Crew-9 mission into low-Earth orbit. NASA/SpaceX SpaceX is investigating a problem with the Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage that caused it to reenter … Read more
We are in the third golden age of AI. In the previous two golden ages (1950s-1960s and the 1980s), our expectations outpaced the capabilities of the technology at the time, leading to disappointment. In contrast, the AI technology of the … Read more
13 Jun 2024 5 min read Trina Solar’s assistant vice president of technology Yifeng Chen received the IEEE Stuart R. Wenham Young Professional Award for his technical contributions to photovoltaic energy conversion. Trina Solar When Yifeng Chen was a teenager … Read more
07 Apr 2024 7 min read Alan Kirby [left] and Mark Kempf with the LANBridge 100 with serial number 0001. Alan Kirby I’ve enjoyed reading magazine articles about Ethernet’s 50th anniversary, including one in the The Institute. Invented by computer … Read more
MIT chemical engineers have devised an efficient way to convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide, a chemical precursor that can be used to generate useful compounds such as ethanol and other fuels. If scaled up for industrial use, this process … Read more
Raylene Yung likes to say that her path into engineering management was in some ways gradual, and in others, a wild ride full of challenges at every twist and turn. Her first taste of life as an engineering manager came … Read more
Two of humanity’s most ubiquitous historical materials, cement and carbon black (which resembles very fine charcoal), may form the basis for a novel, low-cost energy storage system, according to a new study. The technology could facilitate the use of renewable … Read more