» Features

By Mark Devlin, IEN Staff

Labs, industries, academia, even consumers spent decades longing for more and more and more computing power. Unless you’re in an R&D lab working in virtual environments, crunching numbers to determine the effects of global warming, or proving Einstein right or wrong, today we’ve got more than enough computing power. How we use and interact with that power might, necessarily, be changing...

Categories: Industrial Equipment Noise •  (3) Comments

» Features

By Mary O'Hara Smith, IEN Staff

Is OSHA is doing enough to protect America's workers against dangerous dust? Or does the primary responsibility lie with employers and employees to follow existing safe procedures? (8/4/08)

Categories: Eye on Safety •  (1) Comments

» Features

By Jennifer Hooker, IEN Staff
From the humiliating to the downright stupid, we take a look at some of the worst mistakes in the technology world this week… (8/4/08)
Categories: FIX This Mess •  (0) Comments

» Features

By Mike Botta, IEN Staff

Seems like the more technologically advanced we become, the stupider we get. When technology fails, no one knows what to do or even how to do it, and disaster recovery is a thing of the past. (8/4/08)

Categories: FIX This Mess •  (1) Comments

» Features

By Debbie Maskin, IEN Staff
It's hard to believe that the slurry churned out of concrete mixers could have a green side but it does, and a Canadian company claims it has come up with a process that will make it much greener....(8/1/08)
Categories: Engineering Green •  (1) Comments

» Features

By Mark Devlin, IEN Staff

It’s easy to see The Light Side of The Force in engineering. Consider electrification or heating and air conditioning. There’s a Grey Side, too. Consider airplanes, automobiles, telephony, satellites, spacecraft, petrochem technologies. These technologies are largely good and may also harm. There’s also a Dark Side of engineering... (7/31/08)

Categories: Industrial Equipment Noise •  (0) Comments

» Features

By Mike Botta, IEN Staff 

If there’s an upside to global warming as melting Arctic ice opens up  cheaper shipping lanes, surely our collapsing economy will have a huge positive impact on all of us.  No jobs, no money, no places to live. But here's the upside ... (7/25/08)

Categories: FIX This Mess •  (9) Comments

» Features

By Mary O'Hara Smith, IEN Staff

Maybe GM shouldn't be paying its retirees' health benefits -- but how much sense does it make to organize health care coverage so that we lose it exactly when we're likely to need it most?...(7/24/08)

Categories: The Human Factor •  (1) Comments

» Features

By Jennifer Hooker, IEN Staff

While it won’t make sitting in traffic for hours any prettier, GM’s concept windshield will highlight a few objects for added safety… (7/24/08)

Categories: Design for Tomorrow •  (0) Comments

» Features

By Debbie Maskin, IEN Staff

Recently Honda began production of the first hydrogen fuel cell-powered car certified for regular commercial use by the EPA. But don’t make plans to get rid of that gas guzzler in your garage just yet...(7/25/08)

Categories: Engineering Green •  (2) Comments





Magazine Subscription | eNewsletter Sign Up | Advertise | Privacy Policy revised 10/07 | Contact Us | RSS 
Thomas Publishing | Thomas Global | ThomasNet 
Product Categories:   0-9|A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z Topics
   Companies:   0-9|A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
ienonline search