All articles tagged with #engineering
The article reflects on lessons learned from 14 years at Google, criticizing the company's user experience, internal culture, and the disconnect between engineers and user feedback, while also discussing broader industry trends affecting UX quality.
China has developed a new hypergravity centrifuge, CHIEF 1900, capable of generating accelerations of 1,900 g·tonne, to study materials and fundamental physics under extreme conditions, with applications in civil engineering and scientific research, though such forces are lethal to humans.
China has opened the Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest expressway tunnel, in Xinjiang, reducing travel time between Urumqi and Korla to 3.5 hours. Built over five years at an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet, it utilized innovative construction methods to overcome extreme environmental conditions, setting world records for length and depth.
Researchers at the University of Leicester have developed a practical design framework for magnetic cloaks that can be manufactured and tailored to complex shapes, moving the concept from theory to real-world applications such as shielding sensitive equipment from magnetic interference in various industries.
WSP is acquiring TRC for $3.3 billion to become the largest U.S. engineering firm, expanding its Power & Energy sector and enhancing its capabilities across water, infrastructure, and environment, with expected financial and strategic benefits.
Mason Peck, an aerospace engineer at Cornell, describes how his team was developing innovative spacecraft designs, but their work was halted by a stop-work order, highlighting the impact of funding cuts on scientific research during the Trump administration.
An Australian gamer, Natalie The Nerd, transformed a LEGO Game Boy set into a fully functional gaming console by integrating a custom motherboard and creating functional controls, showcasing creativity and engineering skills, with plans to share her process to inspire others.
Polytechnique Montréal engineers have developed a new parachute design inspired by Japanese kirigami, which uses intricate cutting patterns to create a self-stabilizing, adaptable, and more accurate air delivery system that could revolutionize logistics, disaster relief, and space exploration.
China's Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge, the world's highest suspension bridge at 2,051 feet, is a groundbreaking engineering feat that will significantly improve transportation and boost tourism in Guizhou Province, featuring glass-bottom paths and observation platforms for visitors.
Purdue University is ranked as Indiana's top public university and is among the top 50 in the U.S., with 20 undergraduate programs in the top 20 nationally, especially excelling in engineering and STEM fields, according to U.S. News & World Report 2026 rankings.
Ford's Mustang GTD is an 815-horsepower, race-inspired street car that combines extensive modifications, including plasma-cut body panels, a custom pushrod suspension, and aerodynamics, to create a halo vehicle aimed at showcasing Mustang performance and engineering prowess, despite its high cost and some design compromises.
Researchers at USF have discovered that salamanders and chameleons use a similar ballistic tongue mechanism, which could inspire new engineering technologies for medical, disaster response, and space applications.
Engineers are successfully maintaining a 1970s spacecraft, dubbed 'The 47-year-old marvel,' allowing it to operate in interstellar space, showcasing advanced engineering and space exploration capabilities.
A BYU student discovered a new origami pattern called 'bloom patterns' with potential applications in space, medicine, architecture, and more, opening up infinite variations for practical use in deployable systems and design challenges.
Researchers have discovered a new class of origami called bloom patterns, which are rotationally symmetric and resemble flowers. These patterns are promising for building foldable structures for space exploration due to their compactness, ability to be made from a single sheet, and scalability.