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Career Profile: Nate Ball
The host of PBS’s Design Squad show talks about his start-up, his degree from MIT, and getting kids interested in engineering.
High-Tech Jobs Slowing But Still Growing
The U.S. gained 91,400 high-tech jobs last year, bringing the total to 5.9 million, according to a report by AeA, a high-tech trade association.
Assault and Batteries
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories must hate batteries: They heat them to extreme temperatures, overcharge them, drive nails into them, and generally do whatever they can to destroy them.
Will Hybrids Heat Up the Grid?
The growing number of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks may or may not require new electrical plants in the U.S., depending on when they’re charged.
Looking Back
10 YEARS AGO — MAY 7, 1998
Virtual development for aircraft: Lockheed Martin
will perfect the Joint Strike Fighter and other advanced aircraft with the help of visualization software from
Engineering Automation Inc.
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Dream Jobs - Who’s Got Them and How to Get One
As part of our annual salary survey, readers tell us what the ideal career looks like.
Berke on Safety: The Case of the Flaming Hair Dryer
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Flying Underwater
The same principles that keep aircraft aloft are being used to let submersibles travel underwater.
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