Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context — a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan,” said architect Eliel Saarinen. I also wrote about this idea in “A Step Up”
There seems to be a consensus among readers we heard from that the government and big business aren’t providing much in the way of training for science and technology jobs and careers while cutting way back on real R&D
It sometimes seems that professions and workers represented by unions do better than those without them. Examples include school teachers, autoworkers, airline pilots, state-employed doctors and dentists, and a host of others
The economic recession has abated somewhat, and hiring is on the upswing. Now you’re more likely to read about the travails of those interviewing for employment rather than people downsized out of jobs
The general public has finally noticed something engineers have long accepted as a fact of life: College engineering courses are more difficult than those for liberal arts
Light it up: Want to hoop it up after dark? SparkleGlo plastic optical fiber from Poly-Optical Products Inc., Irvine, Calif., makes it possible. Huffy Sports is using SparkleGlo with an LED for its new Light It Up lighted backboard and rim
Plastic locks safe for air travel: New Federal Aviation Administration regulations say luggage can no longer be sealed using locks that must be cut off or forced open
The recent series of public protests dubbed Occupy Wall Street seems to resonate with a lot of people. Protesters complain about social and economic inequality and a lack of jobs
Repurposed Materials (RPM) in Denver, Colo., is on a “green” mission. They are looking for by-products from your industry that may be candidates for “repurposing”
Readers heartily agree that their fellow engineers should put in some time at the local machine shop to get a real feel for what it takes to make the parts they design
