Climate ‘tipping points’ can be positive too – our report sets out how to engineer a domino effect of rapid changes: fran_kie / shutterstock A young boy is forced to sit at a dinner table with grown-ups talking endlessly about grown-up stuff. He’s bored. He finds it hard at first, to push with his feet …
Elon Musk is an ‘engineer’ but Bill Gates is a ‘leader’ – new research shows founder personality can dictate startup success: From Elon Musk’s supreme confidence to Jeff Bezos’ ability to make smart decisions under pressure, some of the most successful entrepreneurs are known for their distinctive personalities. But these traits aren’t just interesting side …
Remembering South Africa’s “Grand Geek” Barry Dwolatzky – engineer and programming pioneer: Professor Barry Dwolatzky was passionate about innovation in all that he did. Wits University To some of his former students, Professor Barry Dwolatzky was the “Grand Geek” – a name of which he was very proud. But Barry, who passed away in Johannesburg, …
South Africa in the news: Lady Who Left Her Country with Only Two Bags Becomes Mining Engineer in Australia: Twenty-seven-year-old Naledi Millicent Mabidilala has inspired many by revealing she became a mining engineer in Australia two years after leaving South Africa.: “South Africa” – BingNews Niamh Algar: “The character is meant to be terrified and …
Remembering Tania Douglas: a brilliant biomedical engineer, academic and friend: Professor Tania Douglas is warmly remembered as an excellent scientist and a remarkable human being. Je'nine May/UCT Health Sciences Tributes from friends, colleagues, collaborators and students have poured in for South African academic Professor Tania Samantha Douglas, an internationally recognised scholar, biomedical engineer and innovator. …
Not an engineer? Find out where you belong: In the first article in this series, I explained the problems with dividing people and roles into “technical” or “non-technical” categories. In the second article, I shared some of the tech roles for people who don’t code. Here, I’ll wrap up this exploration into what it means …
My dramatic journey to becoming an open source engineer: It’s been five years and a heck of a journey from being a non-programmer to becoming an associate software engineer at Red Hat. It’s a story worth telling—not because I have achieved a lot, but because of so much drama and so many pitfalls. So grab …
Open windows to help stop the spread of coronavirus, advises architectural engineer: Artazum/Shutterstock Over 200 scientists, including myself, signed a letter that was published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases on July 6 2020 saying that COVID is not only spread by touch and droplets sprayed from the mouth and nose but, importantly, via a …
What you need to know about the CEO and chief engineer of Adafruit Industries: A two-inch-wide, jeweled LED disc sits on the desktop to the right. Colors dance, looping in rhythmic circles. A metallic green circuit board glints under the fluorescent lights of a south Manhattan factory. On the reverse side of the disc, stamped …
Does pushing the ‘walk’ button help you cross the street faster? A transport engineer weighs in: Shutterstock. According to an American study, people spend around 1.6 billion hours each year standing idly at the roadside, at the cost of US$ 2.6 billion to the American economy. With all this waiting around, it’s only natural to …
Day in the Life of an Electrical and Electronics Engineer – Follow John Poots, a graduate of electrical and electronic engineering at Queen’s University Belf… Video Rating: 4 / 5
Take a look at some Software Development Engineer in Test a.k.a SDET at Microsoft Ireland describing their unique role. To find out about the current SDET op… Video Rating: 3 / 5 Three recent college graduates have excelled early in their engineering careers at Rockwell Collins. Watch these three share more about their challenging ass… …
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