Dear Colleagues Recently a motorist had his finger chopped off so that thieves could steal his expensive car. He was using biometric based fingerprint identification for the car. In applying...
Dear Colleagues ‘The explosive nature of a pipeline,is not far away from the force of a military explosion.’ So remarked Jim Hall, former (American) NTSB chairman. As recently as 2008,...
Dear Colleagues, It is all quite frustrating - the more you learn about a particular technology, the less you feel you know – esp. in the context of measuring flow...
Dear Colleagues Imagine deriving the entire power for a country from hot rocks a few kms below the earth’s surface. Read on about a clever (but very difficult) technology to...
Dear Colleagues Most people tend to underestimate or misunderstand energy savings – according to the latest research that is. We tend to focus on insignificant savings such as upgrading light...
The Art of Support: EIT’s Learning Support Officers InformationCategory Education10 September 2020Written by: Quintus Potgieter The Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT) is a unique global institute, delivering online engineering short...
Dear Colleagues In contrast to the well defined structures of engineering, it never ceases to fascinate me how the topsy-turvy way business actually works. In many cases, defying the laws...
Dear Colleague Although I can hear a few of you muttering... 'obviously a jack of all trades and master of none'; one of my passions is the study of engineering...
Dear Colleagues As you know, with the recent release of the various Apple iPhones and iPads; innovation tuned into the market is highly prized and rewarded. Rupert Murdoch, the news...
Dear Colleagues Remember those noisy motorbikes with plumes of smoke pouring behind them as they tore down the street? I grew up with them and aspired for one, although in...
Dear Colleagues One thing that we as engineering professionals tend to shy away from, is asking for a raise or an increase in fees for services we deliver to clients....
The Art of Support: EIT’s Learning Support Officers InformationCategory Education10 September 2020Written by: Quintus Potgieter The Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT) is a unique global institute, delivering online engineering short...
