In January 2019, the Consumer Electronics Show kicked off in Las Vegas, Nevada. And it seems mechanical engineering, propped up by artificial intelligence, is the talk of the town. Mercedes-Benz...
Pearlitic steel, or pearlite, is one of the most durable materials in the world. This microstructure occurs in steel and can be made into steel wire. You might have seen...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been working on nano-electrofuel (NEF) flow batteries for electric aviation. This means they could eventually power aircraft with non-explosive liquid rechargeable batteries. The...
The World Economic Forum is inviting other industrial companies to study nine world-leading smart factories they have identified as having the latest in automation technology. Not surprisingly, these ‘manufacturing lighthouses'...
Artificial Intelligence may be the key to empowering rural education and ensuring a future where no students get left behind. At least that's what venture capitalist Kai-Fu Lee believes. The...
The Engineering Institute of Technology visited Kathmandu in Nepal, meeting with students and families in the area to encourage ongoing engineering education and skills development. Nepal is a landlocked country...
The Australian government is favouring universities and neglecting the vocational training sector. This is according to recent reports issued by the Australian Industry Group (AI Group). They charge the government...
Mechanical engineers are ready to unveil the mechanical clean energy technology that has been 10 years in the making. The engineering firm behind it is named Makani, a company tied...
As 2019 begins another year of engineering innovation lies ahead. This year’s engineering buzzword is: REVOLUTION. The cutting edge technologies that have begun to change the way engineers are educated...
An earthquake rocked the city of Anchorage in the state of Alaska on Friday the 30th of November 2018. On the Richter scale, it measured in at 7.0. Since then...
A substantive reduction in the global workforce - due to automation - is expected to occur in the next 3 years. However, according to a report by the World Economic...
Engineers often borrow from the natural world and biological processes for their work. But there was one natural process engineers could not fathom, or rather failed to take the time...
