Category: Engineering
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More Robots – The Big Picture
Image via Wikipedia http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/more_robots.html Scientists, students and corporations continue their work around the world in the field of robotics, persistently improving and redefining their capabilities, interfaces and roles in society. Unmanned vehicles fly above war zones, telerobotics give humans a broader virtual presence and humanoid robots gain more parity with humans, refining their movements and…
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Environment may be why women don’t like computer science
Image via Wikipedia This was an interesting piece from the University of Washington about the environmental factors which subtract female students from Computer Science and I would suggest Engineering as well. Joel Schwarz joels@u.washington.edu Photo by Sapna Cheryan Just the appearance of science fiction memorabilia, computer game boxes and junk food in a classroom or…
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This Day in Tech
Wired has a great engineering and technology list appropriate to the day called This Day in Tech. Check out the site and see a plethora of information from a variety of past years and experiences.
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Engineering Resources @ Engineering.com
Today I was using Engineering.com which has a lot of free tools, an extensive engineering library, directories, and as a result is a online destination for engineers. If nothing else, browse the library, and don’t miss the article on the hovercraft as fall is approaching and as an engineer you don’t expect to use your…
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UofW Computer Science & Engineering Distinguished Lecturer Series
The public is invited! I believe we are going to attend some of these events. Call us if you are interested in getting together in Seattle at one of these. CSE Distinguished Lecturer Series Thursday, 10/01/2009, 3:30 p.m. in the Allen Center Atrium Charles Simonyi, Intentional Software Return to the Final Frontier Tuesday, 10/06/2009, 3:30…