Interesting Engineering

Interesting Engineering is a cutting edge, leading community designed for all lovers of engineering, technology and science.

• Digital Literacy 101: A Guidemap to Becoming a Data Citizen (2022/01/16 11:04)

  Many of us feel disempowered against the sheer reach of big tech, but there are things that we can do.
• The Biggest Danger of AI Isn't Skynet — It's Human Bias That Should Scare You (2022/01/16 10:31)

  Artificial intelligence doesn't hold a candle to the human capacity for harm.
• Scientists Are Mapping Every Solar Panel in the World With Machine Learning (2022/01/15 17:26)

  Going over 550 terabytes of imagery and several human lifetimes worth of computing.
• Moon Bats, Venusian Dinosaurs, and the History of Alien Life (2022/01/15 17:23)

  Some very serious scientists had some very weird ideas about alien life.
• Tesla's Cybertruck Production Delayed Once More Till 2023 (2022/01/15 17:11)

  The carmaker is working on making its electric truck more appealing as competition rises.
• Make Your Own Fancy Toilet Paper Dispenser With This Guide (2022/01/15 17:04)

  A pinnacle of over-engineering.
• NASA Might Not Have Enough Astronauts to Complete Its Ambitious Missions (2022/01/15 15:38)

  It currently has one of the smallest cadres of astronauts in the past 20 years.
• Xometry: The Simplest Way to Embrace Scalability Using On-Demand Manufacturing (2022/01/15 15:00)

  With the best web-based marketplace where buyers and sellers meet.
• The FAA Proposes to Allow FedEx Aircraft to Carry Anti-Missile Laser Countermeasures (2022/01/15 14:57)

  There had been several incidents abroad where civilian aircraft were fired upon by air-defense systems in the recent years.
• Could Metal-Binding Proteins Have Been the Origin of Life on Earth? (2022/01/14 21:00)

  A new study seeks to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all of science.
• Meet the One Man Army: A Navy Seal Sniper, Harvard Doctor, and NASA Astronaut (2022/01/14 18:10)

  The person you wished you could be when you were a kid.
• A 1996 Fatal Plane Crash Was the Result of Oxygen Masks Gone Wrong (2022/01/14 17:29)

  How could a safety feature actually be dangerous?
• Pininfarina Shanghai's Xingtu Is a Smart EV Truck With a Voice Assistant (2022/01/14 17:28)

  And it features an infotainment system for drivers.
• Lightyears 101: Are We Watching the Stars In Real Time? (2022/01/14 17:23)

  One lightyear can take you 6 trillion miles away in space.
• Scientists Are Developing a New mRNA Vaccine That Could Protect Against Skin Cancer (2022/01/14 17:12)

  Goodbye sunblock! Your watch has ended.
• BMW's Fifth-Generation Electric Motor Is a Magnet-Free Masterpiece (2022/01/14 16:47)

  Reducing the company's reliance on rare earth metals.
• A Four Wheeled Fully Autonomous Delivery Robot Has an Airbag for Pedestrians (2022/01/14 16:28)

  And is 20 percent smaller than average cars to give more room to cyclists.
• Build Your Own Miniature Soccer Pitch Using RC Vehicles (2022/01/14 16:12)

  Do something useful with your RC vehicle fleet by building your own soccer pitch.
• 13 Laptop Gadgets to Make Your Time with Laptop Much Easier (2022/01/14 15:41)

  These convenient laptop gadgets will take your experience to the next level.
• New Mach 5 Hypersonic Scramjet Is Powered by Sustainable Green Hydrogen (2022/01/14 14:46)

  The reusable satellite launch technology could one day power hypersonic airliners.
• The US Army to Deliver Its 50-kW Laser Combat Vehicles in 2022 (2022/01/14 13:59)

  Four laser weapon-equipped Stryker vehicles are in the works.
• Researchers Discover the World's Largest Fish Breeding Site With 60 Million Icefish (2022/01/14 12:53)

  The researchers called for international authorities to mark the region as a marine protected area.
• Elon Musk Tweets Tesla Now Accepts Dogecoin for Its Merch (2022/01/14 11:49)

  And the cryptocurrency surged 11%.
• Black Hole at Heart of Milky Way Keeps Flashing and No One Knows Why (2022/01/13 21:03)

  Sagittarius A* keeps flashing randomly on a daily basis. Astronomers mapped 15 years of radiation bursts to try to figure out why.
• The Most Brutal Mexican Cartel Used Drones to Drop Bombs On Their Rival (2022/01/13 18:15)

  And they can reuse their bomber drones.