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Rocket's Core Gets Rave Review on This Week @NASA
January 9, 2013 3:30 pm | by @NASA | Comments"The core stage of NASA's Space Launch System -- America's new flagship rocket -- has successfully completed a major technical review by meeting system requirements within acceptable risk, and fell within schedule and budget constraints.
TWIE 130: Land Mine Sweeper that Blows in the Wind
January 9, 2013 3:26 pm | by Engineering.com | CommentsTWIE 130: Land Mine Sweeper that Blows in the Wind. This Week in Engineering - Asteroid pulling to lunar orbit; spiked space rovers; dandelion-inspired anti-mine device; robots sterilize hospital rooms; graves with QR codes; and printable record albums.
Engineering Newswire 19: Spikey Spacecraft Headed to Martian Moon
January 9, 2013 3:22 pm | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by Interpower, the premier supplier of power system components for worldwide markets, we’re sending spikey little spacecraft to Martian moons, building a creepy little robot toddler, and moving one step closer to robotic telepresence. This episode features:
Engineering Newswire 18: Mini jet engines cool laptops
January 2, 2013 1:18 pm | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, we're stretching wires to incredible lengths, embracing the great bartender in the sky, and cooling laptops with jet engines. Today's episode features...
Real-life Mario Kart - Waterloo Labs
December 20, 2012 10:09 am | CommentsIn this episode the good people at Waterloo Labs (same guys who created eyes-only Super Mario Bros.) rig up four go Karts so they can manipulate the throttle, gas, and brakes along with an RFID Item system so they could make a REAL playable version of Mario Kart.
Engineering Newswire 17: Life-sized, programmable humanoid robot talks, sings, acts
December 14, 2012 8:49 am | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, we're working with the world's smallest wrench, crossing the pacific in an autonomous wave rider, and creating a humanoid robot that can walk, talk, and ... act? Today's episode features....
Engineering Newswire 16: Designing an underwater hotel
December 10, 2012 9:17 am | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, we're taking our first taste test on Mars, building an underwater hotel, and powering the EcoBot with nothing more than poo. Today's episode features: Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy recently conducted the first land-based catapult launch of an unmanned system using the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System.
iPhone 5 teardown review
December 4, 2012 10:00 am | CommentsAfter months of rumors and leaked product-images, the iPhone 5 has finally arrived. iFixit sent their co-founder Luke Soules to Melbourne, Australia to be one of the first people in the world to get his hands on an iPhone 5 so that they could give it their customary teardown-treatment.
Engineering Newswire 15: Disney robots play catch with your kids
December 4, 2012 9:54 am | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by PD&D TV, we're playing catch with Disney robots, colonizing mars with deep pocketed donors, and beaming aboard a Star Trek classroom. This episode features....
Engineering Newswire 14: Blowing up James Bond's Aston Martin
December 4, 2012 9:49 am | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by PD&D TV, we're propelling bio-bots with rat blood, creating a dancing robot, "Gangnam Style", and blowing up James Bond's Aston Martin. This episode features....
TWIE 125: Non-Lethal Missile Knocks Out Electronics
November 28, 2012 4:25 pm | by Engineering.com | CommentsTWIE 125: Non-Lethal Missile Knocks Out Electronics: This Week in Engineering - Seismologists convicted of manslaughter; finding damaged nuclear cores; power outage missile; robot tightrope-walker; testing bridges with rain; and bricks from cow blood.
The Ben Heck Show : Build a retro computer — The Raspberry Pi!
November 19, 2012 2:20 pm | CommentsA retro computer for only about $35? Watch Ben build a retro-styled computer using the Raspberry Pi! Watch more episodes of The Ben Heck Show here: http://www.youtube.com/thebenheckshow
The Ben Heck Show : Automated SmartHome tricks for every home
November 19, 2012 2:13 pm | CommentsBen works on some ways to automate functions into an existing home. Automatic Door Buzzer? Coming right up! Ben also rigs up a system to manually change the temperature on an old Honeywell thermostat.
Engineering Newswire 12: Saving lives with robotic bees
November 14, 2012 10:21 am | CommentsToday on Engineering Newswire, brought to you by PD&D TV, we're putting employees on time out, playing Tetris in a pumpkin and saving lives with robotic bees. Harvard University electrical engineers Rob Wood and Goo-Yon Wee are working on RoboBee, a miniature flying robot inspired by the biology of a bee and the insect's hive behavior.
Engineering Newswire 11: Nissan builds a Batmobile
November 8, 2012 10:02 am | CommentsToday on engineering newswire, brought to you by Memory Protection Devices, we're painting dreams with robots, monitoring our neural activity, and carving pumpkins with CNCs. In this episode we feature: The Muse headband is a new wearable device that lets users monitor neural activity in real time via their mobile devices.
