Eliezer Shklovsky passed along this quote and observation: “In the matter of physics, the first lessons should contain nothing but what is experimental and interesting to see. A pretty experiment is in itself often more valuable than twenty formulae extracted from
Category: Engineering
Yahoo Opening Research Lab in Israel
According to a recent article in Information Week, Yahoo is opening a lab to develop advanced techniques for searching the Internet…
Compact Rifle
This is a very interesting approach for a compact rifle… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99NHb6B03s[/youtube] 1 min 39 sec
Ohio Influences the Aerospace Industry
I don’t usually write about the events at my workplace on the blog. However, we had such an interesting day yesterday that I wanted to share it with some of my readers. We had a half-day meeting yesterday at our
Russian Su-30 Air Superiority Fighter
The video on this site shows the Russian Su-30 Fighter in action. The Su-30 is considered one of the premier air superiority fighters in the world. Hat tip to Bob Morris
3 Patterns to Success in Software Entrepreneurship
Here is a great contribution from Eliezer Shklovsky… What is common with the success of Google, World Wide Web, Liferay, and other software innovations? Why have these organizations succeeded and others have failed? Why do start-ups have great ideas but
Practical Internet Security
An interesting article in Information Week about the practical planning for security in the corporate environment. The man that invented one of the early versions of Norton anti-virus software laments that IT pros are wasting their energy… I love his
When Great Scientists Admit They Got it Wrong
An interesting story in the Edge where the author has captured over 150 eminent thinkers and scientists that responded to the question: “What Have You Changed Your Mind About? Why?”
Engineering View on Global Warming
If you want to read a series of pragmatic comments about global warming, check out Mechanical Engineering Design News… As an engineer that prefers to make business decisions based on the scientific process, I think that you will find that many scientists and
Are We an Over-medicated Society?
I’ve always been concerned about the prevalent use of pharmaceuticals to treat every malady that we face. When my sons were young, they frequently had inner ear infections where the usual treatment was a dosage of strawberry-flavored Amoxicillin (I used to suggest