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I'm sort of speechless - well I would be if I could find the words Telstar Logistics was unable to attend Burning Man this year, alas -- the launch of our new startup kept us pretty busy around the office. Oh well. Since we couldn't experience the spectacle first-hand, we've instead had to content ourselves with looking at photos of the art arrayed across Black Rock this year -- and even then, somewhat belatedly |
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Tuesday 18 September, 2007 02:01 PM |
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Less expensive than oil and environmentally friendly, water-based hydraulics deserve a closer look. |
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Tuesday 18 September, 2007 01:23 PM |
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The so-called 'speed of gravity' has been the source of some controversy over the years. The anti-relativity fraternity maintains that the speed of gravity must be infinite, i.e., that gravity acts instantaneously over any distance. Relativists, on the other hand, maintain that no influence propagates faster than the speed of light and that gravity is no exception. This Relativity 4 Engineers article gives a brief overview of how the 'controversy' is resolved. |
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Monday 10 September, 2007 04:14 PM |
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When it comes to fun and thrills behind the wheel, there’s nothing on earth that compares with the Caterham Seven . And that’s quite an accolade for any sports car that’s not only about to celebrate its 50th |
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Sunday 9 September, 2007 02:00 AM |
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The ING Renault F1 Team is pleased to announce the nomination of Bernard Rey, currently Senior Vice President, Renault CEO Office, to the role of President of the Renault F1 Team. Bernard Rey will succeed Alain Dassas, who has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Nissan. |
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Wednesday 5 September, 2007 01:03 PM |
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From all outward appearances, wind turbines are sleek and elegant works of engineering. But inside, they're hell on gears and bearings . |
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Monday 3 September, 2007 10:15 AM |
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Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co . are among six defense contractors chosen by India to bid for a 420 billion rupee ($10 billion) fighter-plane contract, the largest in the world for 15 years. |
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Thursday 30 August, 2007 02:00 AM |
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Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) announced Tuesday it will build state-of-the-art small and medium diesel engines in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China.
CAT signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the Wuxi National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone for a multi-year investment to develop and manufacture Perkins and Caterpillar engines in Wuxi. |
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Thursday 30 August, 2007 02:00 AM |
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Engineers at Spinal USA , a manufacturer and distributor of advanced surgical spinal products in Flowood, MS, have designed spinal implants called vertebral body replacement (VBR) devices. Because surgeons insert these implants into patients’ spines during spinal fusion procedures, FDA approval is required. Rather than risk the cost and time for testing physical prototypes, though, the engineers investigated whether FEA software could provide adequate test results for FDA approval. |
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Tuesday 28 August, 2007 12:10 PM |
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The three massive cranes for the Port of Prince Rupert's new $160-million container terminal were expected to be delivered by ship Monday evening, capping off one of the final elements into a transportation project touted as having benefits throughout northern B.C. The container cranes are large dockside cranes in the form of specialised gantry cranes which are used to load and unload container ships. |
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Thursday 23 August, 2007 10:27 AM |
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On 17 August 2007, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had permanently resumed long-distance patrol flights of strategic bombers , which were suspended in 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. "I made a decision to restore flights of Russian strategic bombers on a permanent basis, and at 00:00 today, August 17, 14 strategic bombers, support aircraft and aerial tankers were deployed |
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Wednesday 22 August, 2007 02:00 AM |
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I missed this comp air engine - I must have been sleeping - Anyway I have tracked down the attached web page with a bit more technical data. Hopefully others will also find this interesting |
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Tuesday 21 August, 2007 01:21 PM |
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The first commercial car to be powered by compressed air could be about to hit the production lines, as Indian automaker Tata Motors prepares to build ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre's design. |
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Tuesday 21 August, 2007 10:30 AM |
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The hole in space shuttle Endeavour's underside will not be repaired before it returns to Earth, Nasa has said.
Agency officials took almost a week to decide whether to send astronauts outside to repair the 9cm (3.5in) gash. |
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Sunday 19 August, 2007 07:53 AM |
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Hey, man in the street: have you ever been torn between petrol and a diesel? Wanted the performance of a petrol engine but the economy of an oil-burner?
Sound familiar? Well, the solution to all your problems just might be on the way, in the shape of... the Mercedes DiesOtto engine !
OK, enough of the American-accented advertising spiel. But this DiesOtto could be a biggie. |
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Monday 13 August, 2007 10:15 AM |
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Defence and aerospace company BAE Systems' South African operation, Land Systems OMC, through its partnership with General Dynamics Land Systems Canada, has been awarded an order for the supply of 600 category II RG31 Mk5E vehicles for the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle programme for the US Marine Corps Systems Command. |
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Sunday 12 August, 2007 02:47 AM |
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Virgin America , a carrier closely tied to British entrepreneur Richard Branson that will focus on low costs and in-flight amenities, made its much-publicized inaugural U.S. flight Wednesday — after a delay caused by a New York storm. |
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Thursday 9 August, 2007 12:44 PM |
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The yacht has become, in recent years, the ultimate expression of wealth and power. It seems that you can't be in The Forbes 400 top of the richest people on the planet without owning a kick-a** yacht, or was it the other way around?
Originally, it was defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries, but later it came to be used to transport important persons. |
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Thursday 9 August, 2007 12:40 PM |
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It's called MAN Takraf RB293 and it's the largest terrestrial vehicle in human history ,making the huge NASA Crawler that transports space shuttles to the launch pads look like a Volkswagen Beetle.
Bucket-wheel excavators are heavy machines used in the mining industry and civil engineering. They are also some of the largest vehicles ever built.
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Tuesday 7 August, 2007 12:34 PM |
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If you thought that the only way that you could possibly learn how to build robots is to obtain a PhD in engineering then you are wrong. It does help to have some university training but some people are naturally good at applying themselves and building remarkable machines. |
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Monday 6 August, 2007 10:40 AM |
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