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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Bob Smith
Lululemon Athletica has been a standout performer on Wall Street since it went public in July, thanks to the popularity of its costly yoga and other workout clothes, which are made with unusual materials, including bamboo, silver, charcoal, coconut and soybeans.
One of its lines is called VitaSea, and the company says it has engineered it with seaweed. The fabric, according to product tags, “releases marine amino acids, minerals and vitamins into the skin upon contact with moisture.”
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Friday 16 November, 2007 06:09 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Susan Decker
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Bulletproof jackets do not turn security guards, police officers and armed forces into Robocops, repelling the force of bullets in their stride. New research in carbon nanotechnology however could give those in the line of fire materials which can bounce bullets without a trace of damage. A research paper published in the Institute of Physics’ Nanotechnology details how engineers from the Centre for Advanced Materials Technology at the University of Sydney have found a way to use the elasticity of carbon nanotubes to not only stop bullets penetrating material but actually rebound their force.
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Thursday 15 November, 2007 08:04 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery
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And now for something different - as engineers look for new ways -- Greenyarn , a Boston firm developing advanced fabrics for consumers seeking eco-friendly alternatives to conventional materials, is launching smart underwear as one of it's new products for 2008.
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Wednesday 14 November, 2007 12:02 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
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The idea that companies will succeed in the 21st century by drawing in the brightest minds from everywhere and engineering solutions, not just from within their own four walls, has gathered momentum over the last decade.
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Thursday 8 November, 2007 02:07 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
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We all have our favorites, this is a wide ranging list of gadgets and engineering improvements - did they change your world ? - 101 gadgets that changed the world
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Wednesday 7 November, 2007 06:02 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Pat Sheen
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As junior Nick Frey sat in his fluid mechanics course last spring, he was thinking about bicycles -- but he wasn’t daydreaming. Engineering principles applied to sporting equipment
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Wednesday 7 November, 2007 02:05 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery
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The hull of a modern grand prix ocean racer depends on carbon fibre for its structural integrity but it is a more humble material – steel – which is at the engineering heart of the matter for boat builders such as Eric Goetz, responsible for PUMA Ocean Racing’s Volvo Open 70.
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Wednesday 7 November, 2007 02:08 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by David Singh
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Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have released new research results that could affect how we measure a kilogram - the last SI unit based on a manufactured object.
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Tuesday 6 November, 2007 10:18 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Peter Wu
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Life Cycle Costing (LCC) has long been used in planning for reliability and maintenance for complex engineering systems in defence, airline, railway, offshore platform, power station, and other applications.
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Monday 5 November, 2007 06:08 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Susan Decker
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Always good to see how the auto engineers make it all JUST "come together" BMW has revealed the open variant of the new 1 Series Coupe. The four-seater 1 Series Convertible features a electro-hydraulic soft-top and offers a choice of two 3.0 liter engines. It will go on sale from spring 2008.
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Monday 5 November, 2007 12:08 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Bob Smith
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TOKYO: Want to turn heads with a funky car? Try turning the driver's cabin itself! Nissan has introduced Pivo2 , a battery-powered concept car which can turn the driver's cabin in a circle so you don't need to look backwards while attempting reverse-parking. With engineering assistance is built into the vehicle !!
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Sunday 4 November, 2007 01:03 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
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If your out there trying to hitch a ride - tough --- A robotic truck, Prius, and family sedan will be among the 11 autonomous vehicles trying to pass their driving test this weekend in Victorville, Calif. Following a 2 year break the challenge is on again to engineer automatic vehicles
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Friday 2 November, 2007 04:04 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery
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We need to engineer a way forward and drive through change - maybe the solutions are here-- SAN FRANCISCO: Shai Agassi, a Silicon Valley technologist who was in competition to become chief executive of SAP, one of the world's largest software companies, has re-emerged with a grand plan to reinvent the world's automobile industry around battery-powered all-electric cars. Whilst William Mitchell, a professor of architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , and his team of engineers and architects have a vision of stackable, two-seater cars forming a city-wide car share scheme.
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Wednesday 31 October, 2007 10:09 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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Real world experiences from people involved with the Stage Gate Process
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Wednesday 31 October, 2007 12:00 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by George Tan
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Electrical engineering design to the rescue and a positive improvement to the quality of life ---
Following on from the small generator that we described in the March 2007 edition of Eureka, which we then said was “nearly 90 per cent efficient”, the team developing it for use in Third World companies has now reached 95 per cent efficiency.
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Tuesday 30 October, 2007 10:01 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
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Engineers have been responsible for a lot of the gear that has enabled so many people to scale Everest (or attempt it at the very least). Inevitably though, some will not survive these harsh conditions. Unfortunately, retrieving bodies from this place is not very easy to do so the majority end up staying there. As time goes on we are creating better technology but Everest will continue to consume lives.
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Sunday 28 October, 2007 06:08 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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Open communication between engineers for the better good of society as a whole is a noble sentiment - Open-source is a term most commonly applied to software and it refers to a set of principles and practices whereby the design and production information is shared openly, without the normal restrictions encountered when developing software within a commercial environment where intellectual property is closely guarded.
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Sunday 28 October, 2007 01:09 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
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Engineering technology is slicing through the traditional skills Lasers are at the cutting edge of surgery. From cosmetic to brain surgery, intense beams of coherent light are gradually replacing the steel scalpel for many procedures.
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Saturday 27 October, 2007 05:04 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Barot Casha
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It all sounds like a good idea to me - get everyone working together to engineer the goods and processes At the World Design Congress , the profession imagined how to bring designers and managers together on issues such as production and sustainability
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Thursday 25 October, 2007 11:00 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Pat Sheen
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Promoting German engineering ingenuity - With a scheme it calls ‘Fraunhofer Attract’ , the leading organisation for institutes of applied research in Europe intends to set up 40 new working groups over the next three years.
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Thursday 25 October, 2007 01:00 PM |
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