This is a challenge which will get the engineers scratching their heads -

Leicester University has beaten off more than 80 competitors for NASA funding to develop an X-ray telescope that could be used on the Moon.

 Perception is reality particularly when there is a need to communicate

 PARIS: If I narrowed my eyes a little bit , I could convince myself that the people on the other side of the office table were in the same room. But they weren't: I was seated at a conference table near Paris, and they were in an office outside of London.

 I see it - but It's hard to believe - I'm sure that they will be working extra hard to regain that top spot from now on

 DETROIT, Oct. 16 —The magazine Consumer Reports says that “bug-ridden redesigns” caused Toyota Motor of Japan to drop unexpectedly to third, from first, in its annual vehicle reliability rankings released on Tuesday.

 You might not know where you've  been,  but you'll certainly know where you're going,  with these

Statistically,  I suppose yes they must.  Even so,  are they close enough to even reach us,  advanced enough to do so,  and even then would they really care enough to want to do so?

Well according to Edgar Mitchell the answer to all of those would be yes .  Which best the question,  if this is indeed the case then have any of our technological advances been borrowed from them?  

As an engineer,  what would it be like to be able to discuss things with a technologically advanced race? 

 There's a lot been said about the how - here's some more to consider

Way to go - sure beats the traffic hassles

LONDON, England (CNN)  -- Admit it -- at one point or another we've all dreamed of being able to teleport . How much easier and less stressful life would be if, at the flick of a switch, we could whisk ourselves direct from home to work without the intervening two hours crushed onto public transport, face wedged into the armpit of an overweight man with a sweat gland problem.
 

 It had to happen and it is -

 This is where  the fact and fiction are sorted out -

Science Daily — An international collaboration directed by an Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher has performed the first-ever atomic-detail computer simulation of how proteins vibrate in a crystal .

 As long as it's not me - I believe them - really ,  I do

 Different culture,  different country,  different way of doing things - hey does it work ?

The 2007 China Automotive Design & Independent Innovation Conference marked the first gathering of independent Chinese (vs. joint venture) automakers getting together to discuss automotive styling

This is another way to get strength and lighter cars - less to move around means better fuel consumption - better fuel consumption means.... and so it goes on

 To some people they are just big holes in the ground - but to others they represent a means of "doing it better" - innovation is the key

A new method of improving the efficiency of wind turbines is taking shape outside Dallas Center, Iowa. A group of local utilities is working out the issue of “how to store the excess energy windmills create when demand is low so it can be used later, when the need is greater.”

 A truly magnifying project  - to see into the heavens

The headquarters of the world's largest radio telescope will be based in Britain, it was announced yesterday.

 Whats that old saying - buy straw hats in winter - lots of people need to get their minds around that concept