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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009, marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Isambard Kingdom Brunel - the genius engineer responsible for building the Great Western Railway ... and much more. A month later, on 12 October, it will be 150th anniversary of the death of another engineering genius, Robert Stephenson, who built the London and Birmingham Railway - the first main line railway to reach London - and much more, too. Special events are planned to mark these anniversaries. |
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Wednesday 16 September, 2009 12:40 PM |
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Madhavan Nair, chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation , takes stock of Chandrayaan-1’s sudden end and tells Forbes India, there is no plan for a manned moon mission as of now
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Monday 14 September, 2009 06:33 PM |
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A macho culture of managers working long-hours and sexual harassment on sites is discouraging women from taking the top jobs in construction.
Dr Jacqueline Watts of the Open University interviewed 26 women in the UK who were or had once been in construction management. All said they were unhappy with either the struggle to balance their family and work lives or the sexist attitudes they experienced on site. |
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Monday 14 September, 2009 09:37 AM |
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FISHER/UNITECH announced today the launch of its second installment of No
Engineer Left Behind, a virtual job fair for engineers. FISHER/UNITECH, a
software reseller with ten locations throughout the Midwest, has collaborated
with 6Connex to make over 800 jobs available leveraging the 6Connex Virtual
Experience Platform. The virtual job fair can be accessed at
http://funtech.veplatform.com and will be online through November 30th, 2009. |
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Thursday 10 September, 2009 04:43 PM |
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Everything is done the same way as it was done back then. When you study the original watch, you realize that so much has been forgotten about that time, that you really have to relearn... there are many things to discover [from the past] that is not being done in the normal watch-making today," James Cooke, Montres Breguet S.A. technical assistance manager, told BusinessWorld.
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Monday 7 September, 2009 04:36 PM |
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When Ian Bruce picked up a voicemail instructing him to call the Governor General's office for an important message, his first thought was to simply press delete.
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Friday 28 August, 2009 04:39 PM |
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One of the 21st century's biggest and most ambitious science ventures, the Square Kilometre Array, is expected to revolutionise our understanding of the universe, providing answers to key questions about fundamental physics and a range of astrophysical mysteries, from black holes and dark matter to life on other planets.
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Friday 21 August, 2009 02:08 PM |
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One of the better places to look for new product inspiration is from the disabled because it enriches everyone and allows human potential to flourish.
Like many of you, I am always searching for new sources of inspiration — for ways of looking at things that will spark the creative juices.
It's really the way most of us try to enhance serendipity, when you find something that makes you think “Aha! That was so obvious, why didn't someone (I) think of it.” |
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Tuesday 18 August, 2009 12:10 PM |
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Petri Corse’s Fabio Babini and Claudio Rossetto secured the round 10 victory in the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo series at Silverstone, UK, on 15 August 2009.
Babini secured pole position after setting a fastest lap of 1:23.150 early on in this morning’s 30-minute qualifying session. It’s the team’s second pole position of the season, having set the fastest lap at the Super Trofeo’s inaugural race weekend in Adria, Italy. |
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Sunday 16 August, 2009 09:06 PM |
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