This Week in Engineering - ENGINEERING.com
Summary: Every Wednesday Dan and Vince review the engineering week that was. From renewable energy to robotics, space exploration and civil engineering wonders, no engineering subject is safe from their jibes and jokes.
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Podcasts:
Another asteroid mining startup; spinning nanotubes into wires; Kepler’s sticky wheel; O.R. hand gestures; private-sector astronauts; and shocking alarm clock.
Dreamliner battery failure; shrinking skyscrapers; sending Mona Lisa to the moon; opportunity’s tenth year; Mississippi may turn unnavigable; and inflatable addition to the ISS.
Battery sponge; self-driving cars; robot cockroach; robots locate endangered whales; miniature X-ray scanner; and White House rejects Death Star.
Asteroid pulling to lunar orbit; spiked space rovers; dandelion-inspired anti-mine device; robots sterilize hospital rooms; graves with QR codes; and printable record albums.
Dan and Vince review the biggest stories of 2012. From the Mars Rover to the Higgs Boson to fantastic inventions. Watch this retrospective to make sure you didn’t miss anything.
Detecting nuclear tests with GPS; moon tourism; recycling plastic into pavement; hydrogel from DNA; trampoline sidewalk; and parrot car.Detecting nuclear tests with GPS; moon tourism; recycling plastic into pavement; hydrogel from DNA; trampoline sidewalk; and parrot car.
Computer-simulated brain; robots in cow stomachs; melt-resistant chocolate; electricity from marshlands; bladeless ceiling fan; and infrared invisibility.
Robot waverider survives Sandy; inflatable plug for flooding; dental music player; nanotube transistors; gasoline from air; and deflecting asteroids with paint.
Seismologists convicted of manslaughter; finding damaged nuclear cores; power outage missile; robot tightrope-walker; testing bridges with rain; and bricks from cow blood.
Recovering a cruise ship; improvising robots; improving carbon dating accuracy; wheelchair climbs steps; silk data transmission; and trampoline bridge.
Top stories this week include Martian rocks show evidence of a watery history, How surgeons could use electronic implants that dissolve, and Planet made of diamonds.
Quadcopters play catch; wiki weapon 3D printer confiscated; sweating buildings; cooling the earth with asteroid dust; voice-controlled home automation; and cheese-powered race car.
The Mars rover has detected proof of a river and alluvial plain on Mars. The river flowed for thousands, or perhaps even millions of years. We wonder what happened to that river.
Chem-free oil cleanup; droplet levitation; refrigerator recycler; Gaza electric car; robot tentacle; and LEGO supercomputer.
Solar desalination; robot quadruped speed record; robots repair coral reefs; hydrogel bounces a ball; repairing space station with a toothbrush; and bird-friendly turbine.
