12 Uses of Drones in Engineering and Construction
Drones, more accurately referred to in a business context as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), present significant opportunities for achieving increased quality, reduced costs, improved decision-making and the mitigation of safety risks in the engineering and construction industries.
Riddle Me This: King Arthur’s Coin Game
What strategy can you come up with the guarantee that you win? Riddle me this ...
How the Panama Canal Makes Water Flow Uphill
Early on, engineers debated the very nature of the Panama Canal. They finally abandoned ideas about a sea-level canal (like the Suez) when engineer John Frank Stevens instead insisted upon a different option—a locks canal.
Riddle Me This: Bridge Crossing
How quickly can Alan, Bob, Cal, and Dan all get across the bridge safely? Riddle me this ...
10 Crazy Uses for Completely Frictionless Surfaces
Concepts like the “frictionless surface” enabled Newton to lay the groundwork for modern physics. He may never have imagined that his ideal could actually be achieved, but now, thanks to a group of tribologists (scientists who study interacting surfaces in relative motion), the prospect of eliminating friction between two interacting surfaces has come to fruition.
Riddle Me This: A Spinning Disk
Can you determine which way the disk is spinning? Riddle me this ...