Archive for the ‘Engineering’ Category
Is this the future of transport? Engineers in Paderborn, Germany are working on an automated transport system, that could use existing rail networks (with some modifications) to run individual ‘Railcabs’ that take you to your destination without having to change trains. Likened to the internet, with great numbers of these vehicles moving autonomously along the [...]
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Posted on Sunday 14th January 2007 in Engineering tagged Engineering, environmental, Europe, future, transport, with no comments.
Coal Mining Causing Earthquakes
The most damaging earthquake in Australia’s history was caused by humans, new research says. The magnitude-5.6 quake that struck Newcastle, in New South Wales, on December 28, 1989, killed 13 people, injured 160, and caused 3.5 billion U.S. dollars worth of damage. [National Geographic]
The article goes on to talk about carbon sequestration [...]
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Posted on Sunday 7th January 2007 in Engineering, Politics, Science tagged climate change, construction, Engineering, environmental, future, landfill, natural-disaster, news, Politics, recycling, UK, with no comments.
Some amazing videos created by artist Aaron Koblin which show flight traffic over the USA. What may at fist appear a dull subject is transformed by these magical videos, with streaks of colour dancing across the screen. Patterns emerge, including the shape of the continent, and the onset of daybreak across the country. Definitely [...]
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Posted on Monday 1st January 2007 in Computers, Engineering tagged art, Computers, Engineering, mapping, mathematics, transport, USofA, with no comments.
Google have posted an interesting video of a talk by Sebastian Thrun (who was part of the winning team from Stanford) about their entry into the DARPA grand challenge 2005. See Winning The DARPA Grand Challenge – Google Video – which is almost an hour long.
The DARPA grand challenge was a competition to drive [...]
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Posted on Sunday 19th November 2006 in Computers, Engineering tagged Computers, Engineering, future, mathematics, technology, transport, with no comments.
George Monbiot, a journalist and activist, has proposed a 10 point plan to help us limit climate change by rapidly reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. While this will involve some changes in lifestyle, it will not be as radical as those changes that will be required if we don’t act now.
The general ideas can be [...]
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Posted on Friday 10th November 2006 in Engineering, Politics tagged climate change, construction, energy, Engineering, environmental, future, Politics, technology, transport, UK, with no comments.
