Engineering

New Take On Needles Could Save Lives, Say Researchers

Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Shots, Video, Needles, Medical Device, Health, Physics, Science, Science News, Technology, Medicine, Jet Injectors, Engineering, Mit, Science News

By: InnovationNewsDaily Staff Published: 05/25/2012 10:57 AM EDT on InnovationNewsDaily Getting a medical injection in the future should be much le...

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SEEDing a New Kind of STEM

Thomas Fisher | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Generation Y, John Maeda, Arne Duncan, Engineering, Education, Anthony Carnevale, Education Reform, STEM Education, Education News
Thomas Fisher

The STEM fields do indeed contribute to our technology-based economy, but whether they do so for good or ill depends upon how we grow these new educational shoots and to what end.

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Fresh Start For Seamless

Chris Johnson | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Startup, Engineers, Startup Offices, Small Business News and Trends, Engineering, Seamless, Startups, Bryant Park, New York, Small Business America, Small Business, Small Business News
Chris Johnson

Founded in 2000, Seamless flourished in the post dot com era as a web-based food delivery service, was acquired six years ago, and then spun out again last year. The spin out came with new capital and a renewed focus on product (think mobile) and innovation (think more mobile). It's a fresh start -- a born again startup.

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What Airplane Company Hopes This Wing Will Do

Reuters | Kyle Peterson and Tim Hepher | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Boeing, Aerodynamics, Video, Reuters, Physics, Airplanes, Sharklet, Winglet, Advanced Technology Winglets, Aerospace Engineering, Airlines, Fluid Dynamics, Airbus, Engineering, Science News

By Kyle Peterson and Tim Hepher CHICAGO/PARIS (Reuters) - There are, so the industry saying goes, only three secrets in the commercial ...

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Tumblr's All Star Staffers

Bryce Longton | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Flatiron, Small Business America, Small Business, Startup, Tumblr, Startups, Startup Offices, New York, Engineering, Engineers, Small Business News
Bryce Longton

It's neither the office space nor the clever perks that make Tumblr such an of-the-moment place to work: it's the people.

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The Top 13 States For Startup Jobs (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Small Business, Video, Startup, Startup Jobs, Technical Jobs, Small Business News and Trends, Startups, Jobs, Hiring, Slidepollajax, Engineering, Small Business News

Startup fever is spreading. The number of startup jobs posted online in 2011 jumped 23.5 percent from the year before, according to StartupHire.co...

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WATCH: Creepy Robot Has Human-Like 'Bones, Joints, Tendons'

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Eccerobot, Video, Cognitive Science, Robotics, Anthropomimetic, Slidepollajax, Robots, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Science News

We may not be able to build a human-like replicant just yet, but robotics engineers have managed to create a machine man that's far more realistic tha...

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10 Days to the Woodstock of Science -- And You're Invited!

Larry Bock | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Authors, Washington DC, Science, Festival, STEM Education, Books, Engineering, Dc Education, DC Events, D.C. Events, D.C. Around Town, Dc Around Town, Science Education, 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival, DC News
Larry Bock

The 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival will be an unforgettable weekend that responds to a growing desire for ways to better understand and interact in meaningful ways with the vast array of technology impacting our lives.

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Design a Creative Life -- Balancing Reality and Aspirations

Soren Petersen | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Creativity, Graduation, Jobs, Careers, Dreams, The Balanced Life, Engineering School, Engineering Jobs, Design Career, Career in Design, Career Advice, Recent Graduates, College Seniors, Recent College Graduate, Engineering, Design Jobs, College News
Soren Petersen

How do I live up to my own expectations and aspirations while reality is begging me to compromise?

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A Million Student Mission

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Rep Mike Honda, Math and Science Education, Stem, Math Education, Barack Obama, Engineering, Science Education, Education News
Rep. Mike Honda

As a science teacher, principal and educator of more than 30 years, I know that American greatness is born in our schools. STEM education in our classrooms put a man on the moon and created the Internet, and it is the key to America's future.

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Is 'Unsinkable' Ship Possible?

| Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Maritime Engineering, Video, Titanic, Design, Shipbuilding, Sinking of the Titanic, Unsinkable, Engineering, Science News

The claim that the RMS Titanic was "practically unsinkable" may have been more a marketing tactic than a commentary on its engineering, b...

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Explorers in Our Midst: What the James Cameron Voyage Can Tell Us

Larry Bock | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Authors, Science, Explorer, STEM Education, Engineering, James Cameron, National Geographic, Astronauts, Science and Engineering Festival, The Titanic, DC News
Larry Bock

What does it take to be an explorer? What are the challenges and risks? What are the payoffs? These are some of the questions that young students and others will get answered at the USA Science & Engineering Festival.

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Win the Opportunity to Walk With Moon Astronaut Buzz Aldrin in This Year's Cherry Blossom Festival Parade

Larry Bock | Posted 05.29.2012

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Larry Bock

A visit to Washington, DC in the spring is always exciting, but this season the 'wow" factor in the nation's capital goes up a notch with the 100th Celebration of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade on Saturday, April 14.

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Go for Your Goals

Mickey Goodman | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Girls, Devry University, David Pauldine, Math, Mia Hamm, Olympics, Science, High School, Technology, Students, Engineering, Herworld, Women News
Mickey Goodman

Wanted: Young women for careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

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Earth Day 2012 Finds Kids Ready to Do Their Part, Says Author Seymour Simon

Larry Bock | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Authors, Science, Education, Education Reform, STEM Education, Engineering, Impact News
Larry Bock

Our planet Earth is so big and the subject so vast, that you might think that kids are overwhelmed . You might be surprised at what they really do say.

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Fighting Stereotypes One Day At A Time

Sophia Chung | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Women Tech Stereotypes, Women Engineers, Video, Women and Engineering, Women Facebook Engineers, Women-Stereotypes, Women Engineer Stereotypes, Technology, Women in Tech, Engineering, Women and Tech, Technology News
Sophia Chung

In a sea full of software engineers, I stick out like a sore thumb. So much, in fact, that I often need to clarify what I'm doing in a crowd of Silicon Valley's tech elites. The biggest red flag? I'm female.

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WATCH: Lab-Made Lightning Triggers Major Explosions

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Video, Aircraft, Lightning Airplanes, Lightning Planes, Man-Made Lightning, Airplane, Aerospace Engineering, Lightning, Engineering, Artificial Lightning, Science News

In ancient times, people thought the gods made lightning. Nowadays, scientists in Wales make lightning in a lab--and it's 10 times more powerful than ...

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Make Development Part of the Equation

Muhammad H. Zaman | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Education, Higher Education, Global Poverty, Poverty, Development, International Development, Engineering, Impact News
Muhammad H. Zaman

With increasing globalization and loss of manufacturing in the U.S., it's high time we think about what our engineers of today and tomorrow should look like.

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Cara Santa Maria

TALK NERDY TO ME: These Kids Are Rocket Scientists, Literally

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.29.2012

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This team of undergraduate researchers with a bold mission: to design, build, and launch high powered rockets from scratch, and eventually reach the outer limits of Earth's atmosphere.2012-02-29-Screenshot20120229at8.01.22AM.jpg

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Exploring Deep, Mysterious Realms With Time Warp Scientist Jeff Lieberman

Larry Bock | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Science, Education, Education Reform, Illusion, STEM Education, Engineering, DC News
Larry Bock

With the human genome decoded, science is poised now to set sights on a more ethereal realm: human consciousness, one of the least understood facets of human cognition.

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Inspired Design: Young Inventors Solve Old Problems in New Ways

James Dyson | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Invention, Design, Innovation, James Dyson Award, Engineering, Industrial Design, Inventors, Technology, UK, UK Tech, UK-Inspiration, Inspiration, UK-Innovation, Technology News
James Dyson

Simple observations can inspire leaps in understanding. In designing a vacuum that didn't choke on dust, I looked to a sawmill. I saw centrifugal force being used to separate dirt and wondered - could the same principle be used on a smaller scale?

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PHOTOS: An Aerospace Engineer's Chocolate Factory & Rum Distillery

Jade Doskow | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Distillery, Liquor, Aerospace, Red Hook Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Chocolate, Dark Chocolate, Engineering, Rum, Slidefreestyle, Dominican Republic, Photography, Food, Exposure, Slidepollajax, Food News
Jade Doskow

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If There's One Thing I've Learned, It Was Taught to Me

Mary Ann Rankin | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: White House, Education, Math, President Barack Obama, Science, Higher Education, Teachers, Technology, Teaching, Engineering, Education News
Mary Ann Rankin

The U.S. has fallen from first to fourth worldwide in the percentage of adults holding a college degree, at a time when analysts predict that sixty percent of the jobs in this country will require a higher degree by 2018.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: You Are Not Too Pretty To Do Math--Or Science!

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Women, Stem, Jane Goodall, Science, Mathematics, Girls in Science, Marie Curie, Engineering, Girls, Video, Math, Talk Nerdy to Me, Google Science Fair, Cara Santa Maria, Stereotype Threat, Technology, Women in Science, Science News

2012-02-08-jdjgidjfidjfidijfdfcnvmnmvcnvmcnvmcbvcvbmcbvmcbv.jpgWomen make up just about half of the American workforce, but we hold less than a quarter of the STEM jobs. Why is that?

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Kids Too Lazy To Pursue Science Careers? What Poll Shows

Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Video, Math, Job, Careers, Science, Mathematics, Doctors, Technology, STEM Education, Eduation, Engineering, Scientists, Science News

David Mielach, BusinessNewsDaily Staff Writer First Published 01/30/2012 01:26 PM EST While job opportunities in science, technolog...

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