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Top 5 Engineering Websites
To be a successful and well-informed engineer, it’s not enough to just have an engineering degree anymore. You need to be constantly aware of new information and techniques that will improve your...
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What do engineers REALLY think about Tesla’s Cybertruck?
This week Tesla unveiled their highly anticipated cyberpunk inspired Cybertruck much to the amusement of the automobile industry experts. Elon Musk presented Cybertruck as a long-needed update to the...
View ArticleTop engineering inventions that save lives
You may have thought about or discussed the question: Which invention has saved the most lives throughout human history? The field of medicine has many claims on this. Vaccines, blood transfusions, and...
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Top 5 New Year’s Resolutions That Mechanical Designers Never Fulfill
What better time than the New Year to reflect on the ups and downs of the last twelve months? Hopefully, there are many achievements and great memories to look back on, but we probably also have a few...
View ArticleTop 5 Hottest Engineering Topics for 2020
These are exciting times to be involved in engineering. The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR or Industry 4.0 – whichever you prefer) is in full swing. The pace of technological change, especially in the...
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Top 25 Most Famous Bridges in the World
While suspension bridges tend to grab the headlines there are actually seven basic types of bridges. These are beam, truss, cantilever, arch, suspension, cable stayed and tied arch. Whether you are...
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Nuclear Micro Batteries run for decades
Image source: singularityhub.com Scientists have demonstrated a prototype nuclear battery that relies on a fundamentally different mechanism to produce energy: Radioactivity. In a typical setup, a...
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Cambridge: Top Mechanical Design Consultancies
GW Mechanical GW Mechanical consultancy was established only in 2019, but undoubtedly is one of the best in Cambridge. Its founder, Gareth Weeks, a mechanical design engineer with over 25 years of...
View ArticleVideo of the Day: Walkalong Glider – Controllable Slope Soaring in action
A walkalong glider is a flying model aircraft made of paper, foam or a similarly light, low density material that is designed to be kept aloft by controllable slope soaring. The pilot generates the...
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McLaren Sheffield Technology Centre: Jobs and Graduate Scheme (COVID update)
Image source. While the original McLaren Technology Centre is based at the company’s head office in Woking, Surrey, we have seen recent expansion into Sheffield. Even though McLaren is heavily...
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Famous Engineers: The 10 Who Changed The World
Naming just 10 of the countless engineers that have had enormous impacts on the world as we know it can be quite difficult. Over the last 100-200 years especially, there have been major advances in...
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Engineering Disasters: 25 of the Worst Engineering Failures on Record!
Engineering disasters. Why do they happen? Let’s look at most famous engineering disasters and the circumstances preceding them. Engineers must study these in order to prevent catastrophes like these...
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Engineering Problems: 5 Hot Challenges for Future Engineers
There are a multitude of engineering problems currently in the world and they will have to be faced over the coming years, and for many years to come. These challenges are related to healthcare, energy...
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3D Printed Parts That Can Kill Bacteria
Researchers for the Department of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield, have created 3D printed parts that are resistant to common strains of bacteria. This has a vast amount of...
View ArticleVideo of the Day: Inflatable Scooter (Poimo)
Ever wish that you had a scooter in your backpack? Wish no more, the University of Tokyo have developed an inflatable scooter that riders can keep in their backpack. It even has a seat, so you can be...
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Solar Powered System Extracts Drinking Water From Dry Air
The first generation of this system from a team at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), was developed three years ago as a proof of concept in order to validate that such a system could work....
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Dual-Mass Flywheel
What is a Dual-Mass Flywheel? A dual-mass flywheel (also known as DMFW or DMF), is a mechanical device that rotates and is used to generate continuous energy in systems where there is no continuous...
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Best Engineering Jokes, Puns, Memes and Anecdotes
You’ll have to be an engineer to laugh at these engineer jokes! We’ve searched around and gathered some of the funnies mechanical engineering jokes and memes for you and perhaps our favourite anecdote...
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Mechanical Engineering Games: Fun for Engineers!
Mechanical Engineering Games are somewhat rate, however, there are plently of games that can be used by mechanical engineers as an alternative way to learn, and as a way to let off some steam in...
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Taiwan Bridge Collapse: A Recent Disaster That Could Have Been Avoided
In Taiwan, a huge 140 meter (459 feet) bridge collapsed in October of 2019, the event is known as the “Taiwan Bridge Collapse”. The oil tanker that was traversing the bridge at the time fell into the...
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How 2020 Has Changed Mechanical Engineering
2020, what a year! We think it is safe to say that it has been a very different year for everyone on planet Earth. Pretty much every aspect of our daily lives have been affected by the virus that has...
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25 Cool Gifts for Engineers: Mechanical, Electrical, and Just Fun!
We have compiled a list of 25 gifts for engineers, including graduation gifts, gifts for mechanical engineers and general engineer gifts. Most engineers will find them useful, no matter if they have...
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Mechanical Engineer Answers 10 Fun Questions About Engineering
We asked a young mechanical design engineer to answer some of the common questions engineers are asked. Would you like to ask something? Please leave a comment! 1. When did you decide you wanted to...
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Carbon-Neutral Flight, Is It Possible?
Carbon-neutral flight is definitely possible in the future, but in reality aircraft will still be powered by fossil fuels. However, as we attempt to build towards a climate-neutral world, it is agreed...
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10 Best Engineering Shows on TV, Netflix, Amazon and YouTube
In this article we will look at some well-known and some obscure, but nontheless brilliant Engineering Shows you can watch right now! How It’s Made Top Gear/The Grand Tour Extreme Engineering...
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What We Know About the Properties of Water Just Changed
The properties of water is something that we are all familiar with (hopefully). It is an important part of everyone’s life, as humans are made up of 60% of the stuff. Even though it is one of the most...
View ArticleWhat Is Space Engineering?
What is Space Engineering? What are the differences between space engineering and aerospace engineering? What do space engineers do everyday? We are here to answer these questions for you! Space...
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Is Electric Flight Possible?
In 2015, 276 million TONS of jet fuel were burned by airlines. That was just about 7% of all global oil products, and in turn the burning of this oil makes up about 2.7 percent of all energy related...
View ArticleVideo of the Day: SPMT PowerHoss
SPMT PowerHoss is a self-propelled vehicle used for transporting a multitude of vehicles that can vary from small to rather large machines. It can be configured with 2, 4, or even 6 axles, depending on...
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Cochran Boiler
A cochran boiler is a vertical boiler that contains a number of horizontal fire tubes. It is typically used to create steam used to power small machines. It is defined by the multiple narrow fire tubes...
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Best Architectural Engineering Tools
Architects are known for their work designing and planning structures and buildings. Architectural engineering is the design of all building systems, ranging from electrical/lighting, mechanical,...
View ArticleVernier Caliper Least Count
The vernier caliper least count is the smallest measurement that can be recorded with a vernier caliper. A vernier caliper is a device used for precisely measuring linear dimensions, i.e. a straight...
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Kinetic Energy Examples – Including You!
Kinetic energy examples are all around us. Kinetic energy can be explained as the energy that is in all moving objects on Earth. Simply put, kinetic energy is the type of energy behind motion. It can...
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How Do Rockets Work?
Rockets of various shapes and sizes are still humans’ only way of entering space, but have you ever stopped to think about how they actually work? In this article we aim to shed some light on how these...
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Types of Screws
Types of screws and their uses are part of the basic DIY knowledgebase. Screws are the inconspicuous objects that hold the world together. Well, maybe not the world, but definitely a lot of common...
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Several Types of Engineering Projects Where Using CAD is a Must
Want to know what industries most frequently use CAD to implement their engineering projects? Keep reading to find the answer in the article! CAD or Computer-aided design is usually used by engineers,...
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Top Aerospace Companies to Work For. Engineering at its Best
Top Aerospace Companies to work for Are you considering a career in aerospace? This article will go over a list of 15 top aerospace companies you should consider if you are studying mechanical...
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The Ultimate SOLIDWORKS Price Guide – All Options!
This article is a SOLIDWORKS price guide for the United States. For British prices, please see SOLIDWORKS prices in the UK section of this article. As an engineer interested in SolidWorks, the first...
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AI in Mechanical Engineering. 3 Best Ways How Engineers Can Benefit from...
AI in mechanical engineering is revolutionizing some of its most critical areas. Machine learning has been widely used in the engineering industry for years. The complexity of mechanical engineering...
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Density of Milk and the Trick Question About the Weight of a Gallon of Milk
Density is the amount of sustance in a unit, per volume of substance. Below you can see the density equiation and the table with Milk Density values, inluding those for whole, semi-skimmed, and skimmed...
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