Gigantism Is a Never-Ending Temptation for Engineers and Designers
Vaclav Smil, writing at IEEE Spectrum: There is a fundamental difference between what can be designed and built and what makes sense. History provides a lesson in the shape of record-setting behemoths that have never since been equaled. The Egyptian.....»»
Modeling organizations’ defensive mechanisms with MITRE D3FEND
Funded by the National Security Agency, MITRE’s D3FEND framework is helping to provide standardization, specificity, and repeatability needed by cybersecurity engineers. As the framework moves from the beta version to version 1.0 in 2024, we asked.....»»
Opal launches new ‘Tadpole’ camera with 4K quality in an ultra-portable design
Opal, the company founded by former Apple and Beats designers and backed by investors like MKBHD, is out with its newest webcam today. The new $175 Opal Tadpole focuses on combining “ultra-portability” with 4K webcam hardware, designed to be used.....»»
Using AI to estimate future water and electricity demands in major cities in light of global warming
A multi-institutional team of industrial engineers has used AI technology to make projections of increased demand for electricity and water due to climate change in major cities across the U.S. In their study, published open access in the journal One.....»»
Birds" nests express their unique style and past experiences, study finds
Walking through a town or city, you will encounter buildings with diverse shapes and sizes. These unique styles exist in part because the buildings were constructed by different architects, engineers and builders......»»
Water on asteroid Ryugu"s parent found to have shaped distribution of its elements
A large international team of space scientists, geochemists, and engineers, has found that water that existed on the parent of Ryugu had an impact on the distribution of elements on the asteroid. In their paper published in the journal Science Advanc.....»»
Elastic simplifies data investigations with piped query language, ES|QL
Elastic has unveiled Elasticsearch Query Language (ES|QL), its new piped query language designed to transform, enrich and simplify data investigation with concurrent processing. ES|QL enables site reliability engineers (SREs), developers an.....»»
Kentik Kube collects metadata across Kubernetes pods, clusters, and services
Kentik, the network observability company, has released Kentik Kube, a solution that reveals how Kubernetes traffic routes through organizations’ data centers, clouds, and the internet. Kentik Kube gives network, cloud, and infrastructure engineers.....»»
Scientists observe composite superstructure growth from nanocrystals in real time
For the first time, scientists and engineers have observed in real time how two types of nanoparticles made from different materials combine into new composite materials. The findings, reported by a team led by the University of Pennsylvania and Univ.....»»
Engineers improve NASA lidar tech for exploration
Lidar technology improvements will help NASA scientists and explorers with remote sensing and surveying, mapping, 3D-image scanning, hazard detection and avoidance, and navigation......»»
Semgrep Secrets prevents sensitive credentials from leaking
Semgrep announced its public beta of Semgrep Secrets, a product for detecting and securing sensitive credentials during the software development process. Semgrep is designed for engineers – software and security alike – who need to mainta.....»»
GoDaddy makes collaborating with its website designers more efficient
The process of having GoDaddy design your website just became more digital with an integrated hub......»»
Chinese EVs, Tesla spark renaissance in styling, head of Porsche design says
Michael Mauer says new competitors led by EV brands from China are making managers and designers in Germany more receptive to risky vehicle concepts......»»
NASA"s Voyager team focuses on software patch, thrusters
Engineers for NASA's Voyager mission are taking steps to help make sure both spacecraft, launched in 1977, continue to explore interstellar space for years to come......»»
Electron-rich metals make ceramics tough to crack
Researchers have discovered a way to make ceramics tougher and more resistant to cracking. By building these materials using a blend of metal atoms possessing more electrons in their outer shell, a team led by engineers at the University of Californi.....»»
How UX designers can use brain science to influence user experience
Understanding the science behind the fine art of balancing users’ attention and intention. As a UX designer deeply invested in the world of apps and user experience, there’s a subject that has been occupying my mind lately—the f.....»»
Models suggest interlinking rivers in India to meet water demand may adversely impact monsoon rainfall amounts
A team of civil engineers and meteorologists at the Indian Institute of Technology, working with colleagues from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and the University of Hyderabad, has found, via modeling, that a plan to interlink rivers in.....»»
Prada to design Nasa"s new Moon suit
Art meets science as Prada designers help create the spacesuits for the 2025 Moon mission......»»
GenAI in software surges despite risks
In this Help Net Security video, Ilkka Turunen, Field CTO at Sonatype, discusses how generative AI influences and impacts software engineers’ work and the software development lifecycle. According to a recent Sonatype survey of 800 developers (.....»»
Using DNA as glue to hold nanostructures together and build ultra-strong colloidal crystal metamaterials
A team of chemical and biological engineers working with a group of nanotechnologists at Northwestern University in Illinois has developed a type of super-strong colloidal crystal metamaterial by gluing together metal nanostructures using strands of.....»»
Self-healing of synthetic diamonds observed at room temperature
A team of chemists, materials scientists and aeronautical engineers at Beihang University, working with one colleague from Yanshan University and another from the University of Chicago, reports evidence of self-healing in a sample of synthetic diamon.....»»