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Settler Colonialism and the Engineering of Historical Amnesia – CounterPunch
Image by mer Yldz. It should come as no surprise to those of us with even a cursory understanding of the history of U.S
Ipswich civil engineering firm named Large Business of the Year – Yahoo News UK
The winners of the EADT Business Awards 2024 have been announced and Jackson Civil Engineeringhas been named winner of the Large Business of the Year award, sponsored by Larking Gowen. Jackson Civil Engineering employs around 320 staff, operating out of seven offices across England, with around half that number working from its head office in Ipswich. Founded in 1952, the firm undertakes civil engineering projects ranging from 500,000 to 50 million in value.
China developing twice as much wind, solar power as the rest of the world – Interesting Engineering
China continues to lead the world in renewable energy growth, as per a new report from the Global Energy Monitor (GEM), a San Franciscobased non-governmental organization. According to the findings published on Thursday, China has 180 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale solar power and 15GW of wind power currently under construction.
Eat fossil fuels: Bill Gates-backed company makes butter out of thin air – Interesting Engineering
A Bill Gates-backed startup may have cracked the biggest puzzle of the food industryhow to make good-tasting food without harming the planet. California-based Savor is using carbon dioxide from the air and turning it into butter right in the lab, and thats just one of the many other fat-based products it can make. The livestock industry contributes 14.5 percent of global greenhouse emissions
Engineering The Trade – tastylive
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Making the invisible visible with terahertz imaging chips – Interesting Engineering
In our recent podcast, we sat down with Dr. Kenneth O. and Dr.
No one cares about you? This emotional robot will make you feel better – Interesting Engineering
Fudan University in Shanghai has unveiled an emotional humanoid robot.
How Building a Platform as a Product Empowered Software Engineers – InfoQ.com
Platform engineering is about accelerating and empowering developers to deliver more product value faster over time. According to Jessica Andersson, most companies dont invest in platform engineering until they reach a certain size. At QCon London she presented how their startup adopted platform engineering, what strategy they took, and what they have done to gain platform adoption from developers
Humanoid robot learns to dance, high-five, hug to work with humans – Interesting Engineering
Aiming to reshape public perception of robots, a group of engineers have trained a humanoid to learn and execute a variety of expressive actions.
NASA calculates how much faster time moves on the lunar surface – Interesting Engineering
With all eyes on upcoming crewed missions to the moon for the first time in decades, NASA engineers are finally getting around to figuring out how much faster time moves up there. If that sounds strange, its because it is, but that doesnt make it any less real. According to general relativity, the passage of time can be different within two different gravitational contexts