***Editor’s Note: To Celebrate Engineer’s Week (Feb 22-26) ECN will be publishing one engineer’s story per day and starting a new weekly section called “I Became An Engineer” that will launch next week. To share you story email kasey.panetta@advantagemedia.com*** Today’s (second because I missed Thursday’s) “Why I Became An Engineer Story” comes to us from […]
I Became An Engineer: Because Of The Cool Jackets
Today’s “Why I Became An Engineer Story” comes to us from ECN reader Douglas Lupo: The year is 1970, standing in the long chow line on the USS Constellation, CVA64, hot, greasey, dirty and hungry. I look to see how many are a head of me and I see three guys with jackets on…. So, […]
I Became An Engineer: Because of Christmas Lights
Today’s “Why I Became An Engineer Story” comes to us from ECN reader Bob Hofmann: I knew from the age of 8 that I wanted to be an engineer, even though I did not know that was what that kind of a person was called. The earliest manifestation occurred in 1944, when I was eight […]
I Became An Engineer: Because of a Lunch Box
Today’s “Why I Became An Engineer Story” comes to us from Elizabeth Bierman, a Principal Systems Engineer at Honeywell, and former president of the Society of Women Engineers. “In the fall of 1985, I was starting 4th grade and wanted a new lunch box. I ended up getting one with a picture of an astronaut […]
A Note From The Editor: An Engineer’s Story
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the February 2016 edition of ECN magazine. We’ve been busy collecting stories for our 2016 “Year of the Engineer” and there are some great tales out there. I’ve decided to publish our first story right here in my editor’s note and you’ll start to see them online […]
Tesla Built A Model S For Kids
If you happen to have several hundred dollars burning a hole in your pocket, know a child (or small adult) with a technology obsession, and can appreciate a sweet toy, we might just have a solution to all your problems. Radio Flyer, best known for its red toy wagon, has partnered with Tesla to create […]
Are You The Most Romantic Engineer?
Are you the poet of your engineering group? Do the romantic prose flow from your fingertips like sand through a hourglass? Do you live for Valentine’s Day? Did you woo your significant other with your sexy brain? Are you an engineer? If you’ve answered ‘Yes’ to these questions, do we have a contest for you. […]
How Virtual Reality Will Destroy Eating (And Everything Else You Love)
Just to show that they can’t all be winners, Samsung has launched what it believes will be the future of dining. It’s the responsibility of this publication to tell you it’s a very dark future indeed. Fresh off the genius of the smart fridge, announced at CES, Samsung has made another interesting announcement about the […]
Why I’m (Uncomfortably) Obsessed With This Smart Fridge
Part of the reason this job rocks my socks off is because of the absurd amount of very cool technology coming out that I, humble editor of ECN, get to report on. That being said, I’ve never been quite this unexcited to be excited about forthcoming technology. I’ve heard a lot of arguments against smart […]
This Sports Car Could Offer Up To 1,000 Horsepower
The FFZERO1 might be a concept car but, as the tagline goes, it’s also a car of concepts. The car was introduced at CES by Faraday Future and every part of it was designed with driver comfort and convenience in mind. Let’s start with the big numbers. The company is claiming the electric vehicle offers […]