The Best Electronic Gift Ideas for Engineers
This one focuses on electronics, which any engineer would appreciate as gifts. For electronics, the key is functionality and durability.
5 Mentally Engaging Books that Engineers would like as Gifts
On our third installation of gifts for engineers, we present yet another guide for the confused souls who are unable to buy gifts for theirs engineer wives, husbands, friends etc….
5 Amazing Gifts for Engineers that will cost you less than $20
Engineers are peculiar people. We see numbers where others see lines. We like complexity and dislike anything petty. Much more so, it the latter does not involve math. We admire…
Brain Teaser: Fill in the Blanks
Four words with the letters SNT, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters below to fill in the blanks.
_ _ S _ N T _ _ _
S _ _ N T
S _ N _ _ T
S _ _ _ N T
Letters to use: A, A, E, E, E, I, I, L, L, Q, S, S, U, U
Brain Teaser: A Sliding Ladder
A 25 ft ladder (assume it is not an extension ladder) is placed with its foot 7 ft away from a building. If the top of the ladder slips down 4 ft, how many feet will the bottom slide out?
New article – Power Distribution of Electricity Explained: A Beginner’s Guide
It is often asked ‘what is power distribution’? Power distribution is the delivery of electricity to an end user in the final stage. In the current day and age, the primary circuit leaves the sub station and will then reach the meter socket of the end user.
A Quote from the Profession of Engineering by Herbert Hoover, President and Engineer
America’s 31st president was a passionate engineer generally credited with the vision for the Hoover Dam. It is not a wonder this impressive structure was named after him. The following…
World’s longest sea bridge opens in China
China has yet again proved that no engineering feat is impossible. Be it a seemingly impossible river diversion project or a 26.4-mile long sea bridge, engineers in China appear ready…
What type of gifts do engineers like?
A spouse of one of our loyal users contacted me asking me for advise on the type of gift she should get for her husband. The husband, a 34-year-old civil…
Taiwan’s Taipei 101 receives LEED platinum rating
Taiwan’s 509-metre Taipei 101 recently become the world’s tallest building to receive LEED platinum rating, the highest level in the green building rating system. In a ceremony held in held…