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Monthly Archives: August 2012

Tightening the Belt on Large Screen TV Energy Consumption

Friday, August 31, 2012

Once a major component of our monthly electricity bill, big screen televisions have reduced their energy consumption over the last few years due to improvements in technology and energy efficiency programs. The U.S. EPA hopes to continue that trend by recently publishing the final draft of the next version of its ENERGY STAR® television program [...]

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Websites for women involved in engineering or science

Thursday, August 30, 2012

By Christina Nickolas It is important for women in engineering and science to get involved in organizations that support them early in their career. The following are some of the organizations I am aware of: Women in IEEE (WIE) - The WIE Mission is to inspire, engage, encourage and empower IEEE women worldwide. www.ieee.org/women Society of [...]

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ENERGY STAR® Imaging Equipment Update

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Last March I reported that the EPA was in the final stages of drafting its ENERGY STAR Imaging Equipment Spec, Version 2.0 (see: ENERGY STAR Imaging Equipment Spec Moves Forward). The latest draft was recently released and includes the following proposed changes. Expanded scope of allowable variations within product families New digital front end (DFE) [...]

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Around the World While Staying Home

Thursday, August 30, 2012

The Navy’s new robotic lab reproduces Earth’s ecosystems, all under one roof… How do you give scientists and researchers the real-life experience of being in the desert, the rainforest, or at the ocean shore, without flying them halfway around the world on costly and time-consuming training expeditions? Now there is no longer a need, since [...]

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IndyCar Engineer: A Driver’s First Line of Defense

Thursday, August 30, 2012

In addition to winning any race, in this case at Sonoma, CA, the main focus of IndyCar engineers is that of protection: Protect the car and protect the driver. This is because they know that the game of racing itself is about engineering: Electronic, mechanical and aerodynamic engineering. And in order to have a fast [...]

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Do you want to live on Mars?

Thursday, August 30, 2012

A Dutch company, Mars One, is planning a one way trip to Mars in 2023. Four astronauts will embark on a one way mission to the Red Planet where they will establish a human settlement. The plan is to send an additional four people to join them every two years. The seven-month voyage will cost [...]

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NASA discovers system where planets orbit twin suns

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Taking a peak into the constellation Cygnus, NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered the first-ever transiting circumbinary system: multiple planets orbiting not one, but two suns. While the system is located at a ridiculously far distance of 4,900 light-years from Earth, it proves the theory that more than one planet can form and survive in orbit [...]

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