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• Swiss pilot demonstrates jet-powered wing
• 14 hours ago
• The AP (5/15, Jordans) reports that Yves Rossy, "[a] Swiss pilot, strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane" at 7,500 feet "Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps." After an initial free fall, Rossy "triggered four jet turbines and accelerated to 186 miles per hour, about 65 miles per hour faster than ...

• Columnist touts skills of engineers in today's society
• 14 hours ago
• In a Financial Times (5/15, Browne) column, Lord Browne, president of the British Royal Academy of Engineering, argues that "engineers have a unique set of skills and perspectives that should be used to create a better future." Referring to the Model T Ford., which "went into mass production" 100 years ago, Browne writes, "Engineers do not just build better cars, houses or mobile phone networks," ...

• Newly Created Engineering Mechanics Organization to Host Inaugural
• 1 day ago
• International Event Marks First Formal Activity of the American Society of
  Civil Engineers' New Engineering Mechanics Institute
  
  Reston, Va.—Marking the first major achievement since its formation in
  October 2007, the American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) Engineering
  Mechanics Institute (EMI) will host its Inaugural International Engineering
  Mechanics ...

• Swiss develop soccer-playing nano robot
• 1 day ago
• The BBC (5/14) reports, "A tiny [soccer]-playing robot has been developed by a team" at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology "in Zurich to spark young people's interest in nanotechnology -- and with the hope of leading to pioneering medical treatments." The robot, which is "made out of nickel and powered by magnetic fields, is just 300 microns wide -- about the width of three hairs," and play ...

• The Neuroscience of Leadership
• 6 days ago
• Breakthroughs in brain research explain how to make organizational transformation succeed.
  
  Mike is the CEO of a multinational pharmaceutical company, and he’s in trouble. With the patents on several key drugs due to expire soon, his business desperately needs to become more entrepreneurial, particularly in its ability to form internal and external partnerships to reduce time-to-market. Yet ...