Mechanical Engineering

How Can 3D Printing Alleviate the Construction Industry’s Social, Climate, and Environmental Challenges?

3DPrint.com: Global housing shortages, a lack of skilled workers, and the need to reach carbon neutrality by 2050—the construction industry faces a tripled-edged sword. Industry leaders must use their…

How the Hydrogen Revolution Can Help Save the Planet—And How It Can’t

Scientific American: The white-hot river of liquid iron never stops. Every hour of the day and night, at this steel plant in Sweden’s far north, the metal pours out of…

Meet Your New Corporate Office Mate: A ‘Brainless’ Robot

New York Times: The new workers zipped around the office completing mundane tasks like fetching coffee, delivering meals and handing off packages. They did not get in anyone’s way or violate personal space. They waited unobtrusively for elevators with unfailing politeness. And,…

The Problem With Spinning Spacecraft

Wired: While it would be awesome for people to be able to live in space, a “weightless” environment poses some serious challenges. Humans function best on Earth’s surface, where they are affected by a constant gravitational force. Without it, there are well-known consequences of long-term exposure to microgravity, including…