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Friday, August 01, 2003
20,000 leagues 2003 style
Jules Verne would be proud of what the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is doing to evaluate the health of deep sea coral reefs in the Carribean (yeah, I thought they were only in shallow waters, too!). Their site has some pretty interesting drawings and vehicle charateristics of the autonomous underwater vehicle and imaging platform they designed. The Woods Hole site itself is not bad either...Check it out before you head to the beach this weekend!
Thursday, July 31, 2003
Brain drain?
The Chicago Trib has an excellent article this a.m. on Boeing's brain drain affecting the shuttle Columbia disaster. According to the article, about 80% of Boeing's engineers refused to move when the company moved from CA to TX.
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Workin' for a livin'...
May get harder to do in the U.S. if you buy into Time Magazine's latest story on where the U.S. jobs are going (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030804-471198,00.html?cnn=yes) They've got a chart in there that notes that an average mechanical engineer in the U.S. makes $55,600 where his/her counterpart in India pulls in $5,900. (Numbers come from Payscale Inc.)
Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Search for Nessie over?
Okay, so if you believe CNN, the Loch Ness monster is now officially a myth. A team of researchers using satellite and sonar technology have found a big, fat, nothing in the lake. They claim that all the sightings of a monster are just our imaginations at play...The BBC is planning a documentary on the search for the fall.
On other neat news found during the "surf hour" (aka lunch), check out MSN's Tech and Gadget site. Pretty cool news stories...my favorite today was on the DARPA Grand Challenge, a contest to test out potential new combat vehicles -- this is kind of a Battle Bots sponsored by the U.S. government. Check out their home page and get all the info on the race from LA to LV (Las Vegas) to be held next March. Oh, did I forget to mention the grand prize? $1 million smackeroos...
