May 2010
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The Grand Challenges of Engineering Should Also Be...
Post By Elmer Atienza
I recently discovered this website and webpage (http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/cms/8996/9221.aspx) that describes the “Grand Challenges of Engineering” as pronounced by the National Academy of Engineering (of the National Academies). The Grand Challenges of Engineering are, in the order of their poll results:
Make solar energy economical.
Provide energy...
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WatchA 23-year-old Kenyan’s solar-powered LED lantern helps light rural homes
Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — The villagers’ faces light up as Evans Wadongo arrives. Men, women and children sing and gather around as he shows how his invention — a solar-powered LED lantern — will soon light up their homes.
“These families, they are so poor. They don’t have...
Post by: Samantha Morgan Logan
Passion….it’s what it’s about-
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Had to comment about this site called inhabitat that I found today. Saw 3 really interesting articles amid some more mundane stuff ALL posted today. Think you would love it.
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WatchThe WHY versus the WHAT
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
Simon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question “Why?” His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers — and as a counterpoint Tivo, which (until a recent court victory that tripled its stock price)...