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The Engineering Mastery of the Wright Brothers

Most people recognize that the Wright brothers mastered powered flight, but few know all of the engineering strides they made to accomplish this.

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The Engineering Mastery of Isambard Brunel

Burnel changed civil and mechanical engineering by thinking big. But it wasn't enough just to think big, oversize projects came with large problems requiring big solutions.

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How secure are Swipe Cards

Swipe cards or RFID Cards are used for all aspects of security. Should we really be trusting them? Are there other security issues we should be aware of?

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A Graphene Supercapacitor

One of the biggest problems with batteries is how long it takes to charge them. A capacitor, on the other hand, charges in seconds, or at most, minutes.

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Information Theory Book Reviews - Best Textbooks on Information Theory and Coding

Reviews of textbooks on information theory and coding, and their application to statistics, communications, and data analysis.

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Longitude

In the eighteenth century, Longitude positions could not be measured. Ships were being wrecked so the British Parliament passed an Act setting a prize for a solution.

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Surrey Iron Railway

The Surrey Iron Railway was one of the first railways in the world, planned in 1801 and opened in 1803. Used to transport goods, the horse-drawn wagons ran on cast iron rails.

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Concorde

Concorde was a supersonic airliner created by an Angle French consortium. Capable of speeds above Mach 2, it was used on the UK-US routes, but only by French and British airlines.

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