🐟🧽 University of #Bonn researchers developed a washing machine filter inspired by sardine and anchovy gill systems that removes over 99% of #microplastics from laundry wastewater. The biomimetic design uses funnel-shaped filtration with self-cleaning mechanisms copied from #fish feeding systems.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/fish-washing-machine-microplastic-filter/

#biomimicry #environment #sustainability #engineering #innovation #technology #tech

6 December 1989, 36 years ago, 14 women were murdered for one single reason: they were women. 12 of them were Engineering students, 1 was a nursing student and 1 was an employee.
An additional 14 people were injured, 10 women and 4 men.

That this happened is inexcusable. These 14 people were chasing their own dreams. As a society, we must never forget them and we must push to be better.

#Canada #Québec #Montréal #Polytechnique #PolyMtl #WeRemember #Engineering

#3Dprinting houses is a new #technology where an extruder follows a plot and simply accretes the house with layers of cement. It has a lot of possibilities and promise to make #homeBuilding faster and cheaper, and engineers are working on some exciting improvements for the technology:

#construction #engineering #materialsScience

🐟🧽 University of #Bonn researchers developed a washing machine filter inspired by sardine and anchovy gill systems that removes over 99% of #microplastics from laundry wastewater. The biomimetic design uses funnel-shaped filtration with self-cleaning mechanisms copied from #fish feeding systems.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/fish-washing-machine-microplastic-filter/

#biomimicry #environment #sustainability #engineering #innovation #technology #tech

6 December 1989, 36 years ago, 14 women were murdered for one single reason: they were women. 12 of them were Engineering students, 1 was a nursing student and 1 was an employee.
An additional 14 people were injured, 10 women and 4 men.

That this happened is inexcusable. These 14 people were chasing their own dreams. As a society, we must never forget them and we must push to be better.

#Canada #Québec #Montréal #Polytechnique #PolyMtl #WeRemember #Engineering

🏭Industrial masterpiece. In the 1930s, this behemoth machine was, at the time, the biggest gas engine ever built! Now it stands rusting and abandoned inside an old power plant somewhere in Luxembourg.

#AbandonedEngineering #Luxembourg #Photography #Industry #Industrial #Rust #LostPlace #Explore #History #Machine #Engineering

Making tiny 0.1cc two stroke engine from scratch

https://youtu.be/nKVq9u52A-c?si=KVY6AK7tsudqnbJN

#HackerNews #Making #tiny #engines #DIY #two-stroke #engineering #innovation

#3Dprinting houses is a new #technology where an extruder follows a plot and simply accretes the house with layers of cement. It has a lot of possibilities and promise to make #homeBuilding faster and cheaper, and engineers are working on some exciting improvements for the technology:

#construction #engineering #materialsScience

Job opening at Commonwealth Fusion Systems: Manufacturing engineer, weekend shift. If you are an engineer, you will find a sizeable group of like-minded folks at CFS putting fusion energy on the grid. https://jobs.lever.co/cfsenergy/35c9b72e-da30-429d-a587-1ec916ca21ed
#JobAlert #FusionEnergy #Engineering

BMW PHEV: When EU engineering becomes a synonym for "unrepairable" (EV Clinic)

https://evclinic.eu/2025/12/04/2021-phev-bmw-ibmucp-21f37e-post-crash-recovery-when-eu-engineering-becomes-a-synonym-for-unrepairable-generating-waste/

#HackerNews #BMW #PHEV #EU #engineering #unrepairable #sustainability #EVs

🏭Industrial masterpiece. In the 1930s, this behemoth machine was, at the time, the biggest gas engine ever built! Now it stands rusting and abandoned inside an old power plant somewhere in Luxembourg.

#AbandonedEngineering #Luxembourg #Photography #Industry #Industrial #Rust #LostPlace #Explore #History #Machine #Engineering

the question that arises from the recent unexpected software updates on 6000 Airbus A320 jets isn't on the slight dip in its stock price or the subsequent fuselage mechanical flaw.

the question really, is the extent to which the intense solar radiation that can fry software on these jets, can impact biological health, for the young, infants on board, and the aged.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/01/airbus-averts-further-travel-disruption-by-fixing-most-jets-hit-by-software-glitch

#airbus #healthcare #engineering #software

An LLM-Powered Tool to Catch PCB Schematic Mistakes

https://netlist.io/

#HackerNews #LLMTool #PCB #Schematic #Mistakes #Electronics #Engineering #Innovation

My #introduction needs a refresh.

I'm a #PhD student at the University of #Vermont, studying the #Evolution of #Evolvability. I'm into #AI, #ALife, #Biology, and #Philosophy, because I want to understand #life, #adaptation, and #intelligence using my native language of #ComputerScience. I share my musings and #research on my #blog. I love #science generally, and am full of bitchy #AcademicChatter.

I was a #SoftwareEngineer in #SiliconValley for many years, but left in 2021. I'm glad I did, and now I feel a bit betrayed by the #TechIndustry. I've been going back to my #FOSS roots, and gradually #DeGoogle ing my life. I still love to talk about #code #craft, #UX, and healthy #engineering #culture. Recently I've been enjoying #gpu #programming, mostly in #taichilang.

I have a wife and a #cat. I love #nature, #photography, #cooking, and #yoga.

All kinds of people are valid and worthy, but #trans people, folks on the #autism spectrum, and #bipoc get a shout out right now because they need our support.

Reinventing how .NET builds and ships (again)

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/reinventing-how-dotnet-builds-and-ships-again/

#HackerNews #Reinventing #.NET #shipping #.NET #development #software #engineering

My #introduction needs a refresh.

I'm a #PhD student at the University of #Vermont, studying the #Evolution of #Evolvability. I'm into #AI, #ALife, #Biology, and #Philosophy, because I want to understand #life, #adaptation, and #intelligence using my native language of #ComputerScience. I share my musings and #research on my #blog. I love #science generally, and am full of bitchy #AcademicChatter.

I was a #SoftwareEngineer in #SiliconValley for many years, but left in 2021. I'm glad I did, and now I feel a bit betrayed by the #TechIndustry. I've been going back to my #FOSS roots, and gradually #DeGoogle ing my life. I still love to talk about #code #craft, #UX, and healthy #engineering #culture. Recently I've been enjoying #gpu #programming, mostly in #taichilang.

I have a wife and a #cat. I love #nature, #photography, #cooking, and #yoga.

All kinds of people are valid and worthy, but #trans people, folks on the #autism spectrum, and #bipoc get a shout out right now because they need our support.

🤖👕 #Robotics expert Chris Paxton from Agility Robotics explains why multiple companies are developing #clothes-folding #robots, highlighting advances in imitation learning that require thousands of human demonstrations to train #AI models.

The tasks work well because clothes-folding is forgiving of imperfection, easily resettable when errors occur, and doesn't require precise force control like more complex manufacturing tasks.

👉 https://spectrum.ieee.org/robots-folding-clothes

#ai #machinelearning #technology #tech #engineering #innovation #future

🤖👕 #Robotics expert Chris Paxton from Agility Robotics explains why multiple companies are developing #clothes-folding #robots, highlighting advances in imitation learning that require thousands of human demonstrations to train #AI models.

The tasks work well because clothes-folding is forgiving of imperfection, easily resettable when errors occur, and doesn't require precise force control like more complex manufacturing tasks.

👉 https://spectrum.ieee.org/robots-folding-clothes

#ai #machinelearning #technology #tech #engineering #innovation #future