NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who helped keep the Apollo 13 astronauts alive using a combination of a spacesuit hose, sock, plastic bag, cue cards and duct tape, has died at age 95. Four hours after the explosion that tore through Apollo 13 in 1970, Smylie became concerned that the crew would suffocate due to the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the air. He and his team of 60 came up with a plan, tested it and explained to Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert how to build it during their emergency trip back to Earth. Smylie, who died in late April, received a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his service to the space program. Here's more from @Spacecom.
NASA just pulled off another miracle save: 🛰️ The spacecraft’s primary roll thrusters, offline since 2004, were believed permanently dead 🧯 With backup thrusters at risk of failure, JPL engineers gambled on a high-stakes heater reset 🔥 If wrong, it could’ve caused a small onboard explosion 📡 If right, it would restore control — 15.6 billion miles from Earth
They were right. The thrusters fired. Voyager 1 can still hold its course.
This wasn’t a reboot. It was old-school problem-solving, deep systems knowledge, and the audacity to trust an idea that might just work.
The most distant human object is still flying — because a team believed it could.
Wusstest du, dass wir auch in der Forschung aktiv sind?🔎
Unser aktuelles Projekt nennt sich loopSHIFTED.
Bei dem Projekt geht es darum unser modulares Konzept auf bereits bestehende Geräte im Markt zu übertragen und aufzuzeigen, wo noch mehr Reparierbarkeit möglich ist! 💡🔧
Hodne dobry clanek o AI v programovani, ktery se v zasade trefuje do mych nazoru. Na zacatku AI vlny byl sen, ze GenAI demokratizuje mnoho odvetvi. Ten se efektivne rozplynul, AI dost zasadne rozsiruje gap mezi spatnymi/juniory a seniory.
Co s tim jako junior delat? Nabrat rychle co nejsirsi zkusenosti skakanim mezi joby/startupy/vlastnimi projekty.
Scientists have discovered that metal-halide perovskite, a next-generation semiconductor material, can self-heal from radiation damage in space. And this could be a game-changer for space-based solar panels and future power generation.
An Oakland-based company called Brimstone broke through that hurdle. On Wednesday, it announced it received third-party certification that its carbon-negative cement is structurally and chemically the same as regular cement. The company says it is the first carbon-neutral or carbon-negative cement to meet that building requirement. #engineering #sustainability #construction #GreenTechnologywashingtonpost.com/climate-sol…
Elijah McCoy was born in 1844 in Ontario to formerly-enslaved parents from Kentucky. They saved enough to send him to Scotland to study mechanical #engineering. When he returned and couldn't get work in his field, he took a job as a train oilman and invented a method of automatic lubrication that eliminated the frequent stops trains had to make to oil up axles & bearings. Railroad companies asking for his product rather than copycat devices spawned the phrase "the real McCoy." #BlackHistoryMonth
This lighthouse is SO UNIQUE! It's called Þrídrangar, which means "three rock pillars". It is located 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometres) off the southwest coast of Iceland, in the archipelago of Vestmannaeyjar, often described as the most isolated lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse was built there in 1939.
It's such a INCREDIBLE location for a lighthouse, perched on a rock in Iceland's wild surf. Originally constructed and accessible only by scaling the rock on which it is situated, it is now accessible by helicopter since the construction of a helipad.
VHS machine in action: load, play, fast forward, rewind, play, seek forward and backward, stop, eject.
I admire the engineering that makes all the parts work so good together. For example, tape loading is done with one motor that is attached to a gear that can be seen in the top right corner. Thanks to different sensors and the rotary encoder that is connected to the gear, the VHS machine can also check if it is in a valid state or not and by that prevent tape damage.
