Leaders of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) have noted a worldwide alarming trend and are taking steps to counter the situation. In Western Europe, Australia, Japan, and even India, the number of students attracted to engineering is declining. For example, a 2003 Harris poll conducted in the U.S. shows that only two percent of first year university … [Read more...]

That’s about 267mph by my reckoning! And this takes place every day, as many of you may already have guessed, on the Shanghai Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) Train. Over the last five years, I have tried several times to try this wonder of modern science, only to be thwarted by mechanical failures on their part, or bad timing on my part. Well, last Friday, when leaving the 2008 … [Read more...]

The Chinese power supply company, Huntkey Enterprise Group, has announced that its safety laboratory and EMC laboratory have received accreditation certified by UL, TUV and NEMKO.  Receiving these accreditations will tremendously shorten the accreditation cycle of product R&D and accelerate the public listing of Huntkey products, the company says.Visit Huntkey’s Web site to … [Read more...]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a monetary forfeiture order in the amount of $1,500 to Dale Lloyd Allred of Tunnel Hill, GA. Allred was fined for willful and repeated violations of Sections 301 and 333 of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended. Earlier this year, the FCC’s Atlanta office received complaints about interference to school bus radios … [Read more...]

Doctors at the Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Berne used census and mortality data from 4.7 million Swiss residents to investigate all deaths taking place there between 2000 and 2005. Using a proportional hazard model, they found that people who lived within 50 meters of high-voltage electricity lines were more likely to die from Alzheimer’s … [Read more...]