Posted by Dave Wilson.
The sales representative needed some help explaining the advantages of his company’s new system to one of his clients. So he asked the engineering manager if he could spare one of the company engineers to accompany him on a sales visit. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Dave Wilson.
Not many of us give much thought to what happens to the excrement that we flush down out toilets each day, aside from, of course, the engineers who build and run the wastewater plants that treat it. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Dave Wilson.
There was no doubt in the mind of the recruitment officer at the SME that the young engineer would be an invaluable addition to the company’s engineering team. Read the rest of this entry »
Long before the advent of the personal computer, the fledgling microprocessor maker set out to devise ways to exploit the potential of its new range of programmable devices. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Dave Wilson.
My brother Andy’s seven-year-old Hyundai Elantra had a minor problem - or so he thought. Every half a mile or so, the engine cut-out, and then miraculously cut in again. Read the rest of this entry »
Some time ago, the large OEM decided to equip its sales force with, what were at the time, bright shiny new notebook computers. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Dave Wilson.
In these days when endless EU funding is available to anyone attempting to develop new means to reduce greenhouse gases, it’s ironic that there’s a lot of existing technology that, if it was only deployed in earnest, would do just that. Read the rest of this entry »
Each and every Christmas, the President of the computer OEM held a wonderful bash in the resplendent ballroom of a large hotel to celebrate the accomplishments of his employees over the previous year. Read the rest of this entry »
Not long ago, a team of environmentalists decided to conduct some research to discover what sort of pollution was being caused to the rivers and seas around European ports by the enormous traffic from shipping. Read the rest of this entry »
I’m not a fan of competitions. I’ve entered a few in my time and never won a thing. So this week, you might be rather surprised to hear that I’m going to encourage you, dear reader, to enter one! Read the rest of this entry »
Engineeringtalk and this Editor's Blog is now edited by Dave Wilson
Dave was the Editor of Digital Design, Electronic Systems Design and The OEM Integrator in the US between 1980 and 1990. More recently, he founded e4engineering (now The Engineer Online) at the start of 2000 and Technology Horizons in 2006, both for Centaur Media. His mood varies with the fortunes of the NASDAQ and Nikkei indices.
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