I believe that there is a huge opportunity for engineering related social networks. The only engineering social website that I know off is http://octopart.com/, a very useful search engine for electronic parts (let me know if you know off other social engineering websites).
Today I developed a new social bookmarking site for engineers, EngBeat: http://www.engbeat.com. I say today because it took me 4 hours to design and develop EngBeat using CakePHP. EngBeat is very beta, right now you can only submit engineering links but I intent to add accounts, categories, rss feeds and comments soon.
I’ve been collecting science videos since forever; any video that is physics, chemistry, space, biology, math… My “favorites” folder was getting pretty big, so I finally dedicated some time to put all those science videos in one accessible place; Science Hack. Science Hack is my new blog. I will use it to bookmark all the cool science videos that I find. Eventually, I want to go beyond videos, with some longer and more detailed posts. If you find a cool science video, leave a comment here or on Science Hack, and I will post it and link to your blog or website.
Visit Science Hack and let me know what you think, how can I improve it and make it more useful.
An Ivu, or ice shove is a surge of ice from the ocean onto the shore. They are caused by ocean currents and winds blowing multi-year ice onto the shore, creating piles up to 40 feet high. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivu
Here is an interesting interview with Milton Friedman (died on November 16, 2006). In the interview, Friedman argues against government control in many areas including:
Skydiving from an altitude of 31,333 meters above earth must be amazing; I want to try it some day :).
Here are some facts:
-When developing the general theory of relativity, Einstein realized that a man in the emptiness of space would not be able to detect whether he was falling under gravity.
-The skydiver is Joseph Kittinger.
-During Kittinger’s descent, Kittinger reached speeds up to 614 miles per hour, approaching the speed of sound without the protection of an aircraft or space vehicle.
-Space starts at the Karman line, 100km from the surface of earth.
Growing up, my parents always measured my performance in school by how I did in math and English. Although they encouraged me to learn music, it was only as a hobby and always next to math and English. As an engineer now, I very much appreciate what they did. However, after watching this very interesting and entertaining talk by Sir Ken Robinson, I wonder, what little Rami would have achieved if his creative mind had been stimulated further.
