Kurt Degoede

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/07/30/sports/olympics/olympic-running.html “We invited three elite runners to run on the world’s fastest treadmill — at the Locomotor Performance Laboratory at Southern Methodist University — to examine the differences between running fast and running far (but still pretty fast). “

“An initiative of LEARN, a Kansas City-based nonprofit, Geeks for Kids is striving to provide that power by changing the way kids with movement limitations experience their world. The volunteers, many of them engineers, are building custom cars for kids who can’t otherwise get around on their own.” https://www.asme.org/topics-resources/content/geeks-for-kids-gives-power-to-play

“While growing up in Kenya, Wambui Nyabero, the innovator behind an advanced medical ventilator design called AfriVent, had few motivators to cheer her on to become an engineer. The perception of a woman as an engineer was misconceived, she says. Many mistook her role in mechanical engineering to be that of an automobile mechanic. Years … Continue reading →

https://www.engineeringforchange.org/news/e4c-visualized-drowning-e-waste/

“KWONG: Geoff, you said this would be fun. You’re taking space flying and turning it into an engineering problem. Are you going to ruin my favorite shows? BRUMFIEL: No, I’m going to enrich your understanding of your favorite shows, Emily, by bringing some facts into the conversation. And I’m also going to tell you about … Continue reading →

“For 30 years, US News & World Report has been using a secret formula to rank the best colleges and universities in the United States. As a public service to our listeners, we hack the algorithm and discover the dirty little secret of the rankings game.” https://www.pushkin.fm/show/revisionist-history/ spoiler below The most significant factor in the … Continue reading →

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/california-is-closing-in-on-repurposing-ev-batteries-to-store-clean-energy-for-the-grid/ ” The vast majority of retired electric car batteries have considerable capacity remaining in them, generally about 80 percent. While the reduced capacity impacts a vehicle’s range between charges, it’s expected to be more than enough to provide cost-effective energy storage. It also is far less demanding for batteries to provide stationary storage than … Continue reading →

“A new report suggests Texas could have avoided February’s power crisis if it had heeded federal recommendations ten years ago to winterize its grid, which relies on interdependent energy sources and is susceptible to cascading failure. Texas isn’t alone, writes Michael Webber, with similar interdependence common across the US demanding attention to address grid vulnerabilities … Continue reading →

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