カテゴリー: Engineering
This story of emancipated young women escaping draconian social strictures brims with enthusiasm and features a cameo from Phoebe Waller-BridgeBased on a true story, Bill Guttentag’s rousing drama attests to the resilience of women who dare to dream de…
Arnold Dix describes having to dig ‘100 millimetres at a time’ to save workers stuck in Silkyara-Barkot tunnel for 17 daysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn …
My father, Kopalapillai Mahadeva, who has died aged 89, was a scholar of production engineering and management whose self-discipline and determination into his 80s was inspiring.Kopalapillai, known as Kopan to his friends, was born in Madduvil South, S…
My uncle David Young, who has died aged 100, spent his entire working life with the Moral Re-Armament (MRA) movement (now Initiatives of Change), an organisation that aims to promote peace, reconciliation and integrity in public life.David joined MRA i…
The remnants of China’s largest rocket plummeted back to Earth, plunging into the Indian Ocean near the Maldives, according to Chinese state media and people in Oman and Jordan who captured footage of its light in the sky.Most of the rocket debris burn…
Students from a small community traditionally known for weaving are beating the odds to gain coveted university placesHe had tossed and turned all night. When he finally got out of bed at 4am, Anand Kumar realised his parents had too.The 17-year-old wa…
A low-tech washing machine offers a way to wash where there is limited access to power and running waterWith a plastic drum, plywood and a few secret components, a London-based engineer has created a rudimentary washing machine that he says will ease t…