Torque Tools - Hand Tools

10 Torque Tools for Nuts and Bolts
Tools help put something together or take it apart. In the case of  nuts and bolts,  a wrench, a ratchet, or a similar hex-fastener-turning tool can be used.  Here are 10 torque tools for nuts and bolts—and when to use them.


http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/reviews/hand-tools/10-torque-tools-for-nuts-and-bolts#slide-1

Howitzer - Artillery Weapon

A howitzer is a type of artillery piece characterized by a relatively short barrel and the use of comparatively small propellant charges to propel projectiles at relatively high trajectories, with a steep angle of descent. Such weapons have barrel length 15 to 25 times the caliber of the gun.

In the terminology  used by European till 20th century, the howitzer stood between the "gun" ( longer barrel, larger propelling charges, smaller shells, higher velocities, and flatter trajectories) and the "mortar" (used to fire at higher angles of ascent and descent).

By the early 20th century the differences between guns and howitzers is explained as follows:

Guns - higher velocity and longer range, single charge propellant, maximum elevation generally less than 35 degrees.
Howitzers - lower velocity and shorter range, multi-charge propellant, maximum elevation typically more than 45 degrees

Since the First World War, equipment that has the features of gun and the earlier howitzer appeared. Thus, the category of gun-howitzer - relatively long barrels and high muzzle velocity combined with multiple propelling charges and high maximum elevation came into being. But in USA,  gun-howitzers have been officially described as "howitzers" for more than sixty years. So "howitzer" is being used now as  a generic term for any kind of artillery piece that is designed to attack targets using indirect fire.

Since World War II, howitzers combining the earlier guns and howitzers have become popular artillery weapons.

http://www.marines.com/operating-forces/equipment/weapons/m777-howitzer

Engineering and Technology News - Bulletin Board 2014

June 2014


7 June 2014
Top Tech News - MIT Tech Review
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/527896/recommended-from-around-the-web-week-ending-june-7-2014/

1000 miles per hour Car to be tested in 2016
Bloodhound SSC
http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21603186-inside-1000mph-car

Japan test broadcasts super HD TV broadcast - 4K technology
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May 2014

Suitcase Scooter - Developed by Chinese farmer
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/chinese-man-builds-scooter-with-suitcase-report-532764

Samsonite Micro Suitcase Scooter
http://uncrate.com/stuff/samsonite-micro-suitcase-scooter/

New Technologies to Prevent Collisions of Vehicles
http://www.wittysparks.com/new-technologies-to-prevent-traffic-collisions/#.U4tRcHKSxpY

Demand for Engineering Plastics is increasing.
http://allnewsvideos.com/2014/05/09/increasing-consumption-in-key-end-use-sectors-drive-demand-for-engineering-plastics-according-to-new-report-by-global-industry-analysts-inc/

The Cutest Micro Cars produced in the 20th Century
http://io9.com/the-cutest-little-microcars-of-the-20th-century-1572837008/+matthardigree



January 2014

Top 10 technologies of 2013
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/12/the-10-best-tech-advances-of-2013.html

MIT Review 10 Breakthrough Technologies - 2013
http://www.technologyreview.com/lists/breakthrough-technologies/2013/

Top 12 Strategic Technologies or Trends - 2014

2014 Compilation

Biotechnology
Nanotechnology
Information technology
Population
Urbanization
Disease and globalization
Resource management
Environmental degradation
Economic integration
Knowledge dissemination
Conflict
Governance

Biotechnology


In the span of a decade, biotechnology has evolved from an R&D initiative to a major commercial force in the agriculture and healthcare industries. Even other manufacturers should prepare for an increase in biotech applications as well.Companies that develop safe biotech applications accepted by the public and countries that address safety concernsa and provide support to Biotech will reap enormous profits.

In February 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved, for the first time, a bionic eye. The eye allows individuals with a blindness called retinitis pigmentosa to detect light and dark.

Ernst & Young estimated the worldwide biotech industry revenue for publicly held companies to be $89.8 billion in 2012. Of that, the U.S. accounted for $63.7 billion.

Currently, the pharmaceutical industry is perhaps the biggest beneficiary of biotech.
global drug sales hit the $1 trillion mark last year for the first time in history. Genetically engineered drugs – drugs generated with living cells rather than with chemicals – account for an estimated 10 percent of the total global prescription drugs market.

China’s pharmaceutical market, worth $108 billion in 2005, is estimated to grow to $900 billion by 2020.

In 2010, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization predicted that global agricultural output must increase 70 percent by 2050 to feed the world’s anticipated population of 9 billion.


Source: Industrial Management, January - February 2014


http://www.iienet2.org/Details.aspx?id=36514


10 Breakthrough Technologies 2014 - MIT Review

Agricultural drones
http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/526491/agricultural-drones/
Key companies - 3D Robotics, Yamaha, Precision Hawk


Ultraprivate smart phones
http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/526496/ultraprivate-smartphones/


Brain mapping
Neuromorphic chips
Genome editing
Microscale 3-D printing
Mobile collaboration
Oculus rift
Agile robots
Smart wind and solar power

http://www.technologyreview.com/lists/technologies/2014/

Top Engineering and Technology News of 2013

Tech News Today Video
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E-Fan - Electric Airplane

On 25 April 2014, Airbus organized a public demonstration of its product under development, E-Fan, solar airplane.




http://www.airbus-group.com/airbusgroup/int/en/news/press.20140425_airbus_group_e-fan.html
http://www.airbus-group.com/airbusgroup/int/en/news/mediapackage.953ada3e-546f-49e8-a57f-ce931d8ce5f5.-Innovation.html


http://www.greencarcongress.com/2014/04/20140427-efan.html


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Internet of Things - 2014 Scenario

5 Popular technologies
1. Smart watches
2. Automated Home
3. Fitness tracking devices
4. Connected retail - Mobile device use in eShopping
5. Virtual and augmented reality devices

http://www.business2community.com/infographics/5-technologies-driving-internet-things-2014-0873451#!MJ6fM