Even the cushiest Jeep products have always traded on at least the perception that they would make capable off-road vehicles. So when we got ahold of a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4x4, loaded up with all the "Trail Rated" bells and whistles, we decided we'd be remiss if we didn't at least ge

The Harris Interactive poll of more than 30,000 people named Google the most reputable company in the U.S. based on qualities such as leadership and social responsibility. The company operates more than 1 million servers in data centers around the world and processes over 1 billion search requests e

From Technabob:

I always wondered how practical a giant manned walking robot like the AT-ATs in The Empire Strikes Back would really be. Well a long, long time ago, at a General Electric factory far, far away, it turns out an actual quadruped manned robot was in development.

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From Discovery News - Top Stories:

The inside of the moon may have as much water as Earth's mantle, finds an analysis of moon crystals returned by Apollo astronauts.

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From Discovery News - Top Stories:

A app allows customers to pay for purchases without a credit card or even tapping a smart phone against a device at the cashier's counter.

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As our lead story this month details, large companies have the personnel, resources, and smart management to identify, record, and disseminate best practices. At the same time, however, maintenance departments — even in large corporations — are often viewed as cost centers, not revenue g

Michigan State Police have reportedly been downloading data from cell phones of motorists pulled over for speed infractions. And, the California Supreme Court ruled that police can search the cell phone of a person who's been arrested — including text messages — without obtaining a warra

Whenever a plane crashes,investigators must find the black box to obtain vital information preceding the crash.

I realize there are a lot of planes constantly in the air, but with TeraByte drives becoming so inexpensive, why can't the information be transmitted to a receiving station and stored in

Need manufacture's name of best available grinder pump for home pressure sewage application. Any recommendations are appreciated.

1. 1- In ASME VIII, UW-3 welded joint category; the definition of category B include the circumferential welded joint connecting formed heads other than hemispherical heads to nozzles, while category D welded joint include circumferential welded joints connecting nozzles to heads. Is there a defe

Hi guys,

I'm Installing an Auto Sampler on a Quality Loop System to Grab Sample from an Oil flow line. The Instruments Installed are Grab Sampler/Sample Drive 20CD (24VDC) from NuFlu Measurement Systems Company and Allen Bradley PICO Controller L12BWB. These Instruments are using Pulses, Now, ho

Hi guys,

I'm Installing an Auto Sampler on a Quality Loop System to Grab Sample from an Oil flow line. The Instruments Installed are Grab Sampler/Sample Drive 20CD (24VDC) from NuFlu Measurement Systems Company and Allen Bradley PICO Controller L12BWB. These Instruments are using Pulses, Now, how d

How to order fiber optic cable our spec call for at least 6 fibres less than 15km for single mode this is for main fiber optic cable. Hereunder are the specs;

single mode, index-gradient: 125um

core diameter: 9+/-10um

cladding diameter: 125+/-1um

coating diameter: 250 +/- 10um

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Last year, the largest ground-mounted solar array in the U.S. Pacific Northwest was activated to power a wastewater treatment plant. Do developments like this mean alternative-energy options such as solar and wind power are ready to play a significant role in wastewater treatment? Or is alternative

From Boing Boing:

This is a photo of a landslide. But it's not a landslide that happened, it's a landslide in progress. Very, very slow progress. At Snake River Canyon, Wyoming, this flow of dirt is moving down a hillside and across a highway at a rate of 50 centimeters per hour, says Da

With RFID technology becoming more pervasive in our everyday lives, embedded in products ranging from warehouse merchandise to passports and credit cards, the hacking of RFID chips has become a real possibility. What does security mean in an RFID system and how can it be achieved?

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From TreeHugger:

Though we often associate ooze-slicked animals with horrific disasters like 2010's BP oil spill, in the Azerbaijani town of Naftalan, 160 miles north-west of the capital Baku, there is a clinic where visitors voluntarily flock to its famous (well, famous at least in the

This month's newsletter highlights a variety of innovations in materials development, particularly glass. Do you sense that the pace of innovation is picking up in your field of engineering, and what appears to be driving it?

The preceding article is a "sneak peek" from Glass, Ceramics, Fibers & Fa

We've all cursed the plastic water bottle — for its environmental impact, or because we didn't think of it first — but is the Dasani "plant bottle" worthy of so much disrespect? Coca-Cola maintains its new bottle is more eco-friendly, since 30% less petroleum is consumed during its manuf