Long a science fiction fantasy, virtual reality has recently seen a spike in investment, engineering talent and progress, with Facebook-owned Oculus Rift, Samsung's Gear, HTC's Vive and Sony's PlayStation VR all lining up to claim their share of a very early market.
The BBC has launched a new campaign celebrating over 90 years of innovation, telling the story of broadcasting, engineering and technological progress since 1922.
The possibilities of increasing biofuel production through microalgal genetic engineering and the progress made so far are discussed.
This paper reviews the standard definitions of verification and validation in the context of engineering design and progresses to provide a coherent analysis and classification of these activities from preliminary design, to design in the digital domain and the physical verification and validation of products and processes.
Nevertheless, with improved knowledge of the host fungus relation, and the spectacular advances in genome sequencing, genetic engineering, and proteomics, strong progress in fungal vaccine research is being made.
Despite all, there is great cause for optimism: technology writ large not just IT and the Internet but energy tech, biotech, civil engineering, and science-based progress generally can revitalize growth and help create a more just, interesting, and prosperous world.
We review the strategies adopted to increase microbial production (from classical strain improvement to rational genetic engineering), and the recent progress in genome mining, chemoenzymatic derivatization, and combinatorial biosynthesis for expanding glycopeptide chemical diversity and tackling the never-ceasing evolution of antibiotic resistance.
But in this age of scientific and engineering progress, reliable structural analysis programs and tools are available.
Such a principle of economic engineering would freeze innovation and progress on the Internet by forbidding the spread of success.
Increased driver awareness of the adverse consequences of distracted driving with a focus on novice drivers, enforcement of existing laws (e.g. those requiring a driver to maintain proper control of a vehicle), and progress on engineering initiatives (such as collision warning systems) are needed to reduce injury.
