Some astronomers and engineers challenged the reasoning of Mr. O'Keefe, whose background was in public administration, and not engineering.
A new simulator allows developers to test the functionality of their services as they would perform on Free Basics, and has been tested by Facebook engineers challenged to build the system for limited 2G networks.
In the meantime, engineers, challenged by Mr. O'Keefe to keep the Hubble going as long as possible, learned to run it on a kind of austerity program, using two gyroscopes to keep the telescope pointed instead of the usual three (one for each dimension in space).
Democrat Peter Anderson, who worked for 30 years as a software engineer, challenged Royce.
The engineers' challenge was to capture the vintage, precise feel that Daft Punk wanted, but also hold the ears of a teenager streaming songs on Spotify through cheap Apple ear bud headphones.
Software engineering is a lucrative field, but the transformation from "coder" to "engineer" is challenging.
When Volkswagen engineers were challenged to enable small diesel engines to meet stringent U.S. standards for nitrogen oxide pollution, they tried, tried, and failing -- cheated.
Instead, Canon engineers were challenged to reinvent the copier a challenge they met by substituting a disposable cartridge for the complex image-transfer mechanism used in other copiers.
Therefore, scientists and engineers are challenged to develop a car which is safer and less stress-burdened than today.
Two years ago, engineers were challenged to find a new way to operate the satellite when it developed a serious memory glitch.
