Voice of the Engineer

- March 21, 2012

This blog is open to the EDN audience and moderated by EDN’s editors. We encourage you to share your perspective on all matters of engineering, be that what’s happening in the electronics industry, changes to design, what it means to be an engineer, or anything else of relevance to you and your peers. E-mail submissions to edn.editor@ubm.com.

Finally, a hardware accelerator: Bolt’s Ben Einstein on a leg up for start-ups

08.21.2012

Ben Einstein of hardware accelerator program Bolt discusses being an entrepreneur, why hardware start-ups are sometimes neglected, and prototyping. Read More...

5 Engineers: What’s your favorite moment so far when it comes to space exploration?

08.16.2012

What are you most proud that the science and engineering community has accomplished? What made you say “wow” either as a child or an adult? Read More...

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5 Engineers: What advice do you have for freshman engineering students?

08.10.2012

What do they need to know about their coming educations and careers? Read More...

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5 Engineers: Is an engineer morally responsible for their work’s use?

08.03.2012

Do you feel responsible for what is done with your designs, be that good or bad? Read More...

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5 Engineers: Would you encourage your kid to become an engineer?

07.26.2012

Have you been happy enough with your career choice to suggest it to a youngster? Do you see opportunities for this career field growing or diminishing? Read More...

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5 Engineers: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

07.20.2012

Was it an engineer? Maybe an astronaut? Maybe something completely unrelated, an English teacher, a police officer, a cook? Read More...

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5 Engineers: Do engineers still use hand slide rules?

07.13.2012

Do you honor or mock the slide rule? Read More...

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5 Engineers: What’s the most ridiculous goal management ever set for your department?

07.06.2012

What ludicrous, impossible, or unaffordable goal was once set for you and your team? What did you do about it (and, short of criminal activity, what did you really want to do about it)? Read More...

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5 Engineers: What’s your favorite joke about engineers?

06.21.2012

What gives you a chuckle when you take a look at our world? Post it to this blog and you could win a gift card, plus a certificate that proves you’re one funny engineer. Read More...

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5 Engineers: If you could be the parent of any famous scientist or engineer, who would it be?

06.15.2012

Ever wonder about the parents of famed scientists and engineers -- what were they like, how did they influence some of history’s greatest men and women, what was life like for them to be parents of such individuals? Read More...

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5 Engineers: What was the last electronic device you regret buying?

06.01.2012

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5 Engineers: Are you a geek?

05.25.2012

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Nathan Seidle: open source, open mind, open for business

05.23.2012

Nathan Seidle, founder of SparkFun, discusses SparkFun’s approach to open-source hardware; the “maker” movement; and ways to spread engineering education. Read More...

5 Engineers: What's the most impressive, interesting, or intriguing DIY project you’ve ever done?

05.18.2012

What’s the most impressive, interesting, or intriguing DIY project you’ve ever done? What DIY project do you brag about to your engineering buddies? Read More...

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5 Engineers: What’s your favorite geek book?

05.11.2012

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5 Engineers: What's your favorite geek movie?

05.02.2012

In our most recent 5 Engineers post — part of this blog and our Fun Friday newsletter, where we toss out a question and invite our audience to respond with their wittiest answers — we asked: What would you do for a living if you were not an engineer? Read More...

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