Monday, October 31, 2016
Sunday, October 30, 2016
British Bullying and Self-Driving Cars
First self-driving cars will be unmarked so that other drivers don’t try to bully them https://t.co/sN2OFOhTvz— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) October 30, 2016
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Friday, October 28, 2016
Thursday, October 27, 2016
AR Coming to Maintenance
Going down: Bringing AR to elevator servicing with HoloLens https://t.co/ulgAj2VeC7 via @rww— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) October 27, 2016
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
The Resilient Water System
From Black & Veatch in Meeting of the Minds:
"For a growing number of communities, smart water is about resilience. Our water systems must be resilient enough to endure floods, droughts and human threats while reliably supplying clean water and managing stormwater and wastewater needs. Advanced water management technologies can give utilities and cities an edge by helping to address these diverse resiliency needs in both day-to-day circumstances and in periods of duress.
In terms of technology, the power of incremental innovation shines brightly here. The combination of new sensor technology, massive data sets, predictive analytics, and cloud computing brings water systems to life, enables adaptability, and guides appropriate actions.
For example, a risk-based analytics framework can identify and evaluate options to enhance water system resilience against events such as flood, drought or terrorism. These smart tools help water utilities simulate disruptions on a grand scale and identify the best means to manage the situation across planning, design, and operational perspectives.
Using the same smart tools, utilities can compare project portfolios to improve raw water storage, transfer and network interconnections. The results help prioritize improvement options and focus capital investments on the initiatives that produce the highest benefits and lowest risks for varying spending levels.
In the context of smart cities, resiliency also means the ability to manage water needs in increasing larger, denser urban areas where, the stakes get higher as populations increase. In these areas, the needs are more complex, green space is limited, and the costs associated with disruption are magnified."
"For a growing number of communities, smart water is about resilience. Our water systems must be resilient enough to endure floods, droughts and human threats while reliably supplying clean water and managing stormwater and wastewater needs. Advanced water management technologies can give utilities and cities an edge by helping to address these diverse resiliency needs in both day-to-day circumstances and in periods of duress.
In terms of technology, the power of incremental innovation shines brightly here. The combination of new sensor technology, massive data sets, predictive analytics, and cloud computing brings water systems to life, enables adaptability, and guides appropriate actions.
For example, a risk-based analytics framework can identify and evaluate options to enhance water system resilience against events such as flood, drought or terrorism. These smart tools help water utilities simulate disruptions on a grand scale and identify the best means to manage the situation across planning, design, and operational perspectives.
Using the same smart tools, utilities can compare project portfolios to improve raw water storage, transfer and network interconnections. The results help prioritize improvement options and focus capital investments on the initiatives that produce the highest benefits and lowest risks for varying spending levels.
In the context of smart cities, resiliency also means the ability to manage water needs in increasing larger, denser urban areas where, the stakes get higher as populations increase. In these areas, the needs are more complex, green space is limited, and the costs associated with disruption are magnified."
Engineers Designing With the Public versus For the Public
Where San Francisco Wants New Subway Lines https://t.co/D93LAeOro8— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) October 19, 2016
City of Dallas 2017 Bond Program
Dallas City Council participates in the #PictureDallas bond exercise. For more information visit: https://t.co/bh2Qy3QQVT pic.twitter.com/QchmJIIktl— City of Dallas (@CityOfDallas) September 21, 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016
Engineering Friendly Borders
How the U.S. Is Making Its Border Stations More Welcoming https://t.co/ug6m4Nzo6t— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) October 15, 2016
Crisis in Flint Underscores a National Problem
Crisis in Flint Underscores a National Problem: For Anthony Jones, 46, a Gulf War veteran and apprentice craftworker based in Flint, the work that he does—pulling out lead service lines to homes—is personal.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
UK Tsunami Simulator Gives Engineers Unique Data on Long Waves
UK Tsunami Simulator Gives Engineers Unique Data on Long Waves: With its ability to create shallow waves of great length in a laboratory flume, a new tsunami simulator in the U.K. is helping seismic engineers at University College’s EPICentre, London, compute more accurate structural impact models than previously were possible.
Monday, October 10, 2016
Sunday, October 9, 2016
The Economics of Higher Education
Watch “Feldstein Lecture SI2016 - Caroline Hoxby” on @Vimeo https://t.co/JDxDAfFMWK— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) October 10, 2016
Engineering the Modern Farm
The Dizzying Grandeur of 21st-Century Agriculture https://t.co/TN59VoNUpa— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) October 9, 2016
Airports Power Up the Next Generation of Construction Programs
Airports Power Up the Next Generation of Construction Programs: It’s a new age of design and construction for U.S. airports.
Basic common sense is key to building more intelligent machines
Basic common sense is key to building more intelligent machines: An unfashionable old technique that helps modern artificial intelligences grasp our world could make them more versatile and better at communicating with us.
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Texas and the Next Big One
When the Next Hurricane Hits Texas https://t.co/M21P9k3mHw— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) October 9, 2016
Seven Types of Global Cities
A New Typology of Global Cities https://t.co/stvqKGkAJt— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) October 9, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
The Right Continues to be Wrong
Republicans Still Aren't Worried About the Threat of Global Warming https://t.co/CG2ArR8flQ— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) October 5, 2016
Monday, October 3, 2016
Crowdsourcing Flood Data
Crowdsourcing flood data for Chennai: https://t.co/pTHEXR9r5z via @Mapbox— Dr.Steven D.Sanders (@DocEngineering) October 3, 2016
What the Markets Think About a President Trump
From Bloomberg BusinessWeek:
"That implies that investors don't think Trump will win, or just don't care. Indifference can't be dismissed -- financial professionals know that presidents lack the magical power over economic affairs that the political arena demands that they claim. But the exceptional steadiness of global markets in the face of U.S. political tumult favors the first explanation: In contrast to previous election years, investors are convinced that there's only one likely outcome this time."
"That implies that investors don't think Trump will win, or just don't care. Indifference can't be dismissed -- financial professionals know that presidents lack the magical power over economic affairs that the political arena demands that they claim. But the exceptional steadiness of global markets in the face of U.S. political tumult favors the first explanation: In contrast to previous election years, investors are convinced that there's only one likely outcome this time."
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