Several interesting articles caught my attention recently.
First, a recent PhD graduate in biomedical engineering has come up with a way to stimulate inproved blood circulation in the lower body, hopefully preventing or at least lowering the likelihood of all sorts of related illnesses. Makes you want to go out for a brisk walk, doesn't it?
http://www.theinstitute.ieee.org/portal/site/tionline/menuitem.130a3558587d56e8fb2275875bac26c8/index.jsp?&pName=institute_level1_article&TheCat=1016&article=tionline/legacy/inst2009/jul09/profile.xml&
Second, a company in the UK has come out with a robotic system for driving a car, including steering, acceleration and braking, etc. Some of their video is pretty cool; if all cars had this and were robustly integrated together, I would be a lot less skeptical about using this kind of system in traffic. :)
http://spectrum.ieee.org/blog/robotics/robotics-software/automaton/robot-takes-place-of-human-driver-in-vehicle-misuse-test
That reminds me of James Bond's remote control BMW in Tomorrow Never Dies. And that brings me to article number three. Just a feel-good reflection on the evolution of technologies from movies into reality. This really brings together two topics that I enjoy discussing: engineering and James Bond. I guess wishing and dreaming are a real part of the engineering design process.
http://www.theinstitute.ieee.org/portal/site/tionline/menuitem.130a3558587d56e8fb2275875bac26c8/index.jsp?&pName=institute_level1_article&TheCat=1008&article=tionline/legacy/inst2009/jul09/history.xml&
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