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The Tek Pulse: The latest and greatest engineering and science posts

Fri, 2013-03-01 11:09 — Tektronix Experts

Informative, innovative and interesting articles from our favorite blogs and websites

An Engineer On Safari – What African Animals Teach About Problem Solving – Part 1, Feb 20 2013 – Tamara Schmitz, EDN Network -- Recently, Tamara Schmitz took a trip to Africa for what she thought was a chance to enjoy the wonderful wildlife. What she didn’t expect was to learn lessons in problems solving by simply observing the animals. In part one of this article for EDN Network, Schmitz explains how elephants showed her how to face problems head on and baboons taught her to take the time to listen.

In Search of Gravity Waves, Feb 19 2013, Ransom Stephens, Measure of Things -- In his latest Measure of Things blog post, Ransom Stephens states that, “When electromagnetic radiation hits a detector, like your eyeball, you see light. When a high intensity gravity wave passes through space, it warps the fabric of spacetime and in doing so, changes the lengths of objects in its path.” But how does one go about measuring these length variations or gravity waves? Read on to find out!

Can Security Be a Single Point of Failure, Feb 23 2013, William Wong, Alt.Embedded -- While the cloud offers many positive features like anywhere-accessibility and seemingly unlimited storage, it also comes hand-in-hand with some serious security concerns. William Wong dives into the implications of the cloud’s security problems in his latest post for Alt.Embedded.

Mentoring Viewed from the Receiving End, Feb 25 2013, Glen Chenier, Scope Junction -- Having a mentor who is patient, open and trusting can make all the difference in an engineer’s first few years on the job. Glen Chenier reflects on his positive experience with his first mentor in his recent Scope Junction blog post and asks, “What are your recollections of past and present mentors?”

Engineering the Future: Do We Know What We’re Doing?, Feb 19 2013, Karl Stephan, ECN -- It’s largely agreed upon that engineers have a huge impact on society, but is it also largely agreed upon that what they’re leading society in a positive direction? In his blog for ECN, Karl Stephan explains why he thinks engineers may one day be responsible for ending American society as we know it. What do you think?

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