Art meets engineering in this roundup: NASA and JPL have created sculptures and interactive installations for the upcoming World Science Festival in New York. Engineering students at the University of Iowa will have to take at least three semester hours of art class starting next semester.
The art of civil engineering was also highlighted recently as London’s public transportation system makes more and more use of the internet of things. Prepaid travel cards, first issued in 2003, allow Transport for London to track where and how people travel (after the data is anonymized). That allows for personalized messages about potential delays, too.
NASA/JPL Bring Sights and Sounds to World Science Festival
Exhibits, displays and presenters from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, are participating in this year’s World Science Festival in New York, to be held from May 27 through 31. JPL exhibits/events include the premiere of “Orbit Pavilion,” a massive walk-through sculpture that allows the public to “hear” the orbits of NASA’s Earth-observing fleet of satellites as they go overhead …
Engineering Curriculum Gets ‘Creative’ at University of Iowa
(TNS) — As creative director and product designer for Amazon Inc.’s Lab126 in Silicon Valley, Mike Bauerly daily is thankful he got two very different bachelor’s degrees from the University of Iowa — one in industrial engineering and one in studio art. “We are right on this edge of design and engineering, of being able to combine both those things and figure out what makes products appealing and useful and desirable,” Mike Bauerly, 34, said …
How Big Data And The Internet Of Things Improve Public Transport In London
Transport for London (TfL) oversees a network of buses, trains, taxis, roads, cycle paths, footpaths and even ferries which are used by millions every day. Running these vast networks. so integral to so many people’s lives in one of the world’s busiest cities, gives TfL access to huge amounts of data …
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