Happy New Year, engineers! January is usually a time of year where I reflect on the past and think about things that I should be doing in 2015. I say should mostly because I’ve never really used that gym membership (but I do come up with increasingly creative excuses), and my eating habits remain mostly unchanged. (Thank goodness I already like salads.) On a personal level, my New Year’s Resolutions have been, well, let’s just say they haven’t stuck.
But I’m pretty good at keeping up with my New Year’s work resolutions. Last year, I made a note to really explore something at work that I was passionate about but didn’t necessarily involve the latest widgets and gadgets. It turned out to be working on STEM education trends and talking to college and high school kids about the potential for the future. I’ve developed a pretty good knowledge basis from talking to experts and it’s been an absolutely fascinating dive into the world of education and psychology. Plus, I occasionally get to test out toys made for kids, which is a fun way to do your job.
This brings me to my next question: What should my 2015 New Year’s work resolution be?
Obviously, I’ll continue writing about kids and STEM as well as diversity in engineering, along with all my usual articles about drones, driverless cars, drones, alternative energy, drones, and drones. (Yeah, we have developed a bit of a drone habit here at ECN, but they’re just so darn fascinating.)
In short, I’m not sure what this year’s challenge will be, but since I didn’t see last year’s opportunity and it turned out to be an amazing one, I think I might just let the universe take this one. Who knows, maybe this will be the year Google calls me up to test out one of their driverless cars! A girl can dream, right?
What won’t change in 2015 is that every issue of ECN will continue to offer up the latest and greatest in engineering trends and technologies. In the first print issue of 2015, we’re talking about UAVs (I warned you about our obsession) and the military. The UAVs are pretty fascinating, because onboard computing allows them to make calls on their own without consulting a land-based computer. Pretty crazy.
We’re also looking at how sensors are going to change the world, and the White Board is offering up some fascinating stats about wearable electronics. If you want to know whether they’re going to change the world or end up dusty in the closet by December (I’m looking at you Fitbit), definitely flip to the back page and take a look.
I hope you all are a little better at the resolutions than I am, but good luck!
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