NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino works with the Hubble Space Telescope in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis on the 2009 STS-125 mission. Massimino and Astronaut Michael Good, out of frame, completed two space walks to repair and upgrade the telescope. (Image © NASA)

Business

Astronaut Mike Massimino’s leadership lessons from space

How purpose, perseverance, training and teamwork saved the Hubble space telescope

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Young women in the Jumpstart Fellowship Program participate in hands-on learning at internships, helping them cultivate in-demand technology skills. (Image courtesy of MassRobotics)

Workforce of the Future

Can women solve the skills gap in robotics?

Joyce Sidopoulos thinks so. She helped found the Jumpstart Fellowship Program at MassRobotics to provide young women with a pathway to the robotics industry.

This lighthouse tower in Bali, called Bhuma or ‘Earth’ in Sanskrit, was designed based on the golden ratio, to be built with timber reclaimed from an abandoned colonial bridge, and a twisting bamboo skin leading to a ceremonial viewing platform. (Image courtesy of Mamou-Mani Associates)

Design & Manufacturing

The age of generative design has arrived

Architects, designers and engineers are pairing generative design with 3D-printing to reshape the world around us

‘Living Heritage: A treasure for future generations’ challenged six student teams to preserve iconic historical sites as virtual twin experiences. Their work now offers people everywhere a chance to explore these virtual sites and discovery their contribution to humanity’s shared history. (Image courtesy of Dassault Systèmes)

Society

Living Heritage

Six student-created virtual twin experiences bring iconic historical sites back to life

The first hover flight of an Archer Aviation Maker eVTOL electric air taxi occurred in December 2021. United Air Lines and its partner Mesa Airlines have pre-ordered 200. (Image courtesy of Archer Aviation)

Aerospace & Defense

Are air taxis just 5 years away?

Urban air mobility companies aim to reinvent commuting with eVTOL vehicles

With the help of cloud-enabled collaboration platforms, co-workers, partners, suppliers and customers can feel like they are together, regardless of regardless of their physical locations. (Image © Adobe Stock)

Business

Building better B2B relationships

Rich collaboration platforms are transforming customer and partner relationships

Although the Lascaux Cave curators have produced accurate copies of the cave paintings – even using pigments identical to the originals – those who have toured the new Lascaux Cave virtual reality experience describe it as ‘almost a sensory experience’ of being in the actual cave. (Image © AdobeStock/Gerald Villena)

Virtual Experience

Lascaux Cave

After 60 years, the world’s most famous cave art has re-opened – in virtual reality

Virtual twins give factory managers the visibility and “what if?” insights needed to smoothly transition to fast, task-specific 5G networks, replacing disparate communications technology installed over many years. (Image © Adobe Stock/Gorodenkoff Productions OU)

High-Tech

Taming 5G transition complexity

In manufacturing, experts rely on virtual twins for hiccup-free 5G implementations

Virtual twin technology is integral to Helsinki’s Hot Heart project’s predictive energy management system. It also integrates with existing district heating control systems to optimize carbon neutrality and balancing of electrical loads. (Image © Carlo Ratti Associati)

Construction, Cities & Territories

Building green cities

Virtual twins enable cities to go beyond smart and become sustainable and resilient

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes more prominent, the ethical dilemmas that engineers face become more complex. A few universities are working to address the challenge by offering more ethics-in-engineering courses.(© Adobe Stock)

Workforce of the Future

Finding an ethical balance

Better training in engineering ethics could improve the safety of technology

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