An interesting turn of events - what goes up - must come down - except where oil is concerned and the exploration engineers are squeezed even further to find more as ----

Oil Prices Rise to Record Above $96 a Barrel After Surprise Drop in US Supplies as there is a recommendation for a Memo Mr President: get tough on the black-gold cowboys.  Because the Oil market is out of our control, says Opec

and countries such as  

 Maybe just an honest misunderstanding ------

 We have got great confidence in the engineering expertise - just another challenge to overcome

 Another engineering hiccup dents the cast iron veneer of supremacy as

 TOYOTA has again been hit by an embarrassing fault in a new model, with all Australian dealers being ordered to stop selling the new V6-powered RAV4 compact four-wheel-drive model

Engineers have been given the go ahead to start developing the next stage - 

A week after the launch of the first lunar orbiter , the government Tuesday announced the building of a new family of rocket launchers and a launch center.

Engineering and Biological cements to repair ‘burst fractures’ of the spine are being developed and tested in a collaborative project between Queen’s University Belfast and Leeds University.

 U.S. Steel Corp . said Tuesday that third-quarter net income plunged 35 percent versus a year ago because of lower prices for its steel and tubular products, lower shipments and engineering plant outages in Europe.

 Engineered mechanical and electrical products dominated at

 the 102nd session of the China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) concluded yesterday, with export deals reaching US$37.45 billion.

and that's some serious business deals 

 Aussie auto engineers will need to bone up on the  rap music scene - man

 Military engineers are analyzing the ramifications of the latest

 Oil and gas engineers are feverishly working on new ways to extract the potential liquid gold which lies under --

 Industrial equipment manufacturers are at a crossroads according to the Second Annual Survey on Global Operations by Accenture. For some, the market is barely growing. Industrial and engineering machinery, for example, experienced zero growth between 2000 and 2005. Other sectors -- electrical equipment; plant automation; and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) -- had a compound annual growth rate of between 3.5% and 5.1% over the same time period.

 Water ,  water everywhere and not a drop to drink - but not with this innovative engineering approach

 Stuttgart, Germany -- Overcrowded mega-cities without adequate water supplies or sewage disposal facilities, frequent flooding and extreme drought are problems that a new urban infrastructural concept can help solve. It has a flexible, water-saving vacuum sewerage network.  Engineers are looking at new ways to re use a basic resource

Sounds like a lot of fun to engineer and fly - but I'm having trouble envisioning the road/flying rules - will the left hand side have priority - how about the one above or below ??? - am I being too practical - maybe just get it up there and we'll work out the rules as we go ===== now that WILL be a lot  of fun

 The question is "what has this got to do with engineering" and the answer is "an open mind to innovation" a demonstration of what can be done with some lateral thinking ++++

 We need to engineer a way forward and drive through change - maybe the solutions are here--

SAN FRANCISCO: Shai Agassi, a Silicon Valley technologist who was in competition to become chief executive of SAP, one of the world's largest software companies, has re-emerged with a grand plan to reinvent the world's automobile industry around battery-powered all-electric cars.

 Whilst the West looks for engineering solutions,  to many of the cheap labor countries look for human solutions -

 Engineers can also take the time  to reflect on non material issues - (but not for too long)

Engineering Safety for a better plant environment - and keeping it all under control

Space engineers make it all look so easy -