Fords better-than-expected third-quarter performance shows its new CEO has the carmaker on the right track

and it also announces that it will keep the Volvo business.   

 Atlantis by name and Atlantis by nature - let the good times (barrel) roll - or so they hope

 Geologists and engineers are in planning phase as the Brazilian government says huge new oil reserves discovered off its coast could turn the country into one of the biggest oil producers in the world.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.USA (AP) — A congressman is trying again to engineer support for legislation to ban an Alabama-made poison that critics claim is both a deadly threat to wildlife and a potential weapon for terrorists. 

However it is available and used in other countries,  for example compound 1080 or sodium monofluoroacetate , is a naturally occurring compound produced by many species of Australian plant. Sodium monofluoroacetate occurs naturally in about 40 native plant species in Australia, primarily of the genera, Gastralobium, which grow in Western Australia, across northern Australia in the Northern Territory and in central Queensland.

 To clearly understand the competition between the engineering and manufacturing sector in the U.S and in China , we need to look at some basic facts.

 Civil and safety engineers will investigate an incident which saw at least seven people killed and about 15 injured on Thursday when a Dubai bridge under construction collapsed near luxury hotels and high-rises in the Gulf tourism hub.

Chevron and U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory join to identify and develop algae strains for feedstock in next-generation biofuels. 

Whilst  biofuels engineers are also developing  Green slime power 

 As the pressures build, so the net for engineers and technical personnel is cast wider afield

Tirunelveli and Trichy, Durgapur and Dankuni hardly trip off the tongue of most Indian IT professionals living in the established hot spots of the information technology industry. 

 The Harley Davidson brand name is associated with attitude – serious attitude. It cultivates a brand loyalty second to NONE – how many other consumer groups tattoo their chests, biceps and girlfriends with a company logo? The HD brand is associated with a cruising style of motorcycle though, so Erik Buell’s decision to take Harley motors and do wickedly clever engineering and decidedly different things with them was a perfect opportunity for a brand extension.

GENERAL Motors , the world's largest car maker, is set to write down $US39 billion ($A41.59 billion) of future tax benefits for the third quarter.

It  is anticipated that this will be the worst quarterly loss for GM as the company has taken 2 Steps Forward & Taken One Back

 First tests on equipment and engineering that will provide key data on the current state of Arctic ice have been successful.

This represents a difficult question to answer. After much pondering and deliberation (and just a sprinkling of wasting time on the net), I have come to the conclusion that no single best tool that an engineer can posess exists. It turns out that a combination of 2 tools that work together makes the best solution. One becomes the ying to the others yang. The combination comprises the hammer and duct tape. Indeed one posesses the ability to destroy virtually anything while the other has the virtue of fixing virtually anything and make almost anything.

 Shell has once again been rapped over the knuckles by the Health and Safety Executive for safety problems on its North Sea platforms despite pledges from chief executive Jeroen van der Veer that he was determined to change the culture after safety and engineering problems in the past.

 A Pentagon-sponsored robot race at a former Air Force base here on Saturday revealed that engineering and computer-controlled vehicles, at least to date, have failings that are all too human.

CHINA yesterday closed its doors to overseas investment in a range of areas, including most engineering, mining and refining and all ethanol and biodiesel plants.  

Plus introducing Limits on Foreign Investment 

Isaac Asimov will undoubtedly be turning in his grave --

A scientist programs a robot to hit humans

Asimov’s first law of robotics says a robot may not injure human beings

 Sparking engineers to re asses exploration projects --

 Exciting discoveries for space engineers -

 An interesting New Zealand perspective of the Chinese mass production onslaught. With apologies to Mark Twain