HackadayReverse Engineering the McDonald's French FryHackadayHe could easily buy cooked fries, but he needed the frozen fries from McDonald's to begin his reverse engineering. McDonald's refused to sell him uncooked fries, “They just don't …

For the first time, a US college had more female engineering graduates than menScienceAlertWhile more and more women have been enrolling in engineering courses over the past decade, this is reportedly the first time graduating females have outweighed males …

Chess player tops sports quota in engineering counsellingThe HinduVarshini V, a chess player who has represented the country in several championships, topped the sportspersons category in Anna University's single- window counselling for engineering adm …

Iowa Now5 unique products made at the UI Engineering Machine ShopIowa NowTucked into the basement of the University of Iowa's Seamans Center is the Engineering Machine Shop, a high-tech workshop where students provide consulting, design, prototyping, a …

XKCD comics will soon be featured in high school science and engineering textbooksScienceAlertRandall Munroe is probably better known to most of you as the genius behind the much-loved webcomic XKCD, and soon you'll also be able to see his stick-figure …

BloombergSilicon Valley's Hot New Investment: Oil and GasBloombergTechnology investors aren't usually known for backing anything related to fossil fuels—they tend to favor solar energy and other environmentally responsible endeavors. But Peter Thie …

Newsworks.orgPursuing an engineering dream in a 'slightly different way'Newsworks.orgHayden Dahmm is a senior engineering student at Swarthmore College. He and his twin brother Ethan, were born more than three months premature. "We suffered a …