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CONSTRUCTION

The Mighty Octo-Kong

By linking eight of the world's largest vibratory pile drivers into one powerful unit, Chinese engineers produced a machine that drove 120 of the world's largest piles in just nine months.

ROBOTICS

The Cheetah (Bot) of War

The DARPA-funded Cheetah, a creature-inspired robot developed by Boston Dynamics to make life on the battlefield easier for the foot soldier, has set a new record for fastest legged robot.

LEGAL

Protecting Your Invention: Injunctions

A recent Supreme Court ruling that made permanent injunctions harder to obtain might actually make it easier to get preliminary injunctions.

CAREER

Architecture as a Career Path: A Realistic Look

Peter Leffe, mechanical engineer and architect, offers straight talk on a popular career path, telling young engineers that it isn't all towers and skyscrapers.

ARCTIC ENGINEERING

Moving from Fire to Ice

Originally designed as an amphibious evacuation craft for Arctic offshore oil facilities, the Arktos Craft can move from frigid temperatures, through flames, and back again to the cold.

ENGINEERING HISTORY

Biography: Robert Fulton

American engineer and inventor Robert Fulton (1765–1815) is credited with developing the first successful commercial steamboat in the early 1800s.

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