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12 votes
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After almost a century, the bike valve is finally getting an update
39 votes -
Thor Bjørklund's ostehøvel, a popular cheese slicer which developed into an important Norwegian export, celebrates 100 this year
21 votes -
Building free-formed circuit sculptures (Mohit Bhoite, Supercon 2019)
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A newly designed $5 snakebite armor quickly earns US student 18,000+ orders
29 votes -
Ever wonder how a quartz-based oscillator works?
30 votes -
What really happened on the deadly Jetline roller coaster accident at Gröna Lund in Stockholm?
4 votes -
DARPA research show that a single person can effectively manage a swarm of more than 100 autonomous robots at once
16 votes -
Minimally actuated reconfigurable continuous track robot
6 votes -
No detection: Explosion at Watson Grinding
17 votes -
UK engineers turn Soviet R-73 missiles into Ukraine’s new Gravehawk air defense
15 votes -
What’s inside a manhole?
17 votes -
Are we really engineers? (2021)
25 votes -
I built an omni-directional ball-wheeled bike
16 votes -
The Gripen: Sweden's fighter jet masterpiece
8 votes -
How do night vision goggles work?
11 votes -
Sometimes old tools are better
7 votes -
Shortage of technicians and parts contribute to growing US elevator outages tormenting American buildings
19 votes -
The first stripy wind turbine ever turned on: It has achieved a very strange effect
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Transparent bamboo: A fireproof and waterproof alternative to glass
25 votes -
A transformer supply crisis bottlenecks energy projects
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The evolution of polycrystalline diamond drill bits
5 votes -
Carpet fibres delay or stop concrete cracking
7 votes -
This is the largest vehicle on Earth. But why was it built?
13 votes -
Ratio zero is the world's first geared CVT and it will blow your mind
21 votes -
DuSable Bridge Chicago: is this dangerous infrastructure decay? Should I report it and where?
10 votes -
La Salle Causeway lift bridge
7 votes -
FreeCAD version 1.0 released
63 votes -
Which power plant does my electricity come from?
10 votes -
Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries
17 votes -
Charles Brannock: Foot measuring device
8 votes -
Danish engineering firm Danfoss and retailer Brugsforeningen For Als og Sundeved have created a supermarket designed to optimise energy flow to save operational costs and be climate-friendly
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Contraption theory - Or why helicopters are so damn weird
18 votes -
No way down: Chemical release at Wacker Polysilicon
17 votes -
How to build greener, affordable AC for high humidity and hotter summers
27 votes -
Is the world really running out of sand?
22 votes -
The unique undersea tunnels that link the Faroe Islands
21 votes -
Great examples of explaining an algorithm (or even just a process)
Does anyone have any great examples of a document that explains an algorithm? For work, I am trying to learn how an algorithm works, and I thought it'd be a great exercise to build up a doc that...
Does anyone have any great examples of a document that explains an algorithm?
For work, I am trying to learn how an algorithm works, and I thought it'd be a great exercise to build up a doc that outlines what happens and how it works. I'm hopefully to lean slightly on the more technical side, but not so far that non-technical people won't derive any meaning.
I'm looking to write something that clearly outlines a process, and shows how those pieces affect the final result. It's something I've never done before, but having difficulty finding posts when googling around for "how an algorithm works".
I'm thinking the ideal format mixes both text and graphics, but the majority I have found are gigantic walls of text. I want to write about a software algorithm, but I think this broadly applies for any sort of complicated process.
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Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations
13 votes -
Canada's second-tallest freestanding structure is slated for demolition
15 votes -
CO2 turned into fuel: Japan’s scientists convert captured carbon into green fuel
20 votes -
Why can't the US build ships?
28 votes -
The first release candidate of FreeCAD 1.0 is out
27 votes -
Fehmarn Belt tunnel being built with innovative engineering is final step of project to connect Denmark – and the Nordics as a whole – to the rest of Europe
13 votes -
Electrostatic motors reach the macro scale
31 votes -
The can opener. Engineering to solve human fallibility. (Spoiler: It didn’t totally work.)
22 votes -
How French drains work
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The race for next generation submarines - ageing fleets, innovation, and undersea dominance
16 votes -
Researchers introduce knitted furniture
27 votes -
An unpredictable system is not necessarily an uncontrollable one
8 votes