Machine Design

Will AI Replace Programmers? What Elon Musk’s Prediction Means for Mechanical Engineers

Elon Musk says programming may soon become obsolete. For mechanical engineers, the bigger question is how AI will reshape ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Elizebeth Smith Friedman was the U.S. Government’s First Woman Codebreaker. She Cracked Nazi Codes, Saved 8,000 Lives, and Pioneered Modern Codebreaking.

For decades, Elizebeth Smith Friedman worked in near-total secrecy, cracking codes that shaped the outcome of two world wars. Recently declassified, the full extent of her story is still coming to ...

The Triumph of Technology

To coincide with this year's Reith Lectures, entitled the Triumph of Technology, You and Yours asked what has been the most significant technological innovation since 1800. From the hundreds of ...