Through an engineering-driven approach to biology, Living Foundries aims to create a rapid, reliable manufacturing capability where multiple cellular functions can be fabricated, mixed and matched on demand and the whole system controlled by integrated circuitry, opening up the full space of biologically produced materials and systems.

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It was the brainchild of Sir Alec Issigonis who came up with his ingenious idea while sipping on a gin in a hotel in Cannes -- a very civilized approach to engineering.

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Nanotechnology is not so much a new science as an approach to solving engineering problems.

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While technology can certainly be a force multiplier for good or evil, it's difficult to imagine a pure A.I. approach reverse-engineering the machinations of a terrorist mastermind.

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Ian Bond and his colleagues at the University of Bristol's department of aerospace engineering are taking a slightly different approach.

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This approach shows the potential of creating engineering universities within line ministries to support infrastructure development.

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NASA's traditional approach has been to invest heavily in detailed systems engineering, computer simulations and extensive analysis through the early stages of major projects.

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Paliwal stuck around, and transferred his turnaround experience at Swiss engineering giant ABB to bring to Harman a new, more driven approach to doing business.

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The approach, called reverse genetics, is similar to reverse engineering.

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The executive summary of the 2001 Minnesota Department of Transportation report -- undertaken by the University of Minnesota's Department of Civil Engineering -- points to fatigue problems with the bridge's approach span, the segments that connect the main span of the bridge to land.

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University of Michigan computer science and engineering professor Kang Shin and doctoral student Xinyu Zhang will present their new power management approach Sept. 21 at the ACM International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking in Las Vegas.

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