Engineering marvels

I have always had a bit of an affinity for science and technology. I’m not going to claim to be an engineer extraordinaire, by any standard, but it’s been a long term fascination, and I like to think I’ve picked up a few things here and there.

Technology and Engineering are perhaps my two greatest fascinations, as although the things discovered by pure science are often mind-boggling and can completely change the way we view the world, it is not the case that these truths have changed the world itself. Whether we knew it or not, that was how things already were, how they have been for time immemorial. If you want to see something change not just our perspective but the world itself, you have to look to technology.

Often, the things that change are ourselves.

Technology and engineering are about using the laws that we have found through to achieve… almost anything. The number of things once considered impossible which were eventually achieved by engineers is almost uncountable. Men have bridged great expanses, flown like birds and walked on other worlds, and the more advanced our science grows, the more the pace of technology quickens.

For me, the fascination lies with the creativity and ambition, and the ingenious techniques and approaches. There’ll probably be a good few posts harping on about technological innovation, so hopefully I’ll be able to show you what I mean.