On This Day: March 30

(Encyclopedia Britannica) Arthur William Sidney Herrington, was born on this day, March 30, in 1891, in Coddenham, East Suffolk, Eng. and died Sept. 6, 1970, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S.. He was an American engineer and manufacturer who developed a series of military vehicles, the best known of which was the World…

A Stanford engineer is making stretchable, flexible skin that’s straight out of Westworld

(Greenwich Time, 3/25/17) Ask Zhenan Bao why she went from designing batteries to creating synthetic, human-like skin and she’ll give you a simple answer. “I decided it was time to start helping people,” Bao, a chemical engineering professor at Stanford, tells Business Insider. Bao’s 17-member Stanford team is developing is flexible, stretchable skin that…

Siemens gives CT community colleges $315M worth of manufacturing software

(Hartford Courant, 3/27/17) — Siemens, a German manufacturing and electronics company, is giving the state’s community colleges manufacturing and product design software with a commercial value of $315 million. “This is great news for our system but especially for our students,” said Mark Ojakian, president of Connecticut State Colleges &…

Energize CT announces eesmarts student contest

(Southington Observer, 3/19/17) Energize Connecticut, in partnership with Eversource and AVANGRID, Inc. subsidiaries United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, is accepting entries for its 13th annual eesmarts student contest, a competition encouraging students to create projects about energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability. The contest is open…

On This Day: March 23

March 23, 1903: The Wright brothers filed for “Flying Machine” patent (Live Science) The long-missing patent paperwork filed by aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright on March 23,1903, included a diagram of their invention, their petition for patent approval, the patent registry form, and their patent oath, affirming that “they verily…