Six STEM Tweets

Six tweets that celebrate engineering and all things STEM.

I scroll so you don’t have to.

The last issue was focused on the solar eclipse. With this one, we are back to all things engineering.

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#1

This was a nail biter. These folks did a competitive bracket of all inventions.

The final four: Wheel, fire, electricity and the Internet

And the winner was Electricity.

I loved this gamification of inventions but don’t know if I necessarily agree with the final standings.

What would you vote for as the greatest invention? Hit ‘reply’ and let me know.

#2

This is breathtakingly beautiful!

#3

A wonderful example of how much the process of product design has changed. At least they didn’t have to worry about file formats.

#4

When art and engineering meet, the result is <chef’s kiss>

#5

This graph is amazing! It shows how much better Cailtlin Clark (a college basketball player) is than her peers.

(She is the green dot in the top right corner 🤯 )

It also shows how relevant data science and data visualization is. Not every kid can be Caitlin Clark but every kid can learn the skills to make this graph.

#6

Admiral Grace Hopper was a pioneer in so many ways.

She not only made computing and coding more useful but she was also wonderful at explaining concepts.

Her explanation of what a nanosecond represents in computing is legendary. She used a wire about 11.8 inches long to represent the distance an electrical signal travels in a nanosecond, one billionth of a second.

You can see a video of her talking about this below. Her point about microseconds of compute time being important is just as relevant today.

#6a (bonus!)

I know we are past the eclipse but this one is just perfect in timing and execution

That’s it for this issue.

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Let’s all celebrate science and engineering and curiosity.

Best wishes,

Harshal