Posts Tagged ‘science’
Engineers on the Moon
Author: Future Manager Research Center On July 20, 1969, exactly 52 years ago today, an unprecedented historical event took place: for the first time a human being set foot on the lunar surface. Everyone will surely know the American trio protagonist of the Apollo 11 mission, composed by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell. Many,…
Read MoreBrief Excursus of Microsoft Excel’s Creation
Author: Future Manager Research Center Everyone knows Microsoft Excel, the popular spreadsheet system, which organizes data in columns and rows that can be manipulated through formulas that allow the software to perform mathematical functions on the data. The first spreadsheet on a personal computer was called VisiCalc (short for “visible calculator”) and was created in 1978…
Read MoreWhat is Corrosion Engineering and how much anti-Covid Disinfection affects the Deterioration of Surfaces
Author: Future Manager Research Center The phenomenon of corrosion engenders enormous costs for our society. Besides the estimated $2 to $4 trillion lost every decade to corrosion in the United States, corrosion can compromise also people’s safety. Railway accidents, wear of emergency equipment, explosion of a dam, these are just a few examples that demonstrate…
Read MoreObligation of the anti Covid-19 vaccine: how will Italian companies behave?
Author: Future Manager Research Center The subject is very sensitive and it is also the cause of heated debates, however the discussion on ethical aspects in relation to a possible mandatory administration of an anti COVID-19 vaccine are on the agenda. The implementation phase of a vaccine requires a long time, but thanks to the…
Read MoreRobotics to face the Health Emergency
Author: Future Manager Research Center The New Year has just begun but the incidence of COVID-19 continues to be undoubtedly worrying. With such a critical situation in the background, each industrial sector, along with the scientific one, has done its utmost (some more, some less depending on their possibilities) to provide support and help in…
Read MorePeter and Dilbert’s Principles
Author: Future Manager Research Center Laurence Peter, a Canadian psychologist active in the 1960s, has the merit of having formulated the so-called “Peter principle”, also known as the “incompetence principle”. Peter had set out to give his own interpretation of the mechanisms that regulate the corporate careers of workers, all embroidered with a good dose…
Read MoreTrial of the Anti-Covid Vaccine: The Experience of an Italian Engineer
Author: Future Manager Research Center Over the past few days, news have come that have made the whole world breathe a sigh of relief: the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and the German BioNtech, have announced that they have completed the testing of their coronavirus vaccine on humans, effective in 90% of cases and that within a year it…
Read MoreThe Contribution of Engineers in the Fight against COVID-19
Author: Future Manager Research Center Those just passed have been weeks of extreme alert regarding the global health emergency and, predictably, the weeks to come will be too. States, sectors of the world of work and all individuals, learn day after day to live with the virus and the research does not stop even for a second.…
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