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re: What are America's Greatest Engineering Achievements?
Posted on 8/27/25 at 5:39 pm to NorthEndZone
Posted on 8/27/25 at 5:39 pm to NorthEndZone
After reading all of the replies, the MOSFET has to be up there on the list.
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MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect-Transistor)
The MOSFET was invented by Mohamed M. Atalla and Dawon Kahng at Bell Labs in 1959, and first presented in 1960. It is the basic building block of modern electronics, and the most frequently manufactured device in history, with an estimated total of 13 sextillion (10 raised to the 22nd power) MOSFETs manufactured between 1960 and 2018. It is the dominant semiconductor device in digital and analog integrated circuits (ICs), and the most common power device. It is a compact transistor that has been miniaturised and mass-produced for a wide range of applications, revolutionizing the electronics industry and the world economy, and being central to the digital revolution, silicon age and information age. MOSFET scaling and miniaturization has been driving the rapid exponential growth of electronic semiconductor technology since the 1960s, and enables high-density ICs such as memory chips and microprocessors.
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Posted on 8/27/25 at 5:59 pm to ecb
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Apollo 11 is way, way out in front of anything else.
This. Anyone who doesn't have this #1 is trying to be edgy.
Atomic bomb is probably #2, but somewhat debatable. The Voyager probes should be in the top ten, especially since they're the only thing that will survive humans and the Earth. Hoover Dam? People have rerouted water and built dams since the ancient Egyptians. Magnificent feat, for sure, but nowhere near the top 5.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 6:27 pm to AlwysATgr
I'll go with your Manhattan and Apollo projects and add:
GPS
Assembly line
Airplane
Transistor
Computers - from personal to super
Telegraph
Steam ships
Vaccines (heh) and other medical advancements
GPS
Assembly line
Airplane
Transistor
Computers - from personal to super
Telegraph
Steam ships
Vaccines (heh) and other medical advancements
Posted on 8/27/25 at 6:33 pm to AlwysATgr
Flight.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 6:57 pm to AlwysATgr
Panama Canal
Americans built it, and it is a masterpiece of engineering
Americans built it, and it is a masterpiece of engineering
Posted on 8/27/25 at 7:05 pm to AlwysATgr
Hookers and blow
Posted on 8/27/25 at 7:06 pm to Witty_Username
quote:
Air conditioning
Apparently not at the courthouse for Tre Holly’s trial!
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:36 pm to AlwysATgr
The hamburger
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:40 pm to AlwysATgr
quote:
1) The Manhattan Project - considering it was during wartime.
Little know fact, during WWII the US Government spent more on development of the B-29 Superfortress than it did on the Manhattan Project.
(This is the B-29 that dropped the second atomic bomb in Nagasaki)
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:42 pm to AlwysATgr
Push Up bra
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:45 pm to AlwysATgr
Panama Canal.....
Posted on 8/27/25 at 8:57 pm to Potchafa
DW oil and gas exploration and production is the closest thing to space work on this planet currently.
That being said, technology has made us dumb. I have been fortunate enough to learn from and be around some great old engineers. The shite those guys just have in their head is insane. Everything from the periodic table to complex formulas and decades of real life lessons and learnings. Even some old field hands that could beat the shite out of modern equipment being ran by trained technicians. Running all the geo and trig calcs in his head and being just as accurate as the latest total station on the market.
That being said, technology has made us dumb. I have been fortunate enough to learn from and be around some great old engineers. The shite those guys just have in their head is insane. Everything from the periodic table to complex formulas and decades of real life lessons and learnings. Even some old field hands that could beat the shite out of modern equipment being ran by trained technicians. Running all the geo and trig calcs in his head and being just as accurate as the latest total station on the market.
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 8/27/25 at 9:58 pm to AlwysATgr
Old River Control Structure
Posted on 8/27/25 at 10:14 pm to Shorts Guy
Ted Kennedy's collar.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 10:58 pm to Texas ellessu
Interstate System
Posted on 8/27/25 at 11:58 pm to Darth_Vader
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Little know fact, during WWII the US Government spent more on development of the B-29 Superfortress than it did on the Manhattan Project
Curious how the #s are being crunched here. Are you saying that it cost more to get to the first operational B-29 than it did the three atomic bombs dropped or something different?
Posted on 8/28/25 at 12:48 am to AlwysATgr
"Saran Wrap"
Posted on 8/28/25 at 12:55 am to chryso
quote:
The Empire State Building.
built the entire thing in 2 months.
Posted on 8/28/25 at 4:44 am to AlwysATgr
Whatever they are pale in comparison to the Wakandan technologies I saw on a Civil War documentary I watched.
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