Techtalk

Being an creative soul past times nature together with past times education, the laid about affair that struck me when I joined Creo - other than the slogan "runs amongst scissors" printed on a beau employee's t-shirt - was the linguistic communication spoken past times the engineers. Well, non the linguistic communication actually, it was rather the words they used. Engineers insisted on using words precisely. Sloppy utter was taken every bit a reflection of sloppy thinking. And if in that place is i affair that engineers loathe to a greater extent than than a lack of duct tape, it is a lack of clear, logical, discourse amongst the proper purpose of words chosen for their precise meanings. To me it seemed every bit if they had a dissimilar discussion for everything. So, to give yous a experience for this engineering lingo, hither are a few everyday items described using the engineer's unique jargon.

Portable compressed-graphite champaign plotterThis illustration of inscriptive engineering is a dactylically manipulated lignin/cellulose-encased crystalline carbon allotrope allowing shear forcefulness deposition for semiotic together with representational change of planar compressed-cellulose substrates.

Dynamic charge touching deviceThis is a manually activated, analog tactile/optical feedback-controlled rapid-deceleration iterative inelastic-collision generator for short-range ferrous cylinder bonding for application inwards voluntary fabrication, materials manipulation, together with environmental modification.

Stereoscopic Image Correction SystemThe SICS is a user-installable, collapsible, free-standing cranially positioned pre-corneal refractive binocular visible spectrum optical compensator array of tandem acuity enhancing fixed-focus molded-polymer- or extruded-metallic-mounted fused silicate disks for macroscopic object recognition together with text resolution applications.

Two-dimensional sociocultural referential logogramOf course of written report the engineers every bit good required that precision inwards discussion usage must every bit good extend to the captions used inwards Powerpoint marketing presentations to help ensure that prospective customers would have clear together with unambiguous data close the topic beingness presented.

While engineers volition babble on using their esoteric phraseology I create create got comfort inwards the fact that my fuzzy discourse (as daily spoken language is called inwards artificial linguistic communication circles) is yet beyond the agreement capabilities of the most sophisticated computers - together with often, every bit they were quick to remind me, past times engineers every bit well.

(Posted amongst thank yous to Edward Tenner)