Daily Newsletter: This is What the Apollo 11 Crew Faced During the Moon Landing

Interesting Engineering is a cutting edge, leading community designed for all lovers of engineering, technology and science. [Interesting Engineering]() Thursday, 18 Jul 2019 [This is What the Apollo 11 Crew Faced During the Moon Landing]( [This is What the Apollo 11 Crew Faced During the Moon Landing]( [Space]( It's been 50 years since the fateful launch of the Apollo 11 crew and their successful first walk on the moon on July 16th, 1969. The trek was one of the most arduous journeys that humans have ever faced, and now, NASA has its sights set on going back.[Read More]( [Beware: FaceApp Keeps the Rights to Your Photos]( [Beware: FaceApp Keeps the Rights to Your Photos]( [Apps & Software]( There's been some fuss and excitement with FaceApp's new filter this week. Here's what it's all about: after taking a photo on the app you can choose to see what you'll look like in 60 years' time.[Read More]( [Could the Answer to Saving the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Be Man-Made Snow?]( [Could the Answer to Saving the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Be Man-Made Snow?]( [Energy & Environment]( A team of scientists believes it might be possible to stabilize the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) by using large quantities of artificial snow. Using computer models they have shown that this could prevent a catastrophic collapse of the ice sheet into the ocean.[Read More]( [Stylish and Eco-Friendly Packaging and Bottles Made Entirely of Soap Instead of Plastic]( [Stylish and Eco-Friendly Packaging and Bottles Made Entirely of Soap Instead of Plastic]( [Sustainability]( Plastic covers many of our packages nowadays, from shampoo and soap bottles to most of our purchased food. One master's student, Mi Zhou, from Central Saint Martins University has created and designed stunning and eco-friendly bottles and packages entirely made out of soap: the Soapack.[Read More]( [Scientists Have Created Artificial Electronic Skin That Can 'Feel' Like the Real Thing]( [Scientists Have Created Artificial Electronic Skin That Can 'Feel' Like the Real Thing]( [Medical Technology]( A team of scientists has managed to develop an electronic artificial skin that mimics that of humans. The new electronic skin can detect a range of tactile stimuli, such as temperature, pressure or object slippage in milliseconds without compromising accuracy or precision.[Read More]( [Smoke Signals: Blackbird's Breath Snags the Audubon Award for 2019]( [Smoke Signals: Blackbird's Breath Snags the Audubon Award for 2019]( [Inspiration]( Kathrin Swoboda, a nature photographer from Virginia, has claimed the Grand Prize from the Audubon Society's annual photography contest this year with her stunning capture of the cold-morning exhalations of a Red-winged Blackbird in a park near her home.[Read More]( [200 Times Faster Than Ever Before: The Speediest Quantum Operation Yet]( [200 Times Faster Than Ever Before: The Speediest Quantum Operation Yet]( [Physics]( After two decades of work, 2018 Australian of the Year, Professor Michelle Simmons and her team of scientists at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, have reached a major milestone in their quest to build an atom-scale quantum computer.[Read More]( [Interesting Engineering] [Unsubscribe]( | [Display on interestingengineering.com](