Do you understand the construction of the horse cart? Can you explain why a tipple-top toy will tipple? Why don't we have a space elevator yet? And more.

The explanations of these riddles may seem complex at first sight, but they are simple when you use your creativity and lateral thinking. In this book, 'Technical riddles', a collection of technical riddles are explained in detail with many providing hyperlinks to resources for even more information related to the subject. Technical riddles ...

Do you know which ball will finish first? Or can you determine the inside of a sphere without tools? Or explain what will happen to the inner diameter of a washer when heating it? The explanations to these riddles seem complex but are straightforward when using your creativity and lateral thinking. In this book, 'Technical riddles', a collection of 40 technical riddles are explained in detail with many providing hyperlinks to resources for even more information related to the subject. Technic...

How to develop a product?

Practice has shown that many participants in the design teams are not aware of the complete design process. The participants usually have a specialized task. Knowledge of the entire design process is lacking.

This book provides insight into the methodical design process as it is applied in companies.

Why this book?

As lead engineer and project leader I often had to explain to the team members what their role is in the design. Also, the manufacters, who were involved ...