Alan Mulally was a leader at aircraft manufacturer Boeing before he joined Ford as CEO in 2006. While at Boeing, Mulally was involved in the development of several aircraft. He lead the design of the 757/767 cockpit which was one of the first “all glass” aircraft, meaning it relied on screens rather than physical gauges.…
In 2016, Amazon.com made more money from AWS, Amazon Web Services than from retail sales. Jeff Bezos approved the idea of experimenting with Amazon infrastructure in 2004, but AWS only became commercially available in 2006. In many ways, AWS is a refinement of the infrastructure that Amazon built for its own operations. Principle 6 –…
Reflecting on symmetry In researching a recent article on the mirror-swirl intake on the EcoBlue Ford diesel engine, I came across this patent by Ford. The logic of this patent has a lot in common with the EcoBlue mirror-image inlet manifold. Not as symmetrical as I imagined When thinking of a V8 engine, in my…
Ford recently announced its new follow up to its EcoBoost petrol engines, the EcoBlue diesel engine. It contains some 40 Principles thinking. Offset crank By moving the crank 10mm off the center line, the connecting rod is closer to vertical throughout the power stroke, resulting in reduced friction and wear due to side loads on…
Any any parent knows, the baby will always fall asleep in the car and then stay up all night when you get home. Some parents will even resort to going for a drive with their infant just to rock them to sleep. There’s a nap for that Back in 2017 Ford developed a baby bassinet…