When Engineering Fails (1998)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary examines why major engineering disasters happen. It looks at specific cases like the Challenger explosion and discusses whether computer-aided design carries different risks than older methods.
educationalsoberanalyticalmethodicalcautionaryreflectivethought-provoking
What happens
When Engineering Fails is a 1998 film written and presented by Henry Petroski. It examines the causes of major disasters, including the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger, and compares the risks of computer-assisted design with those of traditional engineering methods. The original title of the film was To Engineer Is Human, the title of Petroski's non-fiction book about design failures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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