What is the most important characteristic of a successful analog engineer?rnA. Ingenuity. I was recently given a subscription to "Make" magazine, which is devoted to gadget construction projects of surprising sophistication using, mainly, cheap everyday materials. Every engineer should read it.rnThe words engine and engineer come from the Latin ingenium, which means cleverness. The best engineers use unexpected resources to accomplish their projects faster, better, and at lower cost. Recently, I saw a small boy with a net failing to catch some little fish for a school project. With two plastic soda bottles and some adhesive tape, we made a trap in ten minutes which caught more than two dozen fish in the next hour.
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