What are the Best Engineering Schools in America?

The top engineering schools in the country are hotspots for big-name companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook to recruit fresh, new talent.

We're asking you to tell us which schools those are.

Last year you voted that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the best undergraduate engineering program, but has the answer changed?

We've assembled a big list of schools from engineers, industry professionals, and entrepreneurs that work at some of the most popular technology companies out there.

Rank	School name	Tuition	Total graduate engineering enrollment	Change Column             Overall acceptance rate                                        Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering                                        Peer assessment score (out of 5)                                        Ph.D.s granted                                        Recruiter assessment score (out of 5)                                        Research expenditures per faculty member                            Average GRE quantitative score (master's and Ph.D. students) (new test)	Change Column             Overall acceptance rate                                        Faculty membership in National Academy of Engineering                                        Peer assessment score (out of 5)                                        Ph.D.s granted                                        Recruiter assessment score (out of 5)                                        Research expenditures per faculty member                            Engineering school research expenditures (2013-2014 fiscal year)
#1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Cambridge, MA	$44,720 per year (full-time)	3,143	Locked	Locked
#2	Stanford University  Stanford, CA	$47,073 per year (full-time)	3,558	Locked	Locked
#3	University of California—​Berkeley  Berkeley, CA	$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,936	Locked	Locked
#4	Carnegie Mellon University  Pittsburgh, PA	$41,000 per year (full-time)	3,400	Locked	Locked
#5	California Institute of Technology  Pasadena, CA	$41,790 per year (full-time)	537	Locked	Locked
#6Tie	Georgia Institute of Technology  Atlanta, GA	$12,344 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,600per year (out-of-state, full-time)	6,136	Locked	Locked
#6Tie	Purdue University—​West Lafayette  West Lafayette, IN	$10,322 per year (in-state, full-time); $29,134per year (out-of-state, full-time)	3,409	Locked	Locked
#6Tie	University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign  Urbana, IL	$17,126 per year (in-state, full-time); $30,848per year (out-of-state, full-time)	3,316	Locked	Locked
#6Tie	University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor  Ann Arbor, MI	$22,868 per year (in-state, full-time); $43,024per year (out-of-state, full-time)	3,212	Locked	Locked
#10Tie	University of Southern California (Viterbi)  Los Angeles, CA	$32,747 per year (full-time)	5,142	Locked	Locked
#10Tie	University of Texas—​Austin (Cockrell)  Austin, TX	$9,564 per year (in-state, full-time); $17,506 per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,374	Locked	Locked
#12	Texas A&M University—​College Station (Look)  College Station, TX	$227 per credit (in-state, full-time); $581 per credit (out-of-state, full-time)	3,379	Locked	Locked
#13	Cornell University  Ithaca, NY	$29,500 per year (full-time)	1,966	Locked	Locked
#14Tie	Columbia University (Fu Foundation)  New York, NY	$41,040 per year (full-time)	3,038	Locked	Locked
#14Tie	University of California—​Los Angeles (Samueli)  Los Angeles, CA	$12,571 per year (in-state, full-time); $27,673per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,928	Locked	Locked
#14Tie	University of Wisconsin—​Madison  Madison, WI	$11,864 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,190per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,037	Locked	Locked
#17	University of California—​San Diego (Jacobs)  La Jolla, CA	$11,220 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,322per year (out-of-state, full-time)	1,862	Locked	Locked
#18	Princeton University  Princeton, NJ	$41,820 per year (full-time)	583	Locked	Locked
#19	University of Pennsylvania  Philadelphia, PA	$29,890 per year (full-time)	1,596	Locked	Locked
#20	Harvard University  Cambridge, MA	$40,416 per year (full-time)	439	Locked	Locked
#21Tie	Northwestern University (McCormick)  Evanston, IL	$46,836 per year (full-time)	1,857	Locked	Locked
#21Tie	Virginia Tech  Blacksburg, VA	$14,545 per year (in-state, full-time); $26,754per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,045	Locked	Locked
#23Tie	University of California—​Santa Barbara  Santa Barbara, CA	$12,192 per year (in-state, full-time); $28,216per year (out-of-state, full-time)	690	Locked	Locked
#23Tie	University of Maryland—​College Park (Clark)  College Park, MD	$12,040 per year (in-state, full-time); $25,960per year (out-of-state, full-time)	2,217	Locked	Locked
#25Tie	Johns Hopkins University (Whiting)  Baltimore, MD	$47,060 per year (full-time)	3,234	Locked	Locked

The 5 Best Laptops you Can Buy Today

1

Apple MacBook (12-inch, 2015)

This new MacBook hits some high notes, but it isn't for everyone -- not yet. Its battery life, while good, doesn't stand up to the MacBook Air, and it has no ports save for a new miniature USB Type-C socket. However, if you care most about the two-pound design and brilliant Retina display, you're unlikely to be disappointed. Once it's had more time to develop, this MacBook will likely set a new standard, but if you need something more well-rounded, Apple has several other options to choose from.

Price: $1,299+

For more info, you can check out our complete Buyer's Guide.

2

HP Spectre x360

The Spectre x360 isn't just HP's newest laptop; it was built in collaboration with Microsoft. The duo developed this convertible 13-incher over a period of 18 months to offer strong performance, long battery life and a clean OS install. Other high notes include the comfy keyboard, bright screen, and relatively affordable price tag, which ultimately outweighs its middling touchpad experience. That minor issue aside, the x360 convertible is one of our new favorite laptops.

Price: $900+

For more info, you can check out our complete Buyer's Guide.

3

Chromebook PIxel (2015)

While a $1,299 laptop that only ran Chrome OS may have been a hard sell in 2011, times have changed. With the return of Google's Chromebook Pixel, you not only get a lower price tag, but a more mature version of Chrome OS. Browser-based applications have flourished as well, with options like Skype, Spotify and even Photoshop (it's in a limited beta for now). If you find you can do everything in the browser, you'll find the Pixel has a comfortable keyboard, amazing battery life and a crisp, high-res screen that stands up against Apple's Retina display.

Price: $999+

For more info, you can check out our complete Buyer's Guide.

4

Apple MacBook Pro with Retina (13-inch, 2015)

The latest MacBook Pro refresh includes a boost in both battery life and and speed, with Apple's familiar Retina display and comfortable keyboard also in tow. Apple's new pressure-sensitive touchpad is also on board, but we're still not convinced it's an improvement over the last-gen version; the new gestures feel a bit gimmicky, and the thinner trackpad doesn't actually result in a thinner notebook. Even so, the MacBook Pro remains one of the best in its class.

Price: $1,299+

For more info, you can check out our complete Buyer's Guide.

5

Dell XPS 13 (2015)

The newly redesigned XPS 13 definitely earned its spot as a Best of CES finalist earlier this year. Thanks to a nearly bezel-less screen, Dell was able to pack a 13.3-inch display into the body of an 11-inch machine. The resulting 2.6-pound laptop is still over a third of a pound lighter than the MacBook Air and boasts a stylish carbon-fiber design, a comfy keyboard, speedy performance and decent audio. A touchscreen upgrade will set you back a hefty $500, but even so, it ranks as one of the top ultraportables on the market.

Price: $800+

For more info, you can check out our completeBuyer's Guide.

Samsung Made a 78-inch Curved TV and Decided to Cover the Back in Gold

Do you want to see the TV or do you want to see the gold?

0%Voted For The TV32,513Total Votes

 

• The TV60%
   

  • The TV60%
  • The Gold40%

The Apple Watch as a Fitness Device. that Trending

I was supposed to review the Apple Watch. That was the plan, but then, when Engadget had its first chance to test the device, I was on vacation. Specifically, I was in France, where I ran the Paris Marathon, my sixth 26.2-mile race in five years. As it happens, our Editor-in-Chief Michael wrote a fair, thorough review on his own, and he cut a fine figure in that stop-motion walkthrough video, too. If there's one thing he didn't go into detail on, though, it was the Apple Watch's performance as a fitness device. Some background there: Michael is one of those naturally skinny people with a stupidly fast metabolism who doesn't need to work out to stay trim. Which is a good thing, because he hates working out. That's why, when I finally had the chance to try out the Apple Watch myself (a $649 stainless steel model), I chose to focus on its abilities as a fitness gadget -- a fitting decision, considering my running habit was what kept me from reviewing the watch in the first place.

Article Engadget

Enrique Iglesias learns First-Hand Finger Cut by Drones and concerts don't miss

Does the notion of flying a drone around a crowded, hectic concert sound a tad too risky to you? We're sure Enrique Iglesias is having second thoughts. The singer sliced his handat a Tijuana performance this weekend after he tried to grab a camera drone and give fans a "point of view" shot -- while that stunt worked in the past, the musician clearly caught the wrong end this time around. It's not certain how badly Iglesias was hurt, although it wasn't bad enough to prevent the bleeding artist from soldiering on for another half-hour (see above if you need proof). Here's hoping he recovers quickly. In the meantime, we suspect that regulators might want to spend more time looking at the indoor hazards from drones, not just what could happen outside.

[Image credit: Francis Ramsden via AP]

SOURCE: Associated Press

TAGS: concert, drone,

Sony told off for unfair 20th Anniversary PS4 competition

To celebrate 20 years of PlayStation, Sony created 12,300 limited edition PS4 consolesand offered them to gamers all over the world. In the US, they were sold to whoever could click the buy button fast enough, but in the UK, the company took a more convoluted approach. First was the PlayStation '94 Shop in London, where 94 consoles were put aside for the low price of £19.94 (with all proceeds going to gaming charity GamesAid). Then came a partnership with GAME, which required gamers to solve riddles, click iconic PlayStation characters and enter a competition before anyone else.

As expected, it was all a bit of a mess. People quickly realised they could pool their resources and share the answer seconds after the riddle was posted, effectively locking out those who had taken time to work it out themselves. Then, an enterprising developer found a way to extract the clues before they were publicly shared by Sony. This led six people to file a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which argued that "promotion's terms and conditions had been breached in a number of ways."

Today, the ASA upheld the complaint, noting that the competition was not fair and had "caused unnecessary disappointment." Although GAME had disqualified anyone who had submitted a competition entry before Sony had posted their clue, five people had managed to acquire two consoles while the promotion was taking place. This, of course, went against the terms of the competition, which was meant to allocate a single 20th Anniversary PS4 to each winner. To make things worse, those extra consoles then found their way to eBay.

So what's happening to Sony and GAME? Well, they've been given a slap on the wrist. Both companies have been told that they must "ensure that future promotions were administered fairly and avoided causing unnecessary disappointment to participants." Okay then.

VIA: Eurogamer

SOURCE: ASA

ORIGIN:Engadget UK

Microsoft details the many different versions of Windows 10

A new Windows release wouldn't be the same without many different versions of the OS to confuse the heck out of you. Microsoft finally gave us the skinny on Windows 10's upcoming versions today -- and they're all pretty familiar to Windows fans. There's the usual "Home" version for mainstream consumers and the "Pro" version for business users. The latter is different from Windows 10 Enterprise, which is meant for bigger organizations with support for large-deployments. There's also a version of Windows 10 targeted specifically at schools, which is likely part of Microsoft's plan to take on Google's Chromebooks. On the phone front, Windows 10 Mobile is what you'll see on most consumer devices, but there's also a "Mobile Enterprise" version for businesses.

Windows 10 is still on track for release later this summer, and it will be available free to existing Windows 7 and 8 users for the first year. Microsoft revealed at its Build conference that it would be staggering the OS's release across different device types, so don't expect to have it on a phone until the fall.

Since there's still no mention of a new Windows RT, the ill-fated version of Windows 8 meant for ARM-powered devices, it's safe to call that edition of the OS dead. The mobile version of Windows 10 will support phones with ARM chips, but all of the desktop versions are geared towards x86 chips. That's not a huge surprise, since Microsoft even chose to go with an Intel chip for its latest Surface, a product line that previously served as a Windows RT showcase.

SOURCE: Microsoft