CareerMash

After reading through the website of careermash.ca , I found out that I am an innovator and my career will be going in the direction of an innovator. A great example of an innovator would be a mechanical engineer. This career is one I am interested in and might go towards, although automotive would be my preferred choice. The job of a mechanical engineer is to design and create new machines for the world. This could range from cars to iPods to computers. They use a computer-aided design software or CAD for short to help them create these creative ideas. The whole idea behind an innovator is that they "turn ideas into money" (Larry Hirst) and that is exactly what a mechanical engineer does. The minimum education requirement for a mechanical engineer is a bachelor's degree, but a PhD or master's degree would be needed for a better or higher position of the career. The pay for this job can be as low as $40 000 to as high as $130 000 a year, but most will earn even more than $130 000! This job involves mathematics, science, and a lot of creativity.
One famous, and excellent example of a mechanical engineer is Dennis Hong. He took part in creating the worlds first vehicle that allows blind people to drive independently. It has a GPS system, 2 cameras, and 3 sensors to give the location of the car and things around it like other vehicles. The driver wears special gloves and sits on a special chair that vibrates and gives pressure to direct the driver. The problem with this though, is that the driver is not driving independently. Dennis Hong then invented Airpix, which looks like a board with many holes in it. Compressed air comes out of the holes to paint a picture into a blind person's mind when they place their hand on it. This creation was tested on a Daytona track one day and turned out to be successful when a blind man drove at 30mph with obstacles. This idea that Dennis Hong came up with could change the world for all blind people and is truly astonishing.