{"id":2808,"date":"2009-07-07T11:51:41","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T18:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/Re-engineering-Wile-E-Coyote-Contraptions\/ba-p\/333995"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:24:14","slug":"re-engineering-wile-e-coyote-contraptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/re-engineering-wile-e-coyote-contraptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-engineering Wile E. Coyote Contraptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><\/P><P>Forget Saturday mornings of mind-numbing cartoons not based in reality. Tony Lockwood noted on his blog that <A href=\"http:\/\/www.deskeng.com\/burning_questions\/?p=90\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Reality TV has finally got it right<\/A>. He talks about a new reality TV show where engineers attempt to correct Wile E. Coyote\u2019s flawed engineering contraptions. It\u2019s Man vs. Cartoons. Or <A href=\"http:\/\/www.trutv.com\/shows\/man_vs_cartoon\/index.html?pid=PI9Dl2WWKCdg_NTHySNYUP5QtKBDkHZK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Animation Meets Actuality<\/A>.<\/P>&nbsp; <P><\/P><P>It reminds me of some interviews with engineers at a previous employer where they described their favorite toys when they were kids. As you can imagine,&nbsp; those you could take apart and put back together \u2013 or just break and see if you could re-engineer \u2013 were favs. <\/P>  <P>So if that describes you, check what the <A href=\"http:\/\/www.nmt.edu\/news\/3409-man-vs-cartoon-begins-six-week-run-june-13\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">engineers at New Mexico Tech<\/A> came up with to help Wile E. Coyote in this six-episode cable series. <B><\/B>Here are some of the trailers:<BR \/><B><\/B><BR \/><A href=\"http:\/\/www.trutv.com\/shows\/man_vs_cartoon\/index.html?pid=xCZb40nCmia6PcHSFYmMb7QU_wvOqKai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Pendulum Swing<\/A><B><\/B><BR \/><\/P><P><B><\/B><\/P><BR \/><BR \/><P><A href=\"http:\/\/www.trutv.com\/shows\/man_vs_cartoon\/index.html?pid=PI9Dl2WWKCdg_NTHySNYUP5QtKBDkHZK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Rocket-Powered Roller Skates<\/A><B><\/B><BR \/><\/P><P><BR \/><B><\/B><BR \/><BR \/><A href=\"http:\/\/www.trutv.com\/shows\/man_vs_cartoon\/index.html?pid=PI9Dl2WWKCdg_NTHySNYUP5QtKBDkHZK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Complicated Contraption<\/A><BR \/><\/P><P><\/P>  <P>Also check out Scott Wertel\u2019s blog post on <A href=\"http:\/\/wertel.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/sae-collegiate-design-challenges.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">SAE Collegiate Design Challenges<\/A> about what he did one summer during engineering school. Their team won first place and set a new world record!<\/P>  <P>As always, do not attempt these at home!<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget Saturday mornings of mind-numbing cartoons not based in reality. Tony Lockwood noted on his blog that Reality TV has finally got it right. 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