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Kristin Lewotsky

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DN Insight: What Rare Earth Shortages Mean for Engineers, Part 5
Kristin Lewotsky, Journalist
5/16/2012  5
Rare earth elements (REEs) like neodymium and dysprosium can produce high-flux permanent magnets that can tolerate extreme temperatures without the threat of demagnetization. For ...

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Failing Sensors Cause Consternation
A. David Boccuti, P.E.
5/16/2012  7
I worked for a contract manufacturer building extremely sensitive sensors for a large customer on a build-to-print order. These sensors had a finite life, and they were replaceable ...

Beth Stackpole

CAD/CAM Corner
Maple 16 Fosters Mathematics Exploration
Beth Stackpole, Contributing Editor, Design Hardware & Software
5/16/2012  4
Maplesoft, which markets the Maple mathematical application aimed at engineering professionals, students, and researchers, has put some muscle into improving usability. Among the ...

Elizabeth Montalbano

News
Disposable Satellite System Sees Soldiers
Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
5/16/2012  13
The US military depends on satellites for communications and location-based information when soldiers are in remote areas of the world.

Beth Stackpole

CAD/CAM Corner
Slideshow: The Fun Side of 3D Printing
Beth Stackpole, Contributing Editor, Design Hardware & Software
5/15/2012  17
3D printing has been around for years and has nestled its way into lots of companies' product development processes as a more effective way to produce prototype products, test ...

Ann R. Thryft

Engineering Materials
EV Race Car Uses Green Composites Under the Hood
Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly
5/15/2012  16
Recycled and plant-based composites are being used in underhood components of the British Lola-Drayson B12/69EV race car, which will compete in the 2013 FIA Formula E World ...

Dave Nason

Made by Monkeys
Shop Vac Flaws Grind Use to a Halt
Dave Nason
5/15/2012  23
I have a Genie shop vacuum that is more than 25 years old. It has been beat up, dropped, and otherwise abused, and except for the fact that its suction is not phenomenal, it has ...

Elizabeth Montalbano

News
Boeing iPad App Chronicles Aviation Innovation
Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
5/15/2012  7
Boeing has designed and released its own custom iPad app, leveraging Apple's tablet device to show off decades of aerospace design to a new generation of tech-savvy mobile users. ...

Al Linke

Gadget Freak
Gadget Freak Case #213: Android Brings the Mirror to Life
Al Linke
5/14/2012  10
Mirror, mirror on the wall, what kind of games can we play today? Al Linke has created an interactive mirror that can be activated with an Android phone. While the number of ...

Features

Slideshow: Top Cars From 2012 New York International Auto Show
4/9/2012
 17
The 2012 New York International Auto Show showcased hybrids, electric vehicles, performance cars, and classic automobiles.

DESIGN West News Feed
3/19/2012
 9
Tech news from UBM's DESIGN West conference, March 26 through 29 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif.

Time for Obama to End Timidity on US Tech Manufacturing Jobs
1/27/2012
 81
President Obama laid out a "blueprint for an American economy that’s built to last" during his election-year State of the Union address this week. Good. When do we start?

Slideshow: 11 Top iPad Engineering Apps
11/28/2011
 39
Here are 11 iPad apps in automation, CAD, and technical reference for mechanical, industrial, and design engineers.

Case Study: Building Your Own 20kW Hydroelectric Power Plant
11/16/2011
 51
Using automation components from AutomationDirect, this small-scale hydroelectric system generates 20kW of power from a nearby lake.

Slideshow: 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Preview
11/10/2011
 14
The 2012 International Consumer Electronics show has innovative designs of interest to mechanical engineers. Check out our CES slideshow.

Slideshow: Messiest Engineering Desks
10/26/2011
 38
Here's a slideshow of the messiest engineer's desks submitted by readers of our sister site EETimes.

Top 5 Roadblocks to Digital Factory of the Future
10/24/2011
 29
The digital factory of the future faces challenges of cost, compatibility and programmability as PLCs and PACs lurch towards a fulling integrated production cycle.

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Ford Hands-Free Liftgate
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Clippard Demonstrates Pneumatic Guitar
Guitar uses 62 pneumatic valves and 62 pneumatic cylinders, ...
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GMC Acadia Center Air Bag
GMC Acadia chief engineer Susan Eckel explains how ...
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LEDs Light Up Dodge Dart
Jeff Gale talks about the use of LEDs on the back end of ...
Cadillac Cutting Mass 1 Gram at a Time
How engineers reduced mass of the body structure on the new ...
Ford Showcases Its First Plug-in Hybrid
The technical choices that Ford made on its new C-Max ...
Tesla's Model S Nears Production
Khobi Brooklyn of Tesla Motors talks about the advantages ...
Gadget Freak Case #203: Smart Recycle Can
This recycler determines the type of material being entered ...
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When Doug Conner couldn't track his time while night swimming, he created a digital timer with ...
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To get immediate lighting while still conserving energy, Dick Bipes used an auxiliary ...
Shop Vac Flaws Grind Use to a Halt
Trying to fix the shop vac's motor revealed a slew of design problems.
Engine Shakeup Stumps Service Crew
When the engine isn't running right, sometimes you have to wait until it breaks before you learn ...
Cutlery Basket Damages Dishwasher's Rep
The poorly designed utensil basket on this dishwasher could have been improved for just a few ...
Pushbutton Problem Blanks Dehumidifier
The dehumidifier came with pushbuttons that couldn't take the humidity.
Slim Profile Hampers Cable Shielding Tape
A tape manufacturer created ultra-thin conductive tape that was so thin, it had no conductive ...
Failing Sensors Cause Consternation
Wire insulation can make the difference between success and failure in sensors.
Freight Train Kills Cellphone Signal
If your antenna malfunctions every day at a specific time, it could be the ghost is running on ...
Case of the Failing 'C' Batteries
Sometimes failures during the testing function say more about the test than the product.
Pinpoint Accuracy Used to Fix Projector
After completely dismantling the projector, the power supply fix was simple but hidden.
Engineer Breathes Life Into Dead Motor
If the motor isn't running correctly, it could be supercharged with static electricity.
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Understanding Fatigue Failures
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