Design News - June 2, 2003

Cover Story

Eric Fuh's team came up with a push-push concept, inspired by a retractable ball point pen, to collapse and remove the stylus.

Departments

Ask
Ask The Search Engineer
BMOC
Robot Dreams
Calamities
The Case of the Travelling Trochar
Designer's Corner
Barcode reader offers precise position
Expo
Motion Control/Power Transmission
Fluid Power
Fastening/Joining/Assembly
Software/Hardware
Electronics
Integrated Power Module Meets Wide Needs
Flash
New and Notable Product Design
Electronics
Gadget Freak
Todd's Fascination with Flight
Mail
Readers Sound Off
Measurements In The Design Flow
Subtle Traps Degrade Sensor Signals
My View
Head of the Class
Rant
You Need Desktop PLM
Slant
PLM's Time Has Come
The Next Generation
Engineering Students You'd Love to Hire
Weblog
My Alma Mater: The Hardware Store

Feature

Balancing Act

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