Design News - September 26, 2005

Cover Story

In the middle of the night on June 1st, Alan Cocconi's "pilots" were holed up in a little 5×8-ft trailer in the California desert, glancing over each other's shoulders at the virtual gages on three computer screens, trying to keep their airplane aloft. Their task, even for instrument-rated flyers, was a formidable one: Maintain altitude by navigating from the ground, while looking only at ...

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Ask The Search Engineer
Calamities
The Case of the Leaky Lift Truck
Cool Software Tricks
Creating a Cylindrical Cam
Designer's Corner
Fingertip Power
Expo
Fluid Power
Electronics
Motion Control
Flash
New and Notable Product Design
Gadget Freak
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
Green Scene
Environmental News Engineers Can Use
Mail
Readers Sound Off
Motorhead
Apply Ethernet Protocols For Real-Time Control
My View
Techies Jump on Blog Bandwagon
Rant
The Coming Senior Shopper Boom
Rarely Asked Questions
Isolating the Key Detail (or Lunching With a Mermaid and Pickled Herring)
Slant
Cable Specs: Watch Codes
Trend Watch
Real-time Open-Source OS
Pocket Pals
Fasteners Material Aid
Weblog
Less Clicking For Plastics

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