Design News - January 8, 2007

Cover Story

Engineering's Superstars Chart the Future

Design News turned to several of its past Engineers of the Year for their vision of tomorrow’s technology – and the tough challenges facing the profession.

Departments

Calamities
The Case of the Decrepit Diesel
Designer's Corner
Artificial Knee Wirelessly Communicates
Tunable MEMS Capacitor for Cell Phones
Flash
Hasbro Tiger Electronics’ I-FISH
Hasbro FurReal Friends Butterscotch Pony
LG Electronics’ Chocolate Cell Phone
National Instruments’ PXI-5152
I Want One of Those Street Muttz
Gadget Freak
Case #96: Nick Has an Illuminating Flashback
Mail
Fix the Nuts Behind the Wheel, Not the Technology
Mechatronics
Modeling: Essential Key to Mechatronics Design
My View
Design News Celebrates a Milestone: 60 Years
Rant
Rapid Tooling Has Benefits
Tips From Titus
Platinum Takes the Gold
Trend Watch
Motor ‘System’ Solutions
Zigbee Wireless Products Meet Growing Demand
Weblog
I Killed the Electric Car

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