Design News - November 5, 2007

Cover Story

Instant Wireless Speeds Katrina Recovery

Hurricane Katrina showed the value of wireless communications in an emergency. Wireless companies and network suppliers are still learning from the experience.

Departments

Calamities
The Case of the Molten Menace
Flash
Hybrids Get More Luxurious
Fronius USA’s Stand-Alone Inverter Boosts Solar Efficiency
SmartPill Medical Advance Not Hard To Swallow
Brammo Motorsports' Enertia Scooter Goes Electric
Raleigh Discovers LEDs
Gadget Freak
Gadget Freak Case 111: New Gun Shoots Light Bulb Storms
Mechatronics
Dumbing down the Engineer
Rant
Global Warming Causes Carbon Dioxide
Slant
Enhancing PDM Capabilities
The Dodge Report
Katrina's Mark on Technology
Tips From Titus
Pass Data through a Window
Weblog
Learn the Language of Industrial Design Online

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