Was Electric Car Poll Biased?
Captain Hybrid 6/24/2011 25 comments Fifty-seven percent of Americans said they wouldn’t consider buying an electric vehicle, no matter the price of gas.
Give Automotive Composites Another Chance
Guest Blogs 6/28/2011 11 comments Composites dramatically reduce weight in cars, but they face many problems, ranging from design inertia to lack of understanding of the processing technology.
The Case of the Shocking-Hot TV Cables
Sherlock Ohms 6/24/2011 9 comments The cables running to your TV are not supposed to give you a startling shock. When you get zapped by one, it's time to call Sherlock.
Engineers Need to Think More Creatively
Blog 6/30/2011 9 comments German engineer Sylvia Monsheimer says that additive manufacturing technologies free engineers from the burden of worrying about manufacturability.
Siemens Surging Into Services
Wolfe's Den 6/30/2011 8 comments Siemens's new Customer Service Division will enable it to reap the rewards of lucrative consulting and engineering services revenue streams.
Monkeys Designed My Cub Cadet
Made by Monkeys 6/29/2011 8 comments The 1998 Cub Cadet comes with a couple surprises. The seat assembly is bolted to fracture-prone sheet metal, and the design monkeys also got to the clutch.
Monkeys Designed the Bosch Counter-Top Fridge
Made by Monkeys 6/23/2011 8 comments Bradley P. Miller purchased a new counter-top depth Bosch Refrigerator. It was a full-featured model with ice maker, through-the-door dispenser, and touch-panel controls. About two years after the purchase, he found a small piece of plastic in the bottom of the glass I had been drinking from. Monkeys!
The Case of the Dying AA Battery Cells
Sherlock Ohms 6/27/2011 7 comments A 30 percent rejection rate at a AA battery assembly line created a case for Sherlock Ohms. He discovered the problem had been occurring sporadically for two years.
SCADA: The Next Secure Generation
Blog 6/23/2011 7 comments Security concerns help drive new SCADA systems vastly different from earlier industrial-control networks for power plants, water systems.
Solid Edge ST4 Melds Direct, Feature-Based Modeling
CAD/CAM Corner 6/30/2011 6 comments With the release of Solid Edge ST4, Siemens PLM Software continues to infuse direct modeling capabilities further into the CAD tool, extending the synchronous workflow with new feature types and modeling capabilities.
Monkeys Made the Rain Trough on My Van
Made by Monkeys 6/24/2011 5 comments Monkeys made the rain trough on the '96 Chrysler Town and Country. When the drain gets plugged with debris, the water spills into the vehicle – after passing over something that makes it boiling hot.
Has Nissan Leaf Set Electric Car Paradigm?
Wolfe's Den 6/27/2011 5 comments As all-electrics gain ground, the flood of drive-train component suppliers entering the market could resemble that of the early days of the auto industry.
Why Isn't Embedded Design More Innovative?
Wolfe's Den 6/28/2011 4 comments We asked the Systems & Product Design Engineering group on LinkedIn what needs to change with embedded systems for real innovation to occur.
The Case of the Seismographic Readouts
Sherlock Ohms 6/29/2011 4 comments A top-of-the-line air bearing, linear motor, fully mechanically decoupled video cmm had an intermittent issue where the X and Y readouts started jumping around. Call in Sherlock Ohms.
The Case of the Slow Cable
Sherlock Ohms 6/23/2011 3 comments Jake Brodsky ran into twinaxial cable trouble while installing a new sewer treatment plant. Time to turn to Sherlock.
Dr. Watts, There’s a Ringing in My Head
Sherlock Ohms 6/28/2011 3 comments A company that manufactures magnetic memory products found a lot of its disk heads were ringing at about 6MHz upon shutoff of write current. Time to call in Sherlock.
Siemens Instrumentation Hits the Road
Wolfe's Den 6/29/2011 3 comments Siemens is taking its instrumentation and process technology on the road in a 53-foot tractor-trailer that'll tour the US.
Altium Fleshes Out EDA Data Management Strategy
CAD/CAM Corner 6/23/2011 2 comments On the heels of its milestone Designer 10 release, Altium is aiming to fill a gap in electronics design with its new series of Vault enterprise data management platforms.
By experimenting with the photovoltaic reaction in solar cells, researchers at MIT have made a breakthrough in energy efficiency that significantly pushes the boundaries of current commercial cells on the market.
In a world that's going green, industrial operations have a problem: Their processes involve materials that are potentially toxic, flammable, corrosive, or reactive. If improperly managed, this can precipitate dangerous health and environmental consequences.
With LEDs dropping in price virtually every year, automakers have begun employing them, not only on luxury vehicles, but on entry-level models, as well.
From Dell / Intel® New Paradigms in Design Work Scott Hamilton, vertical market strategist for Dell Precision workstations, 5/2/2013 5
Early in my career, I worked as a draftsman and remember the days of drawing on vellum with numbered pencils and Mylar with plastic lead. This was a fun experience in the sense that I ...
I've been using workstations for more than 10 years and love finding ways to get more performance from my system. With demanding professional applications that require more power each ...
A lasting memory from my first job as an engineer in an auto assembly plant is standing on hard concrete at six in the morning, vending-machine coffee clutched in hand, listening to ...
A quick look into the merger of two powerhouse 3D printing OEMs and the new leader in rapid prototyping solutions, Stratasys. The industrial revolution is now led by 3D printing and engineers are given the opportunity to fully maximize their design capabilities, reduce their time-to-market and functionally test prototypes cheaper, faster and easier. Bruce Bradshaw, Director of Marketing in North America, will explore the large product offering and variety of materials that will help CAD designers articulate their product design with actual, physical prototypes. This broadcast will dive deep into technical information including application specific stories from real world customers and their experiences with 3D printing. 3D Printing is
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