'Performance' Car Seat Eliminates Steel
News 1/30/2012 13 comments A car seat backrest that integrates the seat frame and back panel into a single structure eliminates steel to save weight and reduce space.
MCUs Cut Mechatronics Design Costs
News 1/27/2012 10 comments In a wide-ranging half-hour discussion titled, Microchip engineer Keith Curtis addressed questions about the future of mechatronic control.
CAE Drives Dutch High-Performance Auto
News 1/26/2012 26 comments Using an integrated CAD/CAE platform, Donkervoort bolstered the muscle of its D8 GTO sports car without creating a drag on performance.
Autodesk Expands Surface Modeling Credo
News 1/25/2012 7 comments The acquisition of a little-known specialty tools maker puts more accessible surface modeling technology within reach of Autodesk's digital prototyping software portfolio.
Slideshow: Top 5 Robotics Trends to Watch in 2012
News 1/23/2012 22 comments The most important robotics trends of this coming year will enable volume manufacturing and greater integration of robotics with machine vision and automated systems.
Ford Showcases First Plug-In Hybrid
News 1/19/2012 25 comments The auto industry's move to plug-in vehicles gained momentum as Ford rolled out its C-Max Energi hybrid at the North American International Auto Show.
Recycled Carbon Fibers Save Money
News 1/18/2012 25 comments A new family of yarns and fabrics made from recycled carbon fibers have properties that rival those of virgin carbon fibers but cost less.
Ethernet Converges on Factory Automation
News 1/18/2012 13 comments Ethernet adoption drives development of infrastructure to support completely networked, plant-wide architectures from field devices up to management level.
Multitouch Added to Resistive Touchscreens
News 1/16/2012 10 comments Automobiles can now retrofit multitouch gestures to resistive-touchscreen designs by upgrading their controller-chips to Freescale Semiconductor's new Ready-Play solution.
3D Systems Brings 3D Printing to Masses
News 1/13/2012 12 comments 3D Systems is putting up stakes in the consumer market with Cubify.com, an online community and content creation site, and the Cube, its first personal 3D printer for the home.
Crowdsourcing Creates CAD Groundswell
News 1/12/2012 11 comments While crowdsourcing has the potential to boost innovation, manufacturers have been slow to embrace the strategy, put off by quality concerns and engineers' reticence to participate in an open development forum.
Li-Ion Batteries in EVs May Last Longer
News 1/5/2012 18 comments New materials for lithium-ion batteries and their housings, along with cheaper ALD manufacturing methods, may help bring down costs and make them last longer in electric vehicles.
Slideshow: Top 5 Automotive Trends to Watch in 2012
News 1/3/2012 21 comments Because automakers are already on the hook to push their Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) to 35.5mpg by 2016, and 54.5mpg by 2025, they're going to be working hard on any feature that can eliminate even the smallest sip of gasoline.
Andrew Morris designed a circuit that could detect a stroke victim's groan and convert the sound into a signal so caregivers would know when help was needed.
New disc magnet motors fit into the design trend of stepping up to closed loop performance while maintaining the cost advantage of stepper motor technology.
At the Design News webinar on June 27, learn all about aluminum extrusion: designing the right shape so it costs the least, is simplest to manufacture, and best fits the application's structural requirements.
On April 21, NASA launched a novel project, putting into orbit three satellites that employ an off-the-shelf commercial smartphone as the control system.
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 ...
For industrial control applications, or even a simple assembly line, that machine can go almost 24/7 without a break. But what happens when the task is a little more complex? That’s where the “smart” machine would come in. The smart machine is one that has some simple (or complex in some cases) processing capability to be able to adapt to changing conditions. Such machines are suited for a host of applications, including automotive, aerospace, defense, medical, computers and electronics, telecommunications, consumer goods, and so on. This radio show will show what’s possible with smart machines, and what tradeoffs need to be made to implement such a solution.
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