Design News Launches Automation & Control Blog
News 8/22/2010 Post a comment New blog covers controllers, sensors, drives and motors, robotics and motion control components, I/O, and system and device network connectivity solutions such as fieldbus, Ethernet and wireless.
TI Introduces $4 Development Kit
News 8/20/2010 Post a comment Texas Instruments Inc. has unveiled a $4.30 microcontroller development kit targeted at the 25-cent, 16-bit microcontrollers that it rolled out earlier this year.
Apple Plans Next Materials Revolution
News 8/18/2010 Post a comment Consumer electronics giant Apple buys exclusive rights to amorphous metals technology that may revolutionize the design of handheld phones.
T.25 Low-Carbon City Car Debuts
News 8/16/2010 1 comment Gordon Murray Design's T.25 City Car was created under a carbon-reduced manufacturing process called iSteam.
Look for More Gas-Assisted Molding Designs
News 8/6/2010 Post a comment A 16-year legal battle over patents for gas-assisted injection molding is finally resolved, leading to a potential expansion of the cost-saving technology.
Aircraft Materials' Battle Heats up
News 8/2/2010 Post a comment Alcan, Alcoa and ATI fight back with new metal alloys in an effort to staunch the rapid rise of carbon composites in the Dreamliner.
For 3D printing to make the jump from rapid prototyping to manufacturing, engineers will need to find easier ways to move products from their CAD screens to their printers.
Gigabit and PoE are two networking technologies moving ahead in tandem as industrial users power remote Ethernet devices such as IP security cameras at 1,000 Mbps over existing CAT5 cable.
New versions of BASF's Ecovio line are both compostable and designed for either injection molding or thermoforming. These combinations are becoming more common for the single-use bioplastics used in food service and food packaging applications, but are still not widely available.
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 ...
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