Carbon Composites Achieve Auto Breakthrough
News 7/29/2011 7 comments Carbon composites will play a major role in reducing car weight as a result of a new process technology that improves quality and cuts production time by 75 percent.
How Do We Engineer Autos for 54.5 MPG?
Wolfe's Den 7/29/2011 124 comments Lighter automotive materials and hybrid engines are two engineering approaches towards meeting the Obama administration's goal of 54.5 mpg CAFE standards for automakers by 2025.
The Case of the Hot Desk
Sherlock Ohms 7/28/2011 10 comments Called to a mechanical calculator that was giving off tingle shocks, Sherlock found an unexpected problem.
Design Tool Sector Soars
CAD/CAM Corner 7/27/2011 6 comments The product lifecycle management (PLM) and design tool sector has returned to peak growth levels, according to a new CIMdata report.
Salary Survey Says You Make $93,465
Wolfe's Den 7/26/2011 8 comments The results of Design News annual salary survey are in and they say design engineers received their first increase in average base salary in two years.
Embedded Multicore Goes Mainstream
Blog 7/26/2011 4 comments Multicore designs of four or more processors on a single chip are cheap enough for embedded and industrial applications, but not all multicore processors are appropriate for the task.
Chemical Additive Protects Plastics From Rats
News 7/25/2011 9 comments An Indian company has developed a proprietary chemical additive that repels rodents and insects from plastic wire and cable at a lower cost than sheathing.
My Chevy Volt Test Drive
Features 7/22/2011 15 comments The Chevrolet Volt accelerates better, offers more space, and costs more than you might expect.
EV Sets Record at Pikes Peak Hill Climb
Captain Hybrid 7/21/2011 8 comments Using a powertrain designed by AC Propulsion, an electric placed 21st out of a field of 71 cars at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
Local Motors Shifts Crowd-Sourcing Into High Gear
CAD/CAM Corner 7/21/2011 11 comments Billing itself as an open-source car company, Local Motors is challenging the traditional automotive design paradigm with a new model that leverages the collective design power of a community to "co-create" limited-run vehicles.
Old Tires & Soy Seed Ford's Gaskets
Engineering Materials 7/20/2011 7 comments Ford continues its leadership in development of natural automotive materials with use of recycled tires and soy oil to make seals and engine gaskets.
Mitsubishi Electric Car Could Offer AC Plug-In
News 7/19/2011 9 comments Mitsubishi Motors’s forthcoming electric vehicle might incorporate an AC adapter, allowing owners to power electrical devices ranging from rice cookers to microwave ovens.
NHTSA Wants Hybrids & EVs to Be Louder
News 7/18/2011 24 comments The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) plans to propose regulations that would call on manufacturers of electric cars and hybrids to add special sounds to their vehicles to make them safer for pedestrians.
Terrafugia Transition Inches Closer to Flight
CAD/CAM Corner 7/18/2011 17 comments The so-called flying car reached another milestone, having been granted key exemptions by government safety agencies that were critical due to the engineering challenges around a dual-purpose design.
Automakers Balk at California ZEV Plan
Captain Hybrid 7/13/2011 10 comments A looming California emissions plan and a proposed federal fuel economy standard are combining to create consternation among automakers.
Are You an Interdisciplinary Engineer?
Wolfe's Den 7/13/2011 9 comments Are specialist designers on the wane, being replaced by generalists who can work comfortably across the boundaries of hardware, software, and embedded?
iNEMI Releases Lead-Free Process Book
Lead-Free Zone 7/7/2011 2 comments iNEMI has teamed up with Wiley and IEEE to produce a reference volume that covers a wide swath of information on lead-free solder.
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 ...
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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