Slideshow: 'Start-Stop' Hybrids Hit the Road News 2/3/2012 22 comments Starter motors with automatic starting capabilities will hit the auto market in a big way in 2012. Within 15 years, every new vehicle could offer "start-stop."
Composites Reinforced With 3D Architectures News 2/2/2012 6 comments ETH-Zurich research team discovers how to build composite structures that use reinforcing elements within 3D architectures, as abalone shells do.
'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.
Ford Recycles CES Plastic for Car Seats Engineering Materials 1/27/2012 21 comments Ford and Unifi, maker of Repreve, will gather and recycle 2 million plastic bottles at CES and other shows for conversion into the Repreve seat fabric used in the 2012 Focus EV.
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.
Bridge Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles Engineering Materials 1/9/2012 29 comments Recycled plastic bottles and other waste plastic are being turned into structural, weight-bearing elements of a 90-foot bridge in Scotland.
Do Engineers Have Appetite for Mobile Apps? CAD/CAM Corner 12/2/2011 22 comments Unlike the consumer market, which is hungry for all things mobile, engineers remain slightly skeptical about the upside of design tool apps running on mobile platforms.
Siemens Steps Up Composites Game CAD/CAM Corner 11/16/2011 7 comments Siemens snaps up Vistagy, a specialized composites design tool maker, as part of its industry strategy and as a step towards building a broader, end-to-end product development platform.
Ford to Jog Drowsy Drivers With Lane-Keeping Tech Electronic News & Comment 11/14/2011 34 comments If you're one of the 40% of Americans who say they've nodded off at the wheel, then Ford Motor Co. may have news that will jump-start your next moonlight drive.
Biodegradable Plastics Standard to Bust Landfill Waste News 11/14/2011 29 comments A standard being developed by the Plastics Environmental Council could put a dent in the 29 million tons of post-consumer nonrecycled plastics that end up in landfills each year.
Retooling for Compliance News 11/10/2011 5 comments Manufacturers are turning to PLM platforms and new supplier management processes to keep pace with the shifting compliance landscape and the need to manage more granular data.
Would You Buy a Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt? Wolfe's Den 11/2/2011 50 comments We asked members of Design News's Systems & Product Design Engineering group on LinkedIn whether they're ready to embrace electric vehicles like the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf.
GM to Build First All-Electric Car Since EV1 Captain Hybrid 10/20/2011 21 comments General Motors quietly resumed its commitment to electric cars last week, officially announcing that it will produce and sell a new vehicle called the Spark EV in 2013.
3D Systems Raises Bar on Color Printing CAD/CAM Corner 10/10/2011 7 comments 3D Systems' new ProJet 1500 combines support for color with the ability to create high-resolution, durable, plastic parts, bridging professional-quality capabilities with a $14,500 price tag.
Why Did You Become an Engineer? Wolfe's Den 10/7/2011 30 comments Design News asked participants in the LinkedIn System & Product Design Engineering group why they became engineers.
Safety Is Basis of TI's Hercules MCUs Blog 9/26/2011 2 comments TI’s Hercules line of safe microcontrollers features comprehensive diagnostic and self-testing capabilities built into the hardware.
The Dump Trailer Won't Dump Made by Monkeys 9/20/2011 12 comments What happens when your dump trailer won't dump? Such a simple function, and so hard to find.
Will an MBA Benefit You? Electronic News & Comment 9/19/2011 9 comments The Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree, long a staple for engineers preparing for leadership, is looking pretty enticing lately.
Smith Electric Vehicles teamed with Trans Tech Bus to roll out a 42-passenger, 26,000-lb electric bus called the Newton eTrans, which it hopes will change the way children get to school every morning.
Doug Conner's self-starting, solar-powered Stirling engine runs all year when the sun is visible from the sculpture’s location. The engine can shut down when the sun isn’t visible, and it can restart by itself when the sun comes back up.
Thanks to embedded electronics, medical devices are getting smaller and smarter than ever. Pacemakers and implantable defibrillators are now able to call physicians. MRIs, CT scanners, and ultrasound machines are gaining mobility. And the venerable Band-Aid may soon be able to detect illnesses ranging from fevers to heart arrhythmias. On February 21, join Design News senior editor Charles Murray for a wide-ranging discussion, "Embedded Angles for Medical Products," which will explore the latest developments in medical electronics. The discussion will examine advances in medical device technology and offer an inside look at the embedded electronics behind it.
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