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Motion Control/Automation Spotlight

New Year's Eve Ball Grows Bigger And Brighter spotlight

New Year's Eve Ball Grows Bigger and Brighter


The Times Square ball will this year double in size, get three times brighter and become a year-round installation. Here's a look at the mechanical design and LED integration challenges that arose as engineers scaled up this famous attraction.  Full Story >>
Nov 17 2008 08:57 AM

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Focus on Energy and Intelligence

New drive products are literally at the crossroads in the latest control systems, offering both expanded control capabilities and more sophisticated support for different types of motors.  Full Story >>
Nov 03 2008 12:00 AM

Mechatronics and Advanced Motion Control

In the area of motion control, some people's reaction to mechatronics can be, "What's that?" Call it what you will, the systems' approach is driving higher performance.  Full Story >>
Nov 03 2008 12:00 AM

Combining Forces

Motor technology is moving ahead with higher power efficiency, servo motors with integrated electronics and a continuing commitment to Ethernet communications and distributed intelligence at the top of the list.  Full Story >>
Nov 03 2008 12:00 AM

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Internet Connectivity Hits the Road spotlight

Internet Connectivity Hits The Road


Autonet Mobile's in-car router brings Internet connectivity to everything from laptops to PDAs to iPhones.  Full Story >>
Nov 10 2008 09:01 AM

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Instrumentation Moves from the Lab to the Factory Floor

Portable. Battery-powered. Wireless. While these terms usually describe the latest consumer products, they are the enablers for taking laboratory-grade instrumentation into the factory.  Full Story >>
Nov 03 2008 12:00 AM

Power Management Relies on Packaging

With applications from personal computers to portable consumer products to automobiles driving packaging innovation, power management companies have tackled packaging issues head-on with highly innovative approaches.  Full Story >>
Nov 03 2008 12:00 AM

Engineers Search for Electrical Storage Solution

Engineers from EPRI, MIT, Argonne National Labs and elsewhere are looking at batteries as a way of storing power from renewable sources.  Full Story >>
Oct 24 2008 05:00 AM

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Design Tools Spotlight

Solar Power Heats up Design Challenge for BigBelly Trash Compactor spotlight

Solar Power Heats up Design Challenge for BigBelly Trash Compactor


BigBelly's choice of solar energy to power its self-contained trash compactor resulted a host of design challenges, including optimizing parts and materials for low-energy consumption.  Full Story >>
Oct 08 2008 08:45 AM

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FPGAs Change Embedded Design

Field-programmable gate arrays are changing the way engineers design, prototype and deploy embedded systems.  Full Story >>
Nov 03 2008 12:00 AM

Automakers: Electronic Content Still Rising

A global panel of automakers at Convergence 2008 say electronic innovation in automobiles will continue at its torrid pace despite the current economic turmoil threatening the near-term future of the industry.  Full Story >>
Oct 21 2008 09:44 AM

Prototypes That Heal

Rapid prototyping and 3-D imaging systems are being used more and more in the production of surgical tools and custom implants.  Full Story >>
Oct 06 2008 12:00 AM

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Watch Idaho Nuclear Project to Gauge Obama Energy Plan spotlight

Watch Idaho Nuclear Project to Gauge Obama's Energy Plan


One bellwether project to watch as a gauge of President-Elect Barack Obama's energy policy will be funding for a commercial demonstration project to produce hydrogen and heat with high-temperature, helium-cooled nuclear power.  Full Story >>
Nov 06 2008 09:53 AM

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Ford Flexes Engineering Muscle

Ford put a lot of engineering muscle into its 2009 Flex crossover, witnessed by eight technical innovations that were awarded finalist status in the 2008 Society of Plastics Engineers Automotive Division Innovation awards.  Full Story >>
Oct 29 2008 07:05 AM

Industry Innovation Overcomes Manufacturing Design Obstacles

The North American Die Casting Assn. is working to keep jobs and production in the U.S.  Full Story >>
Oct 06 2008 12:00 AM

Lear Stops Whiplash with Dynamic Head Restraint

An all-mechanical system developed by Avdel is used to meet new federal and European whiplash requirements in Cadillac STS seats now being manufactured by Tier I Lear Corp.  Full Story >>
Sep 30 2008 09:33 AM

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Automotive Spotlight

Lear Stops Whiplash with Dynamic Head Restraint spotlight

Lear Stops Whiplash with Dynamic Head Restraint


An all-mechanical system developed by Avdel is used to meet new federal and European whiplash requirements in Cadillac STS seats now being manufactured by Tier I Lear Corp.  Full Story >>
Sep 30 2008 09:33 AM

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Electric DeLorean Goes Back to the Future

Dr. David Delman's DeLorean uses thirteen 12V lead-acid batteries which drive a series-wound nine-inch DC electric motor that's mated to a five-speed manual transmission.  Full Story >>
Nov 10 2008 09:26 AM

Ford Flexes Engineering Muscle

Ford put a lot of engineering muscle into its 2009 Flex crossover, witnessed by eight technical innovations that were awarded finalist status in the 2008 Society of Plastics Engineers Automotive Division Innovation awards.  Full Story >>
Oct 29 2008 07:05 AM

Autos, Energy and Handheld Drive DSPs

The automotive industry is going through a transformation toward energy efficiency, from hybrids to hydrogen-powered vehicles.  Full Story >>
Oct 06 2008 12:00 AM

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Are You An Engineer If You Don't Pass The PE spotlight

Are You An Engineer If You Don't Pass The P.E.?


Manufacturers worry Burton Siegal's case in the state of Illinois could force thousands of companies to remove the term "engineering" from their company names.  Full Story >>
Sep 08 2008 11:58 AM

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Mindful of the Gap

CAR Chairman David E. Cole urges his engineering students to focus their energies on "the gaps," places no other engineer has gone.  Full Story >>
Oct 06 2008 12:00 AM

The Apple Core and the Candy Wrapper

It's time for engineers to step up and move green engineering practices forward.  Full Story >>
Oct 06 2008 12:00 AM

Industry Innovation Overcomes Manufacturing Design Obstacles

The North American Die Casting Assn. is working to keep jobs and production in the U.S.  Full Story >>
Oct 06 2008 12:00 AM

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A Bailout for U.S. Automakers: Join the Great Debate

Design News has editors advocating for and against a bailout to domestic automakers. Editor-in-chief John Dodge argues for a bailout while Materials Editor Doug Smock is urging lawmakers to say NO....

Automotive | Nov 20 2008 08:10 AM

David Cole: Bridge Loan Is Needed to Keep Automakers Afloat

While the Big Three CEOs pleaded for aid on Capitol Hill yesterday, Design News talked to Dr. David Cole, chairman of the Center for Automotive Research about the possible effects of domestic autom...

Automotive | Nov 19 2008 08:34 AM

787 Dreamliner Wing Box Takes a Break; Deliveries Delayed Again

The 787 Dreamliner composite wing box has undergone successful destructive testing which uses aerodynamic loads 1.5 times larger than aircraft will ever encounter in the air.

Materials/Fastening | Nov 19 2008 07:05 AM

Dean Kamen's House Rivals Best Industrial Museums

Inventor Dean Kamen's house is nothing less a mini-Smithsonian. John Dodge's slideshows provide an in-depth tour of Kamen's unique home, which boasts a myriad of industrial artifacts.

Motion Control/Automation | Nov 13 2008 12:07 PM

Automation Gets Scientific at Pack Expo

From Pack Expo: Beckhoff Automation has launched a new initiative aimed at seamlessly merging control and measurement tasks in real time.

Motion Control/Automation | Nov 12 2008 12:34 PM
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This Gadget Gets the Children up spotlight

Gadget Freak Case #130: This Gadget Gets the Children up!

Jeremy Willden's souped-up Voice-over-Internet Protocol system is a handy device for getting his slow-poke children out of bed and out the door.

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TOP500 Supercomputer List Debuts

I bet you’re dying to know the know status of the world’s TOP500 supercomputers. Well, the 32nd edition has just been issued and there’s a bit of an upset: IBM’s 1.105 petaflop/s Roadrunner supercomputer, installed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory ...
Posted in CAD/CAM Corner | 2008-11-18 14:07:37

Bailing out GM, Ford and Chrysler: it's easy to be dubious

>Like many Americans, I have mixed feelings about a government bailout for the domestic auto industry and more specifically, General Motors (GM). At first I was for saving G.M. and while I still would vote that way, I have some reservations. First, the fairness argument doesn’t wash. The logic is if we bail out the financial industry, we should rescue car makers, too. But we ar ...
Posted in Green Engineering | 2008-11-17 12:40:48

Synapsis software tracks REACH

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This webinar featured research and survey results related to problems associated with preparing CAD geometry for CAE applications.  We discussed how Recipe-Based Automation can help create "just-in-time" CAE-ready geometry each time a cad model is updated. Watch the Presentation

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