Today's No-Problem Problem concerns the interaction of basic engineering,
economics, baseball, and perhaps any number of other disciplines. As in all our
No-Problem Problems, the trick is to spot the inconsistency, insufficiency of
variables, or violation of physical law that makes it impossible to solve the
problem as stated. The winner will be chosen at random from among the most
correct, most incorrect, and/or most interesting entries, and will receive a Design News MagLite™ flashlight.
Here is the problem: "The Baseball Commissioner has just vetoed, 'for the good of baseball,' a trade between the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers in which four design engineers were to be swapped for a purchasing agent and cash. The Commissioner has asked you to determine the proper exchange rate for major league design engineers and major league purchasing agents. What is that rate?
So tell us: why can't this problem be solved? Send your answer to: No-Problem Problem Contest (Major League Swap), Design News, 275 Washington St., Newton, MA 02458 or e-mail kfield@cahners.com.
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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.
A new battery design, which replaces lithium with abundant and low-cost elemental sulfur, is still in its nascent stages but shows real promise for giving batteries more energy potential.
The push to achieving more intelligent, integrated manufacturing is putting a strong focus on networking and connectivity as key enabling technologies.
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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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