Engineering Materials iPad Controls Flying Video Game Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly2/9/2012 11 It costs less than a quarter of the $1,400 bill of materials estimated for the Japanese Defense Ministry's flying sphere. The battery gives it a running time of only 12 minutes. And ...
Blog Slideshow: More Messy Engineering Desktops Brian Fuller & Alexander Wolfe2/8/2012 18 We messed up and you responded. Last fall, we posted a gallery of the messiest engineering desks, courtesy of our sister site, EETimes. EELife editorial director Brian Fuller, who ...
Product News Cube Camera Eyes Embedded Vision Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly2/7/2012 15 Shorter than a paper clip, the SmartVue is the smallest programmable smart camera module on record, according to its manufacturer, CogniVue. I, for one, believe them. Hammacher ...
Guest Blogs Buying the Logic of Safety TJ McDermott, Senior Project Engineer, Systems Interface Inc.2/6/2012 13 I recently completed an interesting industrial system requiring a fair amount of safety logic because of its different zones. Here we'll look at the three separate physical ...
Wolfe's Den Should Robots Look Like People or Machines? Alexander Wolfe, Content Director2/1/2012 42 Are you ready to Roomba? If you're a fan of nondescript, purpose-built robots -- this one vacuums your floors -- you probably are. But perhaps you're intrigued, as I am, by the ...
News Micro Drives Increase Surgical Precision Al Presher, Contributing Writer 1/31/2012 7 Modern medical technology is making operations safer and replacing conventional surgical methods with procedures that put less strain on patients. Often, these new techniques rely ...
Blog Slideshow: Plant Safety Takes Center Stage in Factory Automation Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Automation & Control1/30/2012 23 The trend toward safety networks aboard Ethernet has continued to grow significantly. It is now getting integrated into the control network, and safety devices and safety systems ...
News Surgical Robots Could Fix NASA Satellite Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly1/25/2012 33 A modified Da Vinci surgical robot is helping NASA study how robots can refuel and service space satellites, remotely controlled from Earth. The agency's Notional Robotic Servicing ...
Mechatronics Zone What's Your Pick for Best Engineering Movie? Jon Titus, Contributing Technical Editor1/25/2012 30 I have seen several forums on which engineers listed their favorite engineering movies. Of course they place "Apollo 13," "The Flight of the Phoenix," and others at the top of the ...
Top 5 Roadblocks to Digital Factory of the Future 10/24/2011 18 The digital factory of the future faces challenges of cost, compatibility and programmability as PLCs and PACs lurch towards a fulling integrated production cycle.
Design News 2011 Salary Survey: Best News in Years 8/10/2011 5 The results of our annual salary survey show solid improvements in pay, as well as overall satisfaction with the engineering profession, despite rising stress levels and a still-tight economy.
Hardened, Robust Switches & Routers 7/5/2011 3 Industrial networks can use upgraded technology to address concerns about temperature, redundancy, data creep, security, and software standards.
Strategies for Energy Monitoring 6/29/2011 4 Standard Ethernet networking and PAC technology, new software tools, and demand-response programs team up to identify energy savings and reduce consumption.
Miniature Motion in Medical Devices 6/24/2011 3 Solutions offer more compact, mobile, low power, and lightweight motion control to help spur advances in medical device design and development.
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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