Gadget Freak Gadget Freak Case #242: A Gadget's Call for Assistance Andrew Morris 6/18/2013 0 Friends of Andrew Morris needed a device that could detect a stroke victim's groan and convert the sound into a signal so caregivers would know when help was needed.
Blog Disc Magnet Motors Hit Sweet Spot Al Presher, Contributing Editor6/18/2013 0 "What we are typically looking at is a middle range as the sweet spot for disc magnet motors," Dave Beckstoffer, project manager for Portescap, told Design News. "Stepper motors ...
Blog Aluminum Extrusion Gives Shape Options Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly6/18/2013 0 Extruded aluminum gives engineers freedom to design a wide variety of shapes for a wide variety of purposes. It offers cost-saving functionality, unique aesthetic opportunities, and ...
Guest Blogs NASA's 'PhoneSat' Program Points to Satellites of the Future Dylan McGrath, EE Times6/18/2013 2 NASA launched a novel project in April, putting into orbit three satellites that employ an off-the-shelf commercial smartphone as the control system. The satellites hitched a ride ...
Blog Design News Radio: Smart Machines Make the Grade for Control Applications Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Automation & Control6/18/2013 0 Smart machines are delivering efficiency, optimization, and savings to automation and control. The wave of the future for automation and control is intelligent devices. This ...
Blog Sulfur-Based Battery Outperforms Lithium-Ion in Tests Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer6/17/2013 18 We've reported before on work by scientists to improve lithium-ion chemistries and find alternatives to lithium-ion batteries. This work is driven in part by the belief that the ...
News Virtual Desktop Environments Coming to Creo Design Apps Charles Murray, Senior Technical Editor, Electronics & Test6/17/2013 2 Software maker PTC will offer a virtual desktop environment for its Creo product design applications, potentially freeing engineers to run them from remote desktops on a variety of ...
Blog Connectivity Enabling Smart Manufacturing Al Presher, Contributing Editor6/17/2013 6 The push to achieving more intelligent, integrated manufacturing is putting a strong focus on networking and connectivity as key enabling technologies. At first, that might seem ...
News Engineers Cheer 'Multi-CAD' Strategy Charles Murray, Senior Technical Editor, Electronics & Test6/14/2013 10 Software maker PTC drew applause and cheers from an audience of 1,800 engineers at PTC Live Global 2013 this week when it announced it will offer a "multi-CAD" strategy early next year.
Bearing Design Considerations in Medical Technology 6/17/2013 1 Pharmaceutical, dental, and medical device applications present many challenges for bearings. These include high speeds, low noise, long service life, and resistance to harsh environments or aggressive chemicals or fluids.
Improving Machine Processes & Plant Automation 6/14/2013 1 Leading companies are embracing mechatronics, and they are experiencing the rewards of the cost savings and operational benefits of an integrated and synergistic approach to machine design.
How Standards Help Shape Tomorrow’s Products 6/14/2013 2 Although most design engineers have an opportunity to design hardware and/or software for new products, some also get a chance to shape the industry standards to which tomorrow’s products must conform.
Safe, Portable Power Source 6/7/2013 6 Varta Microbattery helps to insure that a surgical helmet’s light and ventilation runs reliably in the operating theatre.
Bolt-On Motion Systems 6/3/2013 0 PC-based motion offers higher performance capabilities for on-the-fly trajectory control, multi-axis synchronization, and integration of custom sensors and scanning systems.
DFAA: Design’s Acronym for Efficiency 5/30/2013 6 As manufacturers rush to install the latest productivity-boosting equipment, engineers are being challenged to master the skills of DFAA.
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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