Blog Do You Dream in CAD? You Might Be an Engineer Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Automation & Motion Control11/14/2014 5 OK. You let us know through your comments on the last "You know you're an engineer if ..." post that you agree and disagree with the notions of what makes an engineer tick. Here are ...
STEM Connection Slideshow: Makers Decorate White House for the Holidays Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer11/14/2014 2 Each year the White House makes a huge effort to have festive Christmas holiday decorations. This year will be no different, with one exception -- the Obamas' decorations will ...
Blog The Atlas Robot is Agile Enough to Mimic 'The Karate Kid' Chris Wiltz, Managing Editor11/14/2014 2 Thanks to software created by the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC), a research group based out of the Florida University system, the Atlas robot has achieved ...
Electronics News Engineering Disasters: A Deadly Mistake in Kansas City Charles Murray, Senior Technical Editor, Electronics & Test11/13/2014 33 More than 35 years later, the post-mortem on one of the country's worst engineering disasters appears to be simple. A contractor asked for a change in an original design. The change ...
Blog Device Will Never Let You Forget Your Password -- it's Your Heartbeat Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer11/13/2014 10 Biometric identification for access to devices is nothing new, but a Canadian company has put a new spin on the technology by using people’s heartbeats to allow them to ...
Guest Blogs The Sound Beneath the Floors Dale Boyke, Parker Hannifin11/13/2014 2 At its core, sound is a relatively simple natural phenomenon caused by pressure pulsations or vibrations propagating through various mediums in the world around us. We are ...
Blog Solar Sponge Generates Steam by Soaking Up the Sun's Rays Cabe Atwell, Contributing Editor, Design Hardware & Software11/13/2014 4 MIT researchers have developed a "solar sponge" that uses sunlight to convert water into steam with amazing efficiency. Not only does the sponge effectively convert solar energy ...
Blog 10 Programmable Robots for Kids Rob Spiegel, Senior Editor, Automation & Motion Control11/12/2014 6 Here are some toys that parents would love to put together for their kids -- it may actually be hard for the kid to wrestle these toys out of the parent's hands. What engineer ...
System Integration & Small Electric Actuators 10/28/2014 0 As the industry has grown and adapted to the various types of automation and motion control solutions, achieving the desired result with the least cost and effort on behalf of the user has always been the top priority.
Metal & Ceramic Matrix Composites Beat the Heat 10/24/2014 2 Engineers are looking more to metal matrix and ceramic matrix composites to solve design & materials problems in thermal management and lighten up industrial turbines and jet engines, as well as traditional aerospace & defense uses.
Innovations in BLDC Motor Driver ICs 10/16/2014 0 This article will explain how advances in integrated BLDC drivers featuring on-chip commutation considerably reduce BLDC motor control cost and development time.
COTS Mobile Devices in Automation 10/15/2014 0 The emergence of mobile devices in the factory presents a technology advantage using low-cost consumer electronics.
A Level Approach to Automotive Connectivity 10/10/2014 0 The auto industry’s ideal connector solution is one that balances performance and cost, while delivering bandwidth to fuel the needs of automotive manufacturers and consumers.
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