Repowering the Welland Canal The St. Lawrence Seaway's Welland Canal is now a fluid-power masterpiece with modern hydraulics from Bosch Rexroth Canada. But the hydraulic conversion of electro-mechanical systems is no easy task. Photos and video included. Full Story
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At Toy Fair, Robots Offer Design Lessons A low-cost development kit and promising medical, biometrics and consumer electronics applications are giving adaptive optics a boost. Full Story Today, It's All about the Algorithms A low-cost development kit and promising medical, biometrics and consumer electronics applications are giving adaptive optics a boost. Full Story Photos from the Welland Canal DN Editor-in-Chief John Dodge's visit to the Welland Canal is a winner of a repowering story. Browse through his photos of ships squeezing through locks and up-close shots of Taintor valves, which fill and drain the locks with no pumps required. Full Story WRC Glider Uses Thermal Engine to Travel through Water The Slocum Glider from Webb Research Corp. uses a thermal engine to propel itself through depths of water. On the surface, the glider communicates by GPS and an iridium phone to relay information back to researchers. Full Story Micro Motion Systems on the Rise Device designers in search of tiny motion control systems and components have more choices than ever. Full Story
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Videos from the Welland Canal - VIDEO The St. Lawrence Seaway's Welland Canal is a fluid-power masterpiece with modern hydraulics from Bosch Rexroth Canada. Watch this video footage taken from DN Editor-in-Chief John Dodge's day at the Welland Canal. Watch Now
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Increasingly sophisticated robotic toys can offer valuable design lessons for engineers seeking to strike a favorable balance of cost and performance through the use of off-the-shelf technology. Several such robots, including ones from Innovation First and Robonica, were on display yesterday at Toy Fair in New York. Check out this blog post for more and email me with your thoughts.
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