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Elizabeth Montalbano

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Slideshow: Energy Harvesters Lift Power From Surprising Sources
Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
5/20/2013  1
As energy efficiency becomes more and more a concern for makers of electronics devices, researchers are coming up with new ways to harvest energy from sound vibration, footsteps, ...

Cabe Atwell

Blog
Video: 'A Boy & His Atom'
Cabe Atwell, Contributing Editor, Design Hardware & Software
5/20/2013  0
IBM has been manipulating particles in the atomic scale since the beginning of the 1980s. They created a machine called a Scanning Tunneling Microscope to study atomic magnetism ...

Howard Gorin

Sherlock Ohms
Fuse Holder Mismatched to Fuse
Howard Gorin
5/20/2013  1
Where I used to work, there was a photo typesetter. This machine would regularly blow a 20-amp fuse, resulting in a service call, lost time, and lost money. The service technician ...

Charles Murray

Captain Hybrid
It's Still About the Battery
Charles Murray, Senior Technical Editor, Electronics & Test
5/17/2013  13
Days after Consumer Reports declared that the Tesla Model S might have been the "best car ever," Tesla Motors' stock surged 57 percent. While the stock was soaring, financial ...

Charles Murray

News
Slideshow: Is Tesla's Model S the Best Ever?
Charles Murray, Senior Technical Editor, Electronics & Test
5/16/2013  37
Tesla Motors' Model S sedan "blew away" its $90,000 gasoline-burning competitors in a recent review and may be the best car Consumer Reports has ever seen, the magazine recently said.

Charles Murray

Electronic News & Comment
Slideshow: 22 More People You Didn't Know Were Engineers
Charles Murray, Senior Technical Editor, Electronics & Test
5/15/2013  23
In April, we posted an online slideshow called "18 People You Didn't Know Were Engineers." Within hours of its publication, readers began to suggest names of other luminaries -- ...

Richard Nass

Blog
We Know What the IoT Is, but How & When It Arrives Is Unclear
Richard Nass, Brand Director
5/15/2013  12
Many of the topics we cover here at Design News have different meaning to different people. I often use the phrase, "Ask 10 different people about XYZ, and you'll get 10 different ...

Jennifer Campbell

Blog
Do We Really Need an App for That?
Jennifer Campbell, Executive Editor
5/15/2013  25
I'm a social media junkie who loves reading about and testing new technology. I'm also the mother of an almost 2-year-old. When I first saw the Huggies TweetPee, I immediately ...

Steve Lindberg

Made by Monkeys
The Messed Up RF Generator
Steve Lindberg
5/15/2013  6
I appreciate products that possess exquisite quality. One of my first was a synthesized RF generator. I have never seen a manual for this piece, but I managed to get it working ...

Features

Sensors Help Shrink Medical Devices
5/13/2013
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Miniaturization allows for the use of sensors in medical applications where they couldn’t previously be used.

Slideshow: Platinum Temperature Sensor Technology
5/6/2013
 1
This article explores the inherent properties of platinum temperature sensors, the types of platinum RTD elements available, and typical applications.

New Payment Methods Are Aimed at People on the Go
4/26/2013
 8
In a society where consumers and businesses alike prize speed and convenience, mobile payment technologies are poised for tremendous growth.

M2M Gives Eyes & Ears to the Enterprise
4/12/2013
 4
Just as mobile computing has transformed the lives of consumers, machine-to-machine telemetry is revolutionizing business operations in every field, from healthcare to manufacturing to transportation.

Using Copper in PCB Design & Fabrication for Maximum Reliability
3/26/2013
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The military and aerospace industry has used heavy copper circuitry for many years, and it is gaining momentum in industrial applications.

Changing the Look & Feel of Factories & Industrial Environments
3/22/2013
 3
When plant managers evaluate the advantages and drawbacks of wired versus wireless networks, they need to consider cost savings, maintenance issues, ease of installation, and configurability, uptime, and security.

Slideshow: Automakers Roll Out Dream Cars
3/11/2013
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Nevermind all the talk of fuel efficiency mandates. Judging by product rollouts at recent auto shows, some consumers still want racy, stylish cars.

Slideshow: Vending Machines Undergo a Complete Overhaul
3/7/2013
 9
Exciting changes are coming to vending technology, from telematics and new user interfaces to mobile payments and high-precision automation. Coke, Best Buy, and Starbucks are already on board.

Electronics & Test
Driving a Virtual Race Car
Dallara Automobili uses a simulator to allow drivers to ...
Power Tip 21: Watch That Capacitor RMS ...
Robert Kollman discusses a mistake designers make often: ...
MapleSim: A 'White-Box' Modeling ...
Maplesoft discusses the advantages this kind of open ...
How to Find a Tested Power Solution for ...
How to use TI's PowerLab reference tool to search through ...
The Most Flexible DSP Power Solution in ...
TI application engineer Joe Wu demonstrates TI's LM10011 ...
Nordson EFD Dispensing Components
Nordson EFD’s Optimum® fluid dispensing components produce ...
Siemens NX Addressing Customer Challenges
Jim Rusk discusses how Siemens PLM Product Engineering ...
TE Connectivity: Subsea Networks
TE has laid 490,000 km of undersea cable and connected more ...
TE Connectivity: Data Centers
TE Connectivity is bringing data from the chip to the world ...
TE Connectivity: Wireless Networks
TE offers high-power outdoor DAS and low-power indoor DAS ...
TE Connectivity: Private Networks
TE’s innovations help businesses take fiber from the ...
TE Connectivity: Public Networks
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TE Connectivity: Fiber Networks
TE Connectivity delivers innovations that enable the ...
TE Connectivity: How Fiber Comes Alive
TE Connectivity builds the connections that make fiber ...
TE Connectivity: Transportation
TE Connectivity helps OEMs make automobiles lighter and ...
TE Connectivity: Broadband Networks
TE Connectivity brings data from the chip to the world with ...
TE Connectivity: Beyond the Spec
TE Connectivity looks beyond connectors to help engineers ...
Incredible Shrinking Switches
C&K Components talks about one of the smallest form-factor ...
Self-Sealing Fasteners, Nuts & Washers
The proper method to secure your fastener, as well as some ...
IQ Intelligent Solution
Different products and technologies that are designed to ...
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Gadget Freak Case #241: Gloved Hand Controls ...
A team of Colorado State University students has created a gadget that guides a remote control ...
Gadget Freak Case #240: MEMS Mics Up Telescope
Jerald Cogswell created a sonic telescope to grab sound and bring it as close to the user as the ...
Gadget Freak Case #239: Bridge Rectifier ...
Bernard R. Smith Jr. created a bridge rectifier that eliminates the flicker in LED light strings.
Gadget Freak Case #238: Controller Adjusts ...
Thomas W. Manning created an automatic switch that uses a solid state relay to adjust the ...
Gadget Freak Case #237: Dishwasher Indicator ...
Jitendra Tailor's gadget uses a proximity sensor and a flashing LED to tell his family members ...
The Brake Sensor’s Gone Mad
The brakes work just fine, but the brake sensor light has a life of its own.
The Messed Up RF Generator
After the Monkeys messed with the RF generator, it was a puzzle to get it right.
The Membrane Keys Messed With the Dishwasher
Watch out for membrane key cables that won't do their job.
Power Glitch Tunes Out TV
All of the controls to this TV are in the remote. But the remote stopped working and the company ...
This Phone Upgrade Will Take You Down
The phone message suggested a software upgrade, but the upgrade took on a life of its own.
Fuse Holder Mismatched to Fuse
If the fuse and fuse holder don't match up right, hefty repair bills might follow.
The Power of Secret Energy
The light amid darkness increased suspicions. A secret power source was the answer.
The Case of the Cantankerous Battery Cells
At the battery factory, a number of things can go wrong, from lousy suppliers to oddball crimping.
A Perfect Storm of Device Stress
The recording device failed when it heard a loud, screeching voice.
What's the Time?
The radio station couldn't keep its clock synchronized. Apparently, the power company was ...
8 Ways to Design End-of-Life Into Your Products
An analysis of what’s needed to implement Design for Disassembly and Design for Recycling ...
Datacenter Security: Is Protection at the ...
Government regulations, coupled with growing consumer sensitivity about data and identity theft, ...
Do You Need On-Machine Motion Solutions?
On-machine motion solutions have helped many OEMs address seemingly impossible tasks.
Monitoring Load-Pin Stresses Cuts Crane ...
When a crane doesn't have a monitoring system, crane owners schedule service every six months ...
Frequency Response: The Gold Standard
Engineers predict real-world response and identify model parameters.
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