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			<title>3D Printing Round-Up: Innovative Medical Field &amp; Space Exploration Pursuits</title>
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			<dc:creator>Cabe Atwell</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The 3D printing revolution seems to have a knack for quickly moving technology ahead by way of collaborative effort and even a little friendly competition -- all of course in the name of scientific advancement.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Your Chance to Win an Exploration &amp; Discovery Experience &amp; Go Behind the Scenes at NASA</title>
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			<dc:creator>Max Maxfield</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Littelfuse Inc. has created a NASA Exploration & Discovery Experience for the engineering community as part of its 2013 Speed2Design promotion.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Slideshow: Composites Help Disintegrate Spacecraft Fuel Tanks</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Carbon fiber composites are being used in a satellite fuel tank designed to burn up on re-entry.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Altered Design Hampers Transmitters</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The cooling system on the space transmitters ran into problems from metallic goo. Someone improvised a mess.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Video: NASA Working on Lunar Mining Robot</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=260835&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3062</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[NASA is working on a robot for lunar mining operations to produce  rocket propellant, water, air, or construction materials for astronauts.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 04:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Researchers Harvest Energy From Planes</title>
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			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Montalbano</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A team of Viennese researchers has come up with a way to harvest energy from airplanes to power sensors attached to a plane's fuselage that can be used to monitor and collect data on aircraft structural health.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Aircraft Engine Maker Opens Additive Manufacturing Lab</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=262621&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3062</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Pratt & Whitney has funded an additive manufacturing center at the University of Connecticut to advance R&D for AM processes that produce metals.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>The Case of the Failed Leading Edges</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1368&amp;doc_id=262263&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3062</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Be careful how materials are accepted and rejected. It may not make any sense.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Researchers Use DVD Burner to Fabricate Microcapacitors</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=262493&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3062</link>
			<dc:creator>Elizabeth Montalbano</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[UCLA researchers have designed a new way to fabricate microcapacitors that could provide a more efficient and cost-effective way to provide energy sources for micro devices that charge 100 to 1,000 times faster than standard batteries.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Video: Robotic Ants Offer Transportation Design Tips</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/document.asp?doc_id=262372&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3062</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A study of how robotic ants navigate via swarm behavior, and the design of their trail networks, may make human transportation networks more efficient.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Report: 3D Printing Will (Eventually) Transform Manufacturing</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Additive manufacturing, including 3D printing, has the potential to upend manufacturing supply chains, according to a new report from Lux Research.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Slippery Material System Can Start, Stop Liquids</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A new material system invented by researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering is continuously "tunable" for transparency and wettability: it repels water or oil to a greater or lesser degree as it becomes more or less transparent. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>M2M Gives Eyes &amp; Ears to the Enterprise</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/document.asp?doc_id=261945&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3062</link>
			<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Used Cooking Oil Powers Transatlantic Flights</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=261688&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3062</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has begun weekly transatlantic flights from New York to Amsterdam using biofuel made from used cooking oil.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Digi-Key Continuing Education Center Wins Marketing Award</title>
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			<dc:creator>Charles Murray</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Design News magazine's popular Continuing Education Center has been named a Gold Award Winner in one of the country's most prestigious marketing contests.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:30:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Report: 2013 Will Make or Break Alternative Fuels</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[This will be the year that makes or breaks alternative fuel technologies in North America, according to a new report from Lux Research.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>National Additive Manufacturing Institute Funds First Projects</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1392&amp;doc_id=260918&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3062</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute has funded its first seven projects. They span a range of technologies and focus on fine-tuning existing AM processes for a variety of goals, including tooling, materials development, and composite production.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 05:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Video: Crowdsourcing App Helps Space Agency Improve Robots</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=261111&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3062</link>
			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[A free iPhone video game app turns your Parrot AR.Drone into a simulated spacecraft, which you can use to simulate docking on the International Space Station. You get points for accuracy and speed, and the European Space Agency gets tons of data to help make better space robots.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Using Copper in PCB Design &amp; Fabrication for Maximum Reliability</title>
			<link>http://www.designnews.com/document.asp?doc_id=259604&amp;f_src=designnews_node_3062</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The military and aerospace industry has used heavy copper circuitry for many years, and it is gaining momentum in industrial applications.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:15:00 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Results: Your Opinions on a Design Ideas Forum</title>
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			<dc:creator>Ann R. Thryft</dc:creator>
			<description><![CDATA[Here's a summary of your ideas for starting a Design Ideas forum that poses design problems and asks for input from the community to help solve them in innovative ways. We also ask for a bit more feedback to help fine-tune things.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:45:00 EDT</pubDate>
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