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Table of Contents

Issue date: November 4, 2002

Features
Security at your fingertips
Inexpensive silicon sensors are making fingerprints a big part of automated security systems
By Gary Legg, Contributing Editor
Digital radio comes down to earth
Falling DSP costs are helping to launch two terrestrial alternatives to satellite radio next year
By Greg Vrana, Contributing Editor

Rugged rotary encoders withstand hard start-stop conditions
Integrated circuit board improves device reliability
By Roy OConnor, Contributing Editor
Departments

Guest Commentary
Prescription for engineer training: back to the basics


Hot Products
Innovative CAE Software products


Product News
Computers

Electrical/Electronics

Fastening, Joining & Assembly

Fluid Power

Latest and Greatest Offerings in the Engineering Marketplace

Materials

Power Transmission


Readers Write
Opinions, Suggestions, Solutions and More


Sneak Preview
Left-handed materials key to better detectors

Life in the fast lane

Move over duct tape, here's Gecko glue!
Columns

Break Time!
Go with the flow


Designers Corner
Lay-in cable carrier


Editorial
A product flush with features, but not for all


OEM Journal
GUIs, HMIs, and manufacturing IQ


Engineering News

Efficient valve helps people off their seats

Fish leap ladders, thanks to 2D CAD

Safety at the speed of light

Software that's 'made to measure'

The paper is mightier than the pen

Plastic parts take a colorful dip

Hot Spots in Cyberspace


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