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Table of Contents

Issue date: April 21, 2003

Features
Toy Story
A new miniature motor is claimed to overcome the limitations of shape memory alloys, taking one doll a step closer to the real thing with lifelike eye motion
Karen Auguston Field

Safety Nets
AIrbag applications are expanding. Next up: knee bolsters and inflatable floor mats for your driving safety
Joseph Ogando
Departments

Ask
Ask The Search Engineer


BMOC
Hot Stuff


Buzz
A Nuts and Bolts Education

Marine Industry Clamors for Hydraulics

Scope Keeps Going and Going

See You in Court


Expo
Electronics

Fastening/Joining/Assembly

Fluid Power

Motion Control/Power Transmission

Software/Hardware


Featured Product
Rotary Table Tackles Big Wafers


Flash
Motion Control Products

New and Notable Product Design


Mail
Mail


Slant
Good Karma


The Next Generation
Engineering Students You'd Love to Hire
Columns

Calamities
The Case of the Misplaced Trust


Designer
Integrated technologies spur reliability


My View
Bring a No. 2 Pencil, Please


Rant
PLM: One More Acronym


Web Log
Guerillas in the Car Lot


Engineering News

Job Outlook Not Rosy

Top Ten Degrees In Demand

Old Meets New in Bathroom Faucet

Back to school

It Pays To Learn

Unforgettable Face

Micro Flow Control

NFPA To Sponsor Webcasts

Servo Poised To Grow

Solenoids Add Life to Alternative Fuel Dispensers

Clot Buster

Molding Gets All Wet

Please Don't Eat The Plastics

Titanium Takes to the Air—Air Tools, that is

A Brake for Brakes

All Holes Barred

No More Tooth Aches With Gears

Precise Optics Demand Tight Position Control

Robot Worlds Collide

No, You Can't Use that Part

CAD Students Teach the Pros

Forget Prototypes

PLM Field Gets More Crowded

Take 3D and Call in the Morning

Top Dogs


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