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Table of Contents

Issue date: August 16, 2004


Features
From Plant Floor to Pool Side
Using an open, ethernet-based scalable architecture and standard hardware, an engineer turns a pool into a full-blown smart home
James Davis

Mold Away
New injection molding techniques do away with a pair of common design troubles
Joseph Ogando

Hands on Review
Exclusive Hands-on Review: Online Power Supply Design Tools
We tested some popular online design tools to find out how well they work. Here is how they stack up.
Departments

Ask
Ask The Search Engineer


BMOC
Foam vs. Fire


Expo
Electronics

Fastening/Joining/Assembly

Fluid Power

Motion Control/Power Transmission

Software/Hardware


Featured Product
Big Power, Small Package


Innovative Ideas
Plug-and-Play Data Acquisition Systems Save Time and Money in System Setup

Technologies Converge on Test Tasks


Mail
Readers Sound Off


Slant
PLM Is Good, Not Yet Great
Columns

Calamities
The Case of the Absconding Amine Absorber


Designer's Corner
Technology you can use


Gadget Freak
Locksmiths Both Feared and Admired Elmer


My View
Quick Access To Online Info


Rant
Cookbook Overkill


Web Log
Websites Get Richer


Engineering News

An Easier Transition

Common Sense Takes Hold

Fuel Cell Fun

Product Recalls Spur Move Toward RFID

Fluid Power Annual Meeting

Pumpfest in Hammerfest

Reviewers Needed

Sensitive Valve used for Lifesaving Rebreather

Calling all Sheet Metal Buffs

Light Cure Adhesives

Microwave Metal?

Small Adjustment, Big Breakthrough

Cleaner Engines

Ethernet Drives Motion Networks' Future

Power Transmission Goes Online

PTDA Industry overview Summit

CAD, PLM Helps Small Companies Make Their Big Dreams Known

Combating Piracy

New Version of Virtual.Lab

UGS supports Xeon™ Processor

Break Out the Legos

China's Job Loss

Manufacturing Convention

Surfs Up!


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