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ISSUE DETAIL
January 10, 2008
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January 10, 2008
Focus of the Issue :
Did they really do that? - World's strongest tethers - GM gets religion about organizing IT - Basics of Design: ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS Working with thermocouples
Articles:
Leland Teschler's Editorial: Why you can't always believe published research
Letters - 01/10/2008
Sensor Sense: Detecting reflective targets
Industrial Design: Great application, but the product went nowhere
Vantage Point: The ethanol industry wants your sympathy
FE Update: How to clean up dirty CAD models
Circuit Ideas: How to parallel regulator modules for high-current supplies
Software Review: Software speeds engineering calculations
Scanning for ideas: Air-powered crimping
Scanning for ideas: Thin is in for this motor
Scanning for ideas: Wireless for harsh environments
Scanning for ideas: A conveyor designed to be cleaned
Treading lightly for better fuel economy
Engineering an ad
Building a tug-of-war machine
GM puts IT in the driver’s seat
What’s new in sustainable packaging
Hot tips on thermocouples
Rotomolded plastic replaces concrete
Green Manufacturing Conference joins Pacific Design & Manufacturing
3D CAD, CFD give NASCAR shop a winning edge
Unmanned seaplane takes off and lands on water
Ac LEDs get brighter
Recycling fluids with the Bernoulli Effect
Puttin’ on the glitz
National Association of Manufacturers supports technical education
Rapid manufacturing helps build rapid-manufacturing machine
Survey says: CAD file exchange is problematic
Backtalk - 01/10/2008
New Products: Wall-mount ac-dc power adapters
New Products: Resistor networks with enhanced precision and stability
New Products: 1.54-to-80-MHz ceramic SMD oscillators
New Products: General-purpose industrial I/O for PCI
New Products: Sugar-cube power relays
New Products: Touch panel computer
New Products: Direct-digital synthesizer
New Products: Desktop switching-power supply
New Products: DMM data-logging kit
New Products: PLL voltage-controlled oscillator
New Products: How to analyze noise and vibration
New Products: Software converts CAM to robotic programs
New Products: Software for technical communication
Nuts, bolts, and thingamajigs — how to get kids tinkering
New Products: Cylinder-rod boots
New Products: Pneumatic cylinders
New Products: Force-multiplying cylinder
New Products: Nonlube air cylinders
New Products: Tie-rod hydraulic cylinders
New Products: Dc-dc converters
New Products: Embedded application system
New Products: Magnetics find pistons in cylinders
New Products: Fuse terminals for short-circuit and overload protection
New Products: 15-W dc/dc converter
New Products: Linear encoder for machine tools with dros
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