A pioneering system for diagnosing and monitoring severe asthma and heart patients was recently launched in London. Funded by the European Commission and implemented by Cable & Wireless Communications, the program gives portable monitoring...
Two British inventors have teamed up to build and market PowderJect, a needleless method of delivering solid-form drugs and other substances into patients. High-pressure helium enters a chamber when the device is activated. At the end of the...
This month, Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosts the 84th Indy 500. Fans of auto racing's premier event will see changes everywhere. Engines and chassis have been redesigned to be safer and more reliable, the cars ride only on Firestone tires, and...
Farm tractors steered automatically by signals from advanced solid-state gyros and GPS receivers maintain a +/-0.75-in. row accuracy compared to the typical +/-5 to 8-in. accuracy of hand steering. An onboard computer receives stabilized pitch and...
The midsized Intrigue from Oldsmobile has the generic look common to many four-door cars on the road today. Under the hood, however, lives a 3.5-liter twin-cam V6 that almost makes the car overpowered. (As a red-blooded American, I don't...
Micro-coil winders from Engineering by Design wrap coils from wire to 0.001-in. diameter about a spinning mandrel (to 3,600 rpm) of the same diameter at wind angles to 0.5°. Wire tension is controllable to 60 gm or less. Shown is a micro...
Most domestic manufacturers and suppliers of electrical equipment are well acquainted with standards of the Underwriters Laboratories and National Electrical Code. But, if you market equipment for use in Canada, you need to know the requirements...
A new layup-molding process developed by General Magnaplate Corp., Linden, N.J., reduces the time required to make layup molds (toolfaces) for large, contour-shaped, complex reinforced composites. The result is significantly faster tooling...
