Added September 9, 1999Chevy Prizm -Light and livelyI was anxiously anticipating a test drive in the Prizm because it was one of the last cars I expected to evaluate before deciding on a purchase for myself. When it finally arrived, I climbed...
Richard J. Reilly Contributing Editor France and the rest of the world marked the end of the first century of powered flight with the largest Paris Air Show ever. It featured more than 1,200 exhibitors and a record number of attendees. Demand...
Microcontroller chips are increasingly finding their way into more portable appliances as designers learn how to use them to make less expensive products. Typically, selecting a chip depends on cost and availability, and how easily a designer can...
Alternative plastic-molding processes can produce hollow, multicolored or multilayered components which are often bigger, stronger, and less costly than their injectionmolded counterparts.
Beverage service aboard commercial aircraft has changed little since the 1950s. Flight attendants wheel a mobile service cart filled with metal cans to each passenger. With an increasing focus on cost and weight reductions, this...
Metal injection molding allows designers to combine numerous complex features into single components, reducing the need for assembly, secondary machining, or surfacefinishing operations.
Performances put on by Survival Research Laboratories are designed to shock, scare, and startle. But there’s some serious engineering behind the choreographed chaos.
Zinc die castings can hold tight tolerances. But their abilities in this area have gone largely unappreciated in recent years. Aluminum or magnesium alloys have often been the choice even where high strength, toughness, and load-bearing...
For the most part, construction equipment used to be equated with massive machines that could move mountains. But today, small is big. While most of the construction-equipment industry has seen relatively slow growth in recent years, sales of...
