Recently added articles from Appliance Design:
The meaning of greening.(EDITORIAL)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2008; Babyak, Richard ... My milk bottle label proclaims that the milk comes from cows not treated with rBST/rBGH hormones, implicitly suggesting it matters. Below that statement is a government-mandated note saying that it makes no difference. The effect on the consumer is udder confusion. The muddle over milk is ...
Forecasts.(Statistical table)
Sep 01, 2008 ... <Pre> FORECASTS MAJOR HOME APPLIANCES--Shipments (Thousands of Units) Qtr: 200720082009 119,231.217,392.117,461.7 222,743.620,994.621,246.5 316,797.215,798.616,162.0 416,104.015,952.7...
Shipments.(Statistical table)
Sep 01, 2008 ... <Pre> SHIPMENTS Product June '08June '07% Chg. MAJOR APPLIANCES (Thousands of Units) TOTAL 8,221.5 7,975.6 3.1% Cooking-Total 1,844.0 2,072.9 -11.0% Electric Cooking - Total...
The cool kitchen.(NEWS WATCH)(Survey)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The use of custom-paneled appliances continues to be a popular trend, according to a national survey of kitchen designers by the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) and appliance manufacturer Thermador. The online survey of 206 NKBA ...
Joint venture in China.(NEWS WATCH)(Carrier Corp. formed a joint venture with Guangdong Midea Electric Appliances Company Limited)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Carrier, Farmington, Conn., and Guangdong Midea Electric of China have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in China. The company will be called Foshan Midea Carrier Air Conditioning Equipment Co. and be based in Shunde, China. Midea will hold a 60 percent stake in the ...
Material impact.(NEWS WATCH)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A new group, the Environmental Materials Information Technology (EMIT) Consortium, has been formed to consider materials and process decisions and analyze their environmental impact. The EMIT Consortium, coordinated by the U.K.'s National Physical Laboratory, will develop information ...
Radio deal OK'd.(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Federal Communications Commission has approved the merger of Sirius Satellite and XM Satellite Radio. The value of the deal was not released, but according to published reports the deal initially was valued at $13 billion. The new satellite radio ...
Monitors for India.(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Royal Philips Electronics has developed portable, compact patient monitors for healthcare providers in India. The Philips SureSigns VM3 is the first Philips patient monitor designed for emerging markets. It offers information on ECG, respiration, and pulse ...
Uplifting actuator.(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A novel, compact electromechanical linear actuator has been developed by Kataka, Copenhagen, Denmark, based on a technology it calls "the segmented spindle" (The company's name, Kataka, is Sanskrit for "golden chain," in reference to the device.) ...
Whirlpool names exec vp.(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Whirlpool of Benton Harbor, Mich., has appointed David Szczupak to lead the company's newly named Global Product Organization. He succeeds Mike Thieneman, who recently retired from the company. In his new role, Szczupak will provide overall leadership to Whirlpool's global ...
Furnace hits 98% AFUE.(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A new 33-in., variable-speed modulating gas furnace with electronically commutated motors that can achieve up to 98 percent AFUE has been developed by the Unitary Products division of Johnson Controls of Norman, Okla. Other modulating ECM models in the ...
Ontario recycling e-waste.(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The electronics and retail industries in Ontario, Canada, are getting ready to implement a "3Rs" waste diversion plan for computers, TVs, and other electronics as part of the government's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) standard. The Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES), ...
ANSI OK's Standard.(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The American National Standards Institute has recognized the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers' Room Air Conditioner standard as an American National Standard. The standard, Room Air Conditioners, AHAM RAC-1-2008, earned recognition through ANSI's peer review canvass process. The ...
Is Nano safe?(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Are researchers applying lessons learned from past technologies to ensure the safe and responsible development of emerging nanotechnologies? A study, which appeared in the journal, Nature Nanotechnology, questions whether the scientists have learned past lessons. Researchers applied 12 ...
ISO office standard.(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... A new standard, ISO/IEC 10779:2008, Information technology--Office Equipment, provides accessibility guidelines for elderly persons and persons with disabilities, and provides guidelines for the design and evaluation of office equipment to facilitate their operation by persons with the ...
Haier at the Olympics.(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Haier, the official appliance sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, provided more than 60,000 environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient products to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Haier designed a complete line of green products for the Beijing ...
Solar TV.(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... At the Hokkaido Toyako Summit in July, Sharp Corp., Tokyo, exhibited a prototype solar-powered television, intended to serve the millions of people around the world without access to utility-supplied electricity. The 26-in. LCD TV consumes only a ...
Nano aids heat transfer.(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... NIST researchers have found that adding nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants can yield improved energy efficiency of large commercial and institutional cooling systems. NIST experiments found that dispersing "sufficient" amounts of copper oxide particles (30 ...
Ready for reach?(NEWS WATCH)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The results of a survey by IPC, an association of connecting electronics industries, found that the electronics industry is not prepared to comply with the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation. The survey found that more ...
Clarity & complexity: user-centered design improves interfaces.(INDUSTRIAL DESIGN & HUMAN FACTORS)
Sep 01, 2008; Tannen, Rob ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I am not your typical appliance user. I have a doctorate in human factors and I am a Certified Professional Ergonomist. But, more importantly, I grew up in parallel with the emergence of consumer digital technology. I had an Apple II computer in the early ...