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GLOBAL MATTERS
Mar 01, 2009; ... BE IT TO SAVE MONEY ON MANUFACTURING GOODS, to find more affordable service options in areas like information technology, or simply to profit from foreign funds, as Americans we've been looking beyond our shores for years. Despite recent setbacks created by global economic uncertainties, ...
letters
Mar 01, 2009; ... DESIGN FOR LEADERSHIP To the Editor: The last two paragraphs of Jeremy J. Michalek's article "Design for Market Systems" (November) discussed how engineers can help solve societal problems in regard to policy-making at the highest level. An article by E. William Beans, in the ...
New Wave-Power Plans
Mar 01, 2009; ... A manufacturer of buoys that generate electric power from ocean waves has entered an agreement with Lockheed Martin that may result in a large-scale wave-power generating station off the Pacific Coast of the United States. The manufacturer, Ocean Power Technologies Inc. of Moorestown, N.J., and ...
EXPLORING NANO MEASUREMENT
Mar 01, 2009; ... ASME Emerging Technologies is organizing a workshop to address challenges of measuring nanoscale phenomena, with the aim of helping the adoption of nanotechnology in the energy industry. The organizers call it the "Nanoscale Measurement Challenges for Energy Applications Global ...
ROCKET MARMALADE
Mar 01, 2009; ... Engineers and food scientists at several universities are now at work developing a new type of gelled fuel with the consistency of orange marmalade and intended to improve the safety, performance, and range of rockets for space and military applications. Gels are inherently safer than ...
ONE FOR THE MICROGRIPPER
Mar 01, 2009; ... When doctors use the term "minimally invasive surgery," it's a clear case of everything being relative. After all, while the incisions made aren't as big as they once were (large enough to accommodate a surgeon's hands) laparoscopic and related surgeries do involve shoving a stout tube tipped ...
KEEPING WILDLIFE FROM WINDMILLS
Mar 01, 2009; ... A two-year-old voluntary program to balance the protection of wildlife with the development of renewable energy sources has led four companies to abandon proposed wind farm sites in Pennsylvania. The program, called the Wind Energy Voluntary Cooperative Agreement, was introduced by the ...
NEWS & NOTES: briefly noted
Mar 01, 2009; ... PennEngineering, a Danboro, Pa., manufacturer of several proprietary fastening products, has acquired 3V Fasteners Co., a Corona, Calif., company that specializes in precision aerospace fastener products. Terms of the transaction between the two privately held companies were undisclosed. * The ...
Cold Storage Record
Mar 01, 2009; ... Physicists have taken another step toward making quantum computing a reality. A team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta recendy set a record for the length of time that quantum information can be stored in and retrieved from an ensemble of very cold ...
TEENY COMPUTER COMPONENTS
Mar 01, 2009; ... Atomic-scale computing, in which computer processes are carried out within a single molecule that does the work of several transistors, could reshape the microelectronics industry. In theory, atomic-scale computing could put devices more powerful than today's supercomputers into ...
DON'T BAN THE BOOK
Mar 01, 2009; ... Turning and touching the pages instead of clicking on the screen help us better focus on the material at hand. Clicking and scrolling interrupt that focus, according to Anne Mangen at the Center for Reading Research at the University of Stavanger in Norway, who has investigated the pros ...
SEE SOMETHING, COMPUTE SOMETHING
Mar 01, 2009; ... Engineers at Ohio State University in Columbus are at work on a computerized surveillance system that they say will be able to recognize behavior patterns on a street and suggest that a person is acting suspiciously or is lost. Intelligent video cameras, large video screens, and ...
Heavy Lifting
Mar 01, 2009; ... Lifted a heavy bag of groceries recently? You know 20 pounds can be surprising, if you're not ready for it. Multiply that by a hundred thousand and consider the lifting at North American Shipbuilding of Larose, La. The company designs and constructs offshore vessels. The company ...
COMPUTING: briefly noted
Mar 01, 2009; ... The 3-D design software IronCAD has been updated to version 11. The software is from IronCAD of Atlanta. The upgraded version can be operated on newer 64-bit and Vista platforms. * The software program progeCAD 2009 has been released by progeSoft of Como, Italy. The AutoCAD-compatible CAD ...
MIGHTY LAPTOP
Mar 01, 2009; ... Laptops are handy, but they aren't traditionally helpful for large scientific or engineering analysis projects. Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have developed a compact algorithm that they said can be used on laptop computers to extract features and patterns from huge ...
HYPERLINKED REALITY
Mar 01, 2009; ... You wake up in a strange city with no recollection of how you got there and no information about where you are. Demonstrating nerves of steel, you calmly pick up your mobile phone and take a picture of the streetscape. Quickly, the picture comes alive with hyperlinks, offering the names ...
SOFTWARE EXCHANGE
Mar 01, 2009; ... FIXED-POINT DESIGN Capability: Simulink Fixed Point version six is used to design and simulate fixed-point systems and to generate codes. Engineers use the application to turn floating-point designs built in a number of applications into fixed-point designs. These designs are based on ...
Power Transmission and Motion Control
Mar 01, 2009; ... + DiamondLike Performance A SUPPLIER TO FORMULA 1 AND NASCAR RACERS, BEKAERT (SOREVI), HAS INSTALLED A MACHINE TO APPLY DIAMONDLIKE COATINGS TO RACING ENGINE PARTS AT ITS RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., FACILITY. The company has been supplying racing teams with coatings for tappets and ...
KEEPING THE LEAD IN
Mar 01, 2009; ... When Edward Buiel discusses recharge- able lead-acid batter- ies, he speaks with the passion of a convert. Buiel is vice president and chief technical officer of Axion Power Interna- tional Inc. in New Castle, Pa. After 12 years of developing large-scale lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, ...
Bearings for Back Pain
Mar 01, 2009; ... AT SOME POINT, 80 PERCENT OF ALL PEOPLE WILL IDENTIFY BACK PAIN AS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. For those with back pain caused by a compressive injury of the spine, one approach to relief is spinal decompression, and at least one provider uses precision ball bearings to bring comfort. In the ...