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High-Tech Jobs Slowing But Still Growing
The U.S. gained 91,400 high-tech jobs last year, bringing the total to 5.9 million, according to a report by AeA, a high-tech trade association.
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Dream Jobs - Who’s Got Them and How to Get One
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Berke on Safety: The Case of the Flaming Hair Dryer
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The Machine Design Tech Insider - August 15, 2008
Leland Teschler's Editorial: Mass Transit Myths - Astronauts Perform Spacewalk to Remove Explosive Bolt - MIT Solar Concentrator Paints a New Picture of Energy - Respondr Technology Gets Remotely Hands-On - Cabinet coolers for limited spaces - Infrared temperature sensor
The Machine Design Tech Insider - April 24, 2008
Berke on Safety: The Case of the Flaming Hair Dryer - How Hybrid Modeling Improves Reverse Engineering - Jobs that are Hot, Jobs that are Not - Leland Teschler's Editorial: The Engineering "Extremist" Mindset - Materials: Controversy Brewing Over PVC in Toys - EMI shielding - Light laser - Vision-based prealigner for silicon wafers
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The Machine Design Tech Insider - April 11, 2008
Concept Cars of a Different Color...Green - Leland Teschler's Editorial: How Not to Make Engineering Appeal to Kids - Unlikely Film Star: Thermic Lance - Clamping Shaft Collar - Helical Right-Angle Gearbox
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