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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.
Assault and Batteries
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories must hate batteries: They heat them to extreme temperatures, overcharge them, drive nails into them, and generally do whatever they can to destroy them.
Will Hybrids Heat Up the Grid?
The growing number of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks may or may not require new electrical plants in the U.S., depending on when they’re charged.
Looking Back
10 YEARS AGO — MAY 7, 1998
Virtual development for aircraft: Lockheed Martin will perfect the Joint Strike Fighter and other advanced aircraft with the help of visualization software from Engineering Automation Inc.
World Spends Over $100 Billion on Materialhandling Equipment
The global market for materialhandling equipment will reach $104 billion by 2010, according to a report by market researcher Global Industry Analysts Inc.
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Leland Teschler's Editorial: The Engineering “Extremist” Mindset
Do engineers have a “mindset” that makes them prone to become Islamic terrorists?
At the Top of Their Game
Engineers aspire to change the world with their work. Here are some who did.
Dream Jobs - Who’s Got Them and How to Get One
As part of our annual salary survey, readers tell us what the ideal career looks like.
Berke on Safety: The Case of the Flaming Hair Dryer
Hair-dryer users have reported fire shooting out of the handle or the snout end of their hair dryers.
Leland Teschler's Editorial: How Not to Make Engineering Appeal to Kids
Programs that introduce engineering to school children make headlines today.
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The Machine Design Tech Insider - August 21, 2008
Lee Teschler's Editorial: What's Tough about Training - Solution to Energy Costs May Be Underground - Aerospace-grade ball screws - Ruby and sapphire orifices
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
The Machine Design Tech Insider - April 18, 2008
"Revolutionary" Process Points to Sugar-fueled Cars - Firing Photons Makes Advance in Space Communication - Hurricane Forecasters Adopt NCAR Radar Technique - Current-sense transformers - Ac servomotor for light industrial use - High-output LED
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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