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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.

Show Notes COFES 2008: From Quantifying Innovation, to a New RP Format, and More
IT guys, programmers, industry analysts, visionary entrepreneurs, software company CEOs, and on-the-job engineers filled the Scottsdale Plaza Resort in Arizona for the Congress on the Future of Engineering Software.

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.

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Leland Teschler's Editorial: The Engineering “Extremist” Mindset
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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.

How Hybrid Modeling Improves Reverse Engineering
Hybrid modeling combines CAD with digital shape sampling and processing to speed the parametric and reverse engineering of complex parts.

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New Product: A Better View of CAE Results
EnSight 2008 Winter Release software lets users postprocess computations from most major CAE programs and see the results.

New Product: Software for Motor and Generator Design
Opera software for motor and generator design lets users define complex behaviors such as friction, load, and speed-dependent torques.

New Product: CAD/CAM with Real-Time Curvature and Draft Analysis
VX CAD/CAM Version 13, which targets consumer product and mold design, includes a new Zebra Stripe capability that lets designers analyze curvature for early insight into a product’s look and feel.

New Product: CFD for Pro/E
CFdesign for Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0 provides parametric CAD-driven flow and thermal analysis.

New Product: Data-Acquisition Software
VxScan v.2 data-acquisition software works with Handyscan 3D scanners.

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The Machine Design Tech Insider - March 20, 2008
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The I-35 Bridge: The truth is out there - Wind tunnel tests future space planes - An uplifting experience - Machine Design Editor Leland Teschler: Are CFLs really a bright idea?

The Machine Design Tech Insider - January, 18, 2008
Detecting reflective targets - Unmanned seaplane takes off and lands on water - Engineering an ad - Machine Design Editor Leland Teschler: Why you can't always believe published research

CAD/CAM Monthly - January 2008
How to clean up dirty CAD models - Professionalism in engineering - CAD file exchange is problematic

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Flaming Hair Dryers!
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Guide to Measurements
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I love the articles in the April edition about CAT & Volvo developing the next generation of heavy equipment. With skyrocketing fuel costs and...

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