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February 07, 2008
Focus of the Issue :

Regenerated Plastics - NASCAR: Big changes in the small-block engine - What’s new in hydraulic accumulators - Wireless-sensor networking is short but sweet
Articles:
Leland Teschler's Editorial: Automakers are Now Officially in the Green Camp
Shortage or Not?
Sensor Sense: Piezoelectric Force Sensors
Industrial Design: Research is More Than Asking, “What color do you like?”
Vantage Point: The Hidden Costs of Manufacturing Offshore
Encouraging Girls to Enter Engineering
Circuit Ideas: Hot-Surface Warning Light Requires no External Power
FE Update: A Few Ideas for Handling Contact in Fasteners
Materials Engineering: TPE-Sheathed Sensors Improve Pedestrian Safety
Software Review: Converting PDFs to Almost Any Format
Scanning for Ideas: Trouble on the Line? Get Out the High-Speed Video
Scanning for Ideas: Magnet Keeps Contaminants Out of Fluids
Scanning for ideas: Don’t Visit an Asteroid Without This
Scanning for Ideas: A Blender in a Bottle Cap
Chevy’s R07 Racing Engine: a Chip Off the Old Small Block
Accumulators Deliver New Payoffs
Going the (Short) Distance With Wireless
New Life for Shredded Plastic Waste
Sound Good? The Secret’s in the Connectors
How to Smooth FDM Surfaces
Silicone Helps Earplug Redesign
Combining IT and Controls Engineering Yields Good Results
Using Sunlight to Make Methanol
CAD Helps Designers Earn ISO 14001
Top 10 Innovative Products
New Product: Copolyester Hits a Double Trifecta
New Product: Flexible Vinyls Approved by Ford
New Product: Implantable Biomaterials
New Product: Medical-Grade Elastomers
New Product: Polyamide 46 Takes the Heat
New Product: Polycarbonate Films
New Product: Soft TPU for Tough Hoses
New Product: CCD Image Sensor
New Product: Flow Sensor
New Product: Glass-Encapsulated Thermistor
New Product: Inductive Sensor
New Product: Laser Distance Sensor
New Product: Linear-Displacement Sensor
New Product: Miniature prox sensors
New Product: Photoelectric sensor
Slow-motion car crash helps safety designs
Configurable Component Tech Seminar to be held during South Pack show
Cell phones defend against terrorism
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