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May 08, 2008
Focus of the Issue :

Robots limber up; Inside the Navy's new Railgun; When to review foreign patents;
Articles:
Leland Teschler's Editorial: One Less Conspiracy
Military Develops Electric Slingshot
Intellectual Property: Should you patent globally?
High-Tech Jobs Slowing But Still Growing
Careers: Report Shows Engineering Jobs on the Decline
The less-is-more approach to six-axis robot design
How to Apply Direct-Drive Linear Servomotors
Materials Engineering: Little-known facts about precious metals
Show Notes COFES 2008: From Quantifying Innovation, to a New RP Format, and More
PM2008 World Congress
What’s the Best Way to Capture Shape Data?
Sensor Sense: Inductive Position-Measurement Sensors
Basics of Design Engineering: Thinking Cables
FE Update: Making Analysis a design feature
Hardware Review
Scanning for Ideas: Adding sensors to gearboxes
Scanning for Ideas: Throwing gutter balls? Now bowlers can’t blame it on the lane
Scanning for Ideas: Power drawbar holds tool despite loss of hydraulics
Scanning for Ideas: Shaft collar with adjustable clamping
“Dad, Can I Take the Car for a Swim?”
Faster Programming for Pavement Pounder
Speedy Leadscrew Lets Robotic Assistant Prep Lab Samples Fast
Easy Flow Polymer Steers a Winning Course
All Quiet on the . . . Motocross track?
Assault and Batteries
Software Calms Machine Jitters
Will Hybrids Heat Up the Grid?
Looking Back
World Spends Over $100 Billion on Materialhandling Equipment
Product Spotlight: Air conditioners for NEMA-4/4X enclosures
Vantage Point: Want a Higher Standard of Living? Encourage Others to Attend School.
Plastics Maker Opens New Korean Line
“Just One Word, Son . . . Bicycles.”
Letters - 05/05/2008
Backtalk - 05/05/2008
New Product: Microstepping driver/controller
New Product: NEMA-34 Servomotor
New Product: Curved-motion slideway
New Product: Rolled-steel electric motors
New Product: Digital position controller
New Product: CNC contouring control handles swivel and rotary axes
New Product: Stepmotor with single-axis controller
New Product: Incremental rotary encoder
New Product: Short-series brake motors
New Product: 20 and 25-hp drives added to line
New Product: Serial adapter
New Product: UHF reader
New Product: Real-time operating system
New Product: Embedded computer boards
New Product: Embedded computing
New Product: Drop in replacement MCU
New Product: USB starter board
New Product: Digital media chipsets
New Product: Digital input board
New Product: Optical products
New Product: Stock and custom springs
New Product: Handwheels
New Product: Removable fieldbus segment protector
New Product; Positive locking pins
New Product: Films temporarily protect parts from harm
New Product: Switches and indicators
New Product: Quick-change U-joints
New Product: USB Flash drive holds 32 Gbytes
New Product: Solid-state circuit protector
New Product: Light laser
New Product: Hermetic microelectronic packaging
New Product: High-speed video camera
New Product: Rotary-lobe blower
New Product: Tapered-shaft servocouplings
New Product: Solid-state circuit protector
New Product: Circular chart recorder
New Product; Microstepping driver
New Product: Side-exit fluid valve
New Product: Standard knobs for custom needs
New Product: Pressure/vacuum transmitter calibration connectors
New Product: Linear actuators
New Product: Electrical wire
New Product: Linear drive with ramp-down
New Product: Tiny dry-break quick disconnects
New Product: Gap filler
New Product: Motion and presence sensor
New Product: Bar-code reader
New Product: Rod-lock cylinders
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