Semicon West Show: Conditions Much Worse than 2001

Josh Rader — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:19:42 -0500

Semicon West, www.semiconwest.com

Suppliers are bailing out and looking desperately for customers in other industries. Semiconductor-equipment makers have gone through waves of layoffs and see few “green shoots” of new business.

Sound like a description ripped from today’s headlines? Guess again. This is how it was for semiconductorequipment makers in the last big downturn of 2001 and 2002.

"Service-Learning” Might Help Attract Engineering Students

Josh Rader — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:35:27 -0500

Tufts University is going to investigate whether service-learning — basically do-gooder-type engineering programs — will help attract kids and especially women to engineering careers.

Company News 4/23/2009

Jared Rader — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:23:28 -0500

Harting North America, Elgin, Ill., and FCI are partnering to introduce a new standard in PushPull technology for outdoor telecom. Harting’s Outdoor PushPull I/O connector family is used for WiMAX and LTE base stations, as well as other outdoor applications.

Company News

Josh Rader — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:47:11 -0600

Caplugs recently acquired an injection-molding operation in the Pudong district of Shanghai. The company also launched Caplugs (Shanghai) Plastic Products Ltd., a full-service operation to meet local customers’ needs. Caplugs also has a Web site translated to Mandarin at caplugs.cn.

Looking Back

Josh Rader — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:42:54 -0600

10 YEARS AGO — MARCH 11, 1999 Handheld PC keeps on-the-go executives in touch: The HP 660LX palmtop computer from Hewlett-Packard is the first handheld PC to come with a 56k modem and 32-Mbyte RAM, double the memory of most palmtops.

The RedEye Link in AutoCAD 2009 Lets Designers Get Thermoplastic Prototypes

Jared Rader — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:40:52 -0600

Additive technologies such as fused-deposition modeling (FDM) just keep pushing the design envelope. The recent Autodesk University trade show in Las Vegas showcased a full-scale custom motorcycle created with on-demand rapid-prototyping service from RedEye, Eden Prairie, Minn.

CMOS chip built for 60 GHz wireless data transmission

Jared Rader — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:37:15 -0600

Engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology have built a CMOS chip that transmits 60-GHz digital signals over relatively short ranges. In tests, it sent 15 Gbps across a distance of 1 m, 10 Gbps across 2 m, and 5 Gbps across 5 m.

CAM Software for High-Speed Machining

Josh Rader — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:34:19 -0600

Cimatron North America,
www.cimatrontech.com
Quality Tooling Inc., (270)533-9263

Backtalk 3/05/2009

Josh Rader — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:42:47 -0600

Steve #1000
Dr. Steve Darwin (no relation to Charles) was crowned the 1000th Steve in the National Center for Science Education’s (NCSE) Project Steve.

Careers 3/05/2009

Jared Rader — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:38:37 -0600

Careers

News flash: Better employees give better results
Though it may sound stunningly obvious, a group of University of South Carolina researchers have concluded that hiring better employees gives better results, at least when it comes to selling.

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