March 23, 2006

Designers of a superlarge planetarium transferred data from an astronomy program into their CAD software as a means of locating 4,000 stars on a dome's surface.

The recent release of an FEA package handles complex simulations, supports more than one operating system, and boosts analysis speed, power, and flexibility.

Driving Innovation through Partnerships is the theme of SAE 2006 to be held April 3 to 6 at Cobo Center in Detroit.

The first solar hydrogenproduction station using methane is coming to a landfill in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Winners of the Westec Manufacturing challenge will get a special treat this year: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin will present them with their award.

In a move to upgrade stamping operations, DaimlerChrysler Corp. has installed a system for handling sheet-metal blanks that controls pneumatics over an Ethernet/IP network.

Most rapidprototype facilities can turn around a quote and a model in about a week.

To help electric companies generate fewer greenhouse-gas emissions, alloy producers have been developing nickelbased superalloys.

The New Horizons spacecraft will collect a storehouse of data on Pluto, but it will take about a decade before we see any of it.

Georgia Tech researchers have built a highly sensitive atomicforce-microscopy (AFM) device capable of imaging 100 times faster than conventional AFM equipment.