June 7, 2006

Dodge execs may be wincing a bit at their lousy timing.

Better transducers and inexpensive, high-accuracy gantries expand the scope of noncontact ultrasound imaging.

The DT 58-DC rotary stage from Stein-meyer Inc., Burlington, Mass.

I was invited by a large defense contractor to speak at their annual "PDM Summit." Leading PLM vendors participated, as did two other consulting firms.

Designers are turning to MEMS sensors as a way of devising superresponsive operator controls.

Electrical plugs, connectors, and receptacles often use terminal screws to connect incoming and outgoing wires and cables.

A fusion of anticollision radar and video sensors detects pedestrians on the fly...er, walk.

Designers increasingly run their own flow and heat-transfer simulations rather than sending them out to analysts.

Epoxy/quartz composites can be precisely cast to size without secondary machining.

The LP01 short-body pushbutton from NKK Switches

Sometimes standard inductive proximity sensors simply don't cut it.

There are tricks of the trade when it comes to getting an accurate measure of temperature.

High-pressure pumps run smooth and quiet.

There are only a few coupling methods that work with high misalignment angles in rotating equipment.

A lot of people like the NBC sitcom The Office.

The U.S.A. may have lost its stranglehold on the America's Cup, but next year the Yanks could give the Swiss defender and the rest of the field a sail for their money.

Few fasteners can beat threaded ceramic nuts and bolts when it comes to withstanding heat, pressure, and corrosive environments. Just don't torque them too tight.

CAD software for Macintosh computers is perhaps a bit unusual.

Materials manufacturers and R&D labs sometimes need to make alloys in small batches.