May 10, 2007

A new page on Jergens' Website, http://www.jergensinc.com/difference/, has downloadable sheets comparing Jergens products to those of other manufacturers.

Monster-sized video displays, the likes of which adorn sports facilities, now get cooled through special dust filters that double as EMI shields.

A radical technique that insert-molds a 1.5-in.-diameter chrome tube inside glass-filled polypropylene (PP) gave a brush grille guard for GM SUVs and trucks the top automotive prize in an annual plastic parts competition.

Conventional flat solar cells reflect a significant portion of the light striking them.

Research firm DSM Somos in Elgin, Ill., says it has developed a stereolithography (SL) resin that brings companies one step closer to building durable plastic parts without tooling.

The Northridge earthquake, January 17, 1994, was the most costly to hit North America, with damages totaling roughly $44 billion.

An LED design kit from TT electronics Optek Technology, Corpus Christi, Tex., and IRC Advanced Film Div., Carrollton, Tex, combines IRC's Anotherm technology, a thermally conductive aluminum alloy substrate, and Optek's infrared and high-brightness visible-light LEDs.

A surgical tool for injecting polymer into vertebrae discs relies on a magnetostrictive sensor for absolute position feedback.

The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) hopes to use high-altitude, long-endurance UAVs to protect commercial aircraft from attacks during takeoffs and landings at major U.S. airports.

To ensure job security, be sure to avoid the 10 common pitfalls on this checklist from Jennifer Star, a New York City corporate recruiter and trainer specializing in administrative-support personnel:

Until now, the brightest commercially available LED light sources rivaled the light output of a 30-W tungsten accent lamp.

Engineers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a 1-sq-cm tool that will help build microscopic-sized machines.

More U.S. high-school students are taking physics than ever before, and the number of physics bachelor's degree recipients in the nation has risen 31% since 2000, according to new data from the American Institute of Physics.

AVC Corp., Torrance, Calif., says its retail package is completely recyclable.

Design reuse is a simple idea: Take existing designs and repurpose them into new ones.

Those who edit CAD models by changing dimensions on the part often see unexpected alterations that can only be fixed by making more modifications.

Mini PCI fieldbus cards for industrial PCs from Beckhoff Automation LLC, Burnsville, Minn., work with Profibus, CANopen, DeviceNet, and Ethernet networks.

A novel fuel-cell power source runs on everything from soft drinks to tree sap and could go 4 longer between "charges" than conventional lithium-ion batteries, say researchers at St. Louis University in Missouri.