July 26, 2007

Encoders that measure absolute position magnetically rather than optically come from Turck, Minneapolis.

Matrikon Operational Insight Lite, a software tool to acquire, display, and analyze process data from both real-time and historical data sources, can be downloaded from Matrikon's Web site at no cost.

More than 32,000 students from 344 high schools participated in the recent First Robotics Competition at Atlanta's Georgia Dome.

DaimlerChrysler engineers dropped packaging space of side impact countermeasures used in the new smart fortwo by 40% thanks to Impaxx energy absorbing (EA) foam from Dow Automotive, Auburn Hills, Mich.

Researchers at Purdue University have built the first model that tracks engine performance from one combustion cycle to the next.

The worldwide market for PLCs will surpass $9 billion by 2011, growing at around 5.0% per year.

University of Florida engineers have unveiled the world's largest portable hurricane, wind, and rain simulator.

Model G306A G3 operator interface panels from Red Lion Controls Inc., York, Pa., use a TFT active-matrix display for greater contrast, brightness, and overall readability, over a wide viewing angle.

Why would anyone in their right mind convert a sleek Porsche 914 into an electric vehicle?

The roofs of three stadiums under construction for the UEFA Euro 2008 football championship will sport Lexan Thermoclear sheets from GE Plastics, Pittsfield, Mass.

Platinum is crucial in catalytic converters and other industrial applications, including hydrogen production.

Blue XLamp XR-E LEDs from Cree Inc., Durham, N.C., are 70% brighter than the company's previous bluepower LEDs.

Motors, springs, cables, and the right model could open the door to walking robots.

Kuka Robotics Corp., Clinton Township, Mich., is touting its six-axis KR 1000 Titan robot with a payload capacity of 1,000 kg and a 3,200-mm reach as the world's largest and strongest.

A positive electrode material comprised of a special nanocrystalline, layered-composite structure could boost storage capacity and stability of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, say researchers at Argonne National Laboratory.

Strong demand in the chemical, pharmaceutical, power-generation, water and wastewater industries is spurring growth in the low and high-power ac-drives market.