August 7, 2008

Nextreme Thermal Solutions Inc. has gotten a grant from the North Carolina Green Business Fund to boost the efficiency of thin-film thermoelectrics used to convert waste heat into electricity.

Most automated boat lifts rely on electric motors, but as most engineers and boat-lift repair personnel know, electricity and water don’t mix.

Swedish prototyping and part-production service bureau Prototal AB used RenShape SL 7810 photopolymer to build infrared camera prototypes.

My friend and colleague Steve Wolfe once wrote an editorial titled, “Mommas don’t let your sons be engineers!”

A defense contractor for an unmanned, remote-controlled vehicle discovered its initial choice of motion-control drives fell short on delivering power to the drive wheels.

The Society for Information Display (SID), San Jose, a global organization for electronic-display technology, announced the winners of its 13th annual Display of the Year contest during the recent SID International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition — dubbed Display Week 2008.

Counterfeit goods, once largely confined to high-end luxury products, now have infiltrated the marketplace in virtually every industry.

If you’re interested in photography, computers, or home electronics, then B&H Photo in Manhattan is the store for you.

The International Design Excellence Awards, sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America, recognizes outstanding product design.

Spirol International Inc. is celebrating its 60th anniversary.

The new Honda Civic Hybrid achieves virtually the same mileage as a Prius and truly makes you forget you’re driving a hybrid.

With the stroke of a pen, legislators have forced electric motors to get more efficient.

Ten years ago, technologies such as computation- fluid dynamics (CFD) were just a gleam in the eye of everyday engineers.

At the core of Solid Edge 2008 is a new technology that definitely pushes the CAD software head and shoulders above the crowd of either explicit or history-based programs.

A bevy of 3D movies are making their way to theaters around the world, thanks to simpler and more efficient 3D cameras developed using modern motion-control technology.

The steady increase in desktop computer power always seems overtaken by larger CAD models that need more complex and lengthy analysis.

Your two car reviews (Chevy Malibu iLT and Buick Enclave, June 5) do your readers a disservice since these vehicles represent anachronisms based on today’s fuelconsumption requirements.

Laser printers often have a hard time printing on curved surfaces.

The allure of wing morphing has been around since man first noticed how birds fly.

An art student created a revolutionary vacuum cleaner without knowing a thing about CAD , CFD, or why his idea wouldn’t work. What’s the lesson for other inventors?

Some Machine Design readers design airplanes, but nearly all our subscribers take a commercial flight now and then.