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March 22, 2012 Machine Design

Future Technology
Radios in Space: SDRs fpr the Space Station
Will Aluminum-Ion Batteries Make Lithium-Ion Obsolete?
A Glimpse of the Futre Through Concept Cars
Engineering For the Other 90%

Editorial Comment

  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    A Nobel Prize for ... engineers?

    It is relatively easy to name a few big-name scientists off the top of your head. It is nearly impossible for the average Joe or Jane to do the same for engineers...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Do we need a sustainability standard?

    Last issue, Machine Design carried an article about Underwriter Laboratories’ ULE 880 Sustainability for Manufacturing Organizations. It’s for manufacturers that want to tout their sustainability credentials to eco-conscious consumers...More

News

  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Letters 3/22/2012

    Readers seem split on the U.S. Patent Office. They know it's important for letting inventors cash in on their ingenuity, but they also think some inventions that have been patented really doesn't deserve the honor...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    NASA payload will test software-defined radios

    NASA will send its Space Communication and Navigation (Scan) Testbed to the Space Station sometime this year onboard a Japanese H-IIB launcher...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Swiss to develop “janitor” spacecraft

    More than half a million pieces of space junk — spent rocket stages, broken satellites, and even tools dropped by space-walking astronauts...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Marine Corps looks for a few good solar cells

    A stackable array of solar cells providing up to 300 W of continuous electricity, also known as Greens (Ground Renewable ENergy System)...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    A better heat exchanger is key to heat-pump efficiency

    The population of the desert city Las Vegas has soared by over 30% in the past decade, a trend that has severely strained local electrical companies...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Direct modeler quickly builds large assemblies

    Fabricator Auto Metal Craft, Detroit, uses SpaceClaim 3D CAD software to import suppliers’ 3D models for prototyping assemblies...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Laser scanning for artists?

    Sculptor Somers Randolph in New Mexico not only sells his artwork, he also laser scans it and saves it as computer models...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Attend Stanford University for free – online

    Professors at Stanford College of Engineering were surprised when almost 300,000 people signed up to take one of the college’s three most popular engineering courses online for free this past fall...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Looking Back 3/22/2012

    Tilt-wheel suspension technology: The F400 research vehicle from Mercedes- Benz features an active system that tilts the wheels...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    How secure is your job?

    The short answer is: Not very. This should not be a big surprise. Even your boss — and her boss — are as concerned about their jobs as you are about yours...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Learn higher math on the Web

    Maple T.A. 8 is a Web-based program to create and assess online tests and assignments. Adaptive questions in Maple T.A. give instructors a tool to improve student comprehension...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Back to the Future?

    When most individuals think "future technology," they probably imagine such things as personal helicopters, replicators, and even time-travel machines...More

Scanning for Ideas

Advanced Manufacturing

Backtalk

  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Backtalk 3/22/2012

    Superheroes flying over New York? Sounds like a scene from a movie, right? Well, pretty close...More

Features

  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Goodbye to lithium-ion batteries?

    A piece of aluminum has more free energy content than the same amount of either methanol or ethanol. That, succinctly, explains why scientists are now trying to perfect batteries based on chemistry that involves aluminum...More
  • Mar. 22, 2012
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    Machine Design

    Concept cars 2012: A glimpse of the future

    Whether consumers want ecoconscious electric cars, gasburning performance or economy, or a hybrid of the two, the world’s automakers seem ready to build it...More
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