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Future of Farming Geared for Efficient Robotic Workers
Blog 11/28/2012 3 comments
With overpopulation and a decaying environment, the world needs more food, faster. Robots come to rescue, delivering tireless efficiency to the farmland.
Slideshow: Making Sense of Connected Sensors
Blog 11/26/2012 11 comments
The Embedded Technology 2012 trade show held recently in Yokohama, Japan, focused on five smart technologies: energy, healthcare, agriculture, automotive, and transportation systems, as well as mobile and cloud computing.
Slideshow: Great Space Rovers
Blog 11/20/2012 30 comments
The Canadian Space Agency, makers of the International Space Station's 30-year robotic Canadarm project, is working on lunar and Mars robot rovers.
Bodkin Develops Homemade Explosive Detector
Blog 11/20/2012 12 comments
Bodkin develops explosive detection to keep soldiers at a distance.
Slideshow: Sports & Technology
Blog 11/19/2012 10 comments
Check out some of the amazing technologies that sports and athletes have adopted over the years.
Video: What Do You Call a One-Armed Bartender?
Blog 11/19/2012 14 comments
JAMES, a robotic bartender, can take orders, serve drinks, and respond to commands from customers.
Engineers: It's BYOD for Life
Blog 11/19/2012 16 comments
The concept of "bring your own device" to work is causing every type of business to do some restructuring for the sake of security.
Video: Robot Turns Your Dreams Into Art
Blog 11/16/2012 15 comments
Ever wondered what your nightly tossing, turning, and snoring would look like if turned into art by a robot? Winners of a chance to stay at a European hotel chain will find out when their sleep pattern data is captured by sensors and painted by an ABB robot.
Video: Pointing & Clicking Without a Mouse
Blog 11/16/2012 10 comments
Microchips GestIC technology, which enables intuitive, gesture-based, non-contact user interfaces, is the heart of a range of end products, starting with the MGC3130.
Circuit Protection; Shock Tactics in Real-Time
Blog 11/16/2012 4 comments
Littelfuse is putting its weight behind an initiative that promises to deliver real-time responses to engineers working on designs requiring circuit protection.
Robots Take Human Factor Out of Mining
Blog 11/16/2012 18 comments
Engineers have developed robots to take the human factor out of mining work and provide automation in the process, making it more efficient and less dangerous for the people involved.
Video: German Robot May Beat You at Ping-Pong
Blog 11/15/2012 10 comments
A German research team created the first robot that can not only play ping-pong like a human, but also improve its game by learning from its human opponents.
The Work Day of the Future
Blog 11/15/2012 21 comments
In 20 years, what will the typical work day be like? That is the question the Working Worlds in 2030 project is trying to answer.
Slideshow: Scenes From JEC Americas & IFAI
Blog 11/14/2012 8 comments
For the first time ever, JEC Americas converged on the city of Boston November 7 to November 9, hosting a massive materials show in conjunction with IFAI (Industrial Fabrics Association International).
Software Advances Do Their Part to Spur 3D Print Revolution
Blog 11/14/2012 2 comments
Sure, prices on 3D printers are coming down. But advances to 3D content creation tools at both the low and high end are helping to make 3D printing more accessible to a broader audience.
Engineering Directives Not Followed... Again
Blog 11/14/2012 9 comments
What happens when 4km of speaker wire is wrongfully installed?
Slideshow: Apple iPad 4 Teardown
Blog 11/13/2012 17 comments
Apple stunned reporters with the announcement of a fourth-generation iPad (or iPad 4), just over six months since the launch of the iPad 3.
Is Your Personal Device Personal?
Blog 11/13/2012 13 comments
Do you use your personal mobile device in your plant, and does your company expect you to use your own iPad or smartphone for company use?
Is Your Network Safe?
Blog 11/13/2012 19 comments
Network security has become a major issue now that plants are connected to the outside world.
Slideshow: Service Robots Can Do Most Anything
Blog 11/12/2012 19 comments
The range of services that robots can perform is extremely broad -- from assisting the elderly to cleaning polluted water to repairing spacecraft.
Want to Generate Energy? Go Fly a Kite
Blog 11/12/2012 22 comments
Kite energy farms are more efficient, economical, and environmentally friendly than wind turbines, according to Nature Technology Systems.
Indignation With Taking Liberties
Blog 11/12/2012 23 comments
What happens when the talented but willful production team takes engineering directives as suggestions?
Video: IEEE Programs Give Back
Blog 11/9/2012 9 comments
IEEE has launched programs to bring engineering help to developing countries and the rural US.
Texture & Motion Sensor From Autodesk Research, an Innovative HMI
Blog 11/9/2012 5 comments
Autodesk's Magic Finger is equipped with an ADNS 2620 low-resolution, high-speed optical flow sensor that senses X-Y motion, and a high-resolution AWAIBA NanEye micro RGB camera with modified HDNS-2100 lens that detects the surface being touched.
Slideshow: Pack Expo Packs 'Em In
Blog 11/8/2012 12 comments
The world's biggest packaging show, Pack Expo in Chicago, provided a glimpse of the future of automated machinery and robotics.
Video: Making a 10,000-Year Clock
Blog 11/8/2012 22 comments
The Long Now Foundation is building a clock designed to last 10,000 years.
Design News Product Spotlight
Blog 11/7/2012 1 comment
In the Product Showcase section, we've posted some products from Microchip, Microsemi, and Cypress that deserve a little highlighting.
Slideshow: Apple iPad Mini Teardown
Blog 11/6/2012 17 comments
Despite Steve Jobs' protestations that 7-inch tablets were "too big to compete with a smartphone; too small to compete with an iPad," on Oct. 23, Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced Apple's latest device, the iPad Mini.
Tier 1 Auto Supplier Tests Hybrid Systems Using Simulation
Blog 11/6/2012 15 comments
Lear Corp. is testing and validating its hybrid and EV power systems with software simulation.
My Opinion on IEC 61508: It Puts Safety First
Blog 11/6/2012 2 comments
IEC 61508 is intended to be a basic functional safety standard thats applicable to all industries.
Video: Wearable Sensor Builds Maps on the Fly
Blog 10/31/2012 9 comments
MIT researchers have created a prototype of a wearable sensor that can create maps of a person's environment as they move through it. Researchers envision emergency responders using the device to navigate disaster sites.
Design Your Own Keynote for DESIGN West
Blog 10/30/2012 4 comments
Preparations for DESIGN West, the center of the engineering universe, are well underway, and we want to know - who would you like to hear deliver the keynote address?
Docking Stations Let Sea Robots Recharge Batteries
Blog 10/30/2012 9 comments
Battelle has developed a docking station where unmanned vessels can recharge batteries and share data with researchers during missions.
Slideshow: 'MEMS Inside the Machine'
Blog 10/29/2012 8 comments
MEMS Technology Showcase, being held November 8 in Scottsdale, Ariz., highlights "MEMS Inside the Machine."
What's Your First 'Engineering' Story?
Blog 10/29/2012 28 comments
Brand Director Rich Nass recalls his first engineering experience, in which he built a color organ with his dad. Do you remember yours?
Slideshow: MCU Fun With SparkFun
Blog 10/26/2012 7 comments
SparkFun's Department of Education spent an evening in Boulder, Colo., this week, teaching people how to solder a microcontroller.
MCUs Simplify Resolver-Based Motor Control Systems
Blog 10/25/2012 13 comments
You can buy resolver-to-digital converters, but a fast microcontroller can do the job just as well.
Vortex Surfing Technique Conserves Fuel
Blog 10/24/2012 10 comments
Most people think of surfing as something done on water, but the Air Force is surfing the air to help its aircraft conserve fuel.
Products to Watch For
Blog 10/24/2012 3 comments
In the Product Showcase section, weve just posted some products from IAR Systems, LDRA, and Analog Devices that need a little highlighting.
Lack of Qualified Engineering Candidates
Blog 10/23/2012 58 comments
You have a 10V ideal voltage source in parallel with a 5Ω resistor. What is the impedance?
Nissan's Robotic Car Parks Itself, Picks You Up
Blog 10/22/2012 34 comments
Nissan's NSC-2015 can find its own parking spot and return to pick you up after being summoned via mobile app.
Biosynthetic Micro-Robot Will Combine Cells, Electronics
Blog 10/22/2012 14 comments
The Cyberplasm micro-robot will combine engineered cellular devices, electronics, and new methods of communicating and interfacing between biological and electronic components.
Engineer Solves Glass Slipper Dilemma
Blog 10/19/2012 16 comments
What qualities would the glass in Cinderella's slippers need to have in order for her to walk and dance comfortably, and hold her weight?
Sea Turtle Robot Will Swim Autonomously
Blog 10/19/2012 16 comments
Engineers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have built a robot modeled on a sea turtle that is capable of underwater autonomous navigation.
Video: MABEL Mimics Human Gait
Blog 10/18/2012 6 comments
MABEL is a new humanoid robot developed by researchers at Oregon State University and the University of Michigan that can walk and climb stairs like a human.
Driving Efficiency With Hydraulic & Pneumatic Systems
Blog 10/18/2012 7 comments
Hydraulic and pneumatic systems are delivering energy efficiency for plants. Find out more in a Design News Webcast on the topic.
Rising Engineering Stars: Message Received Loud & Clear
Blog 10/17/2012 11 comments
Design News is looking for rising engineering stars -- those who are influencing or have the potential to influence the design engineering community.
Interfacing Intelligent Sensors With Industrial Ethernet Networks
Blog 10/17/2012 6 comments
While Industrial Ethernet has become the kingpin and standard for automation control networks, some devices such as smart sensors and actuators are relying on a simpler, point-to-point communications protocol to save on the cost, size, and complexity that an Ethernet solution requires.
Slideshow: Evolution of the Robotic Canadarm
Blog 10/16/2012 29 comments
Canada's main contribution to the US Space Shuttle program has been the Canadian Space Agency robotic manipulator arms, Canadarm and Canadarm2. See how they have evolved.
Why Can't Engineers Get Good Jobs?
Blog 10/15/2012 22 comments
In his new book, Peter Cappelli says many companies, overwhelmed by the flood of rsums they receive for each job posting, rely on computers to weed out the unqualified. This is hurting many applicants.
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