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Printing Guns
May 17, 2013 9:26 am | by Karl Stephan, Consulting Engineer, Texas State University, San Marcos | Blogs | CommentsSomebody was going to do it sooner or later. And we have Cody Wilson, a law student at the University of Texas at Austin, to thank for the fact that, when it was finally done for the first time, the news media learned about it right away. All the same, now that somebody has used a 3-D printer to make a functional gun, we face a whole array of questions that up till now were hypothetical ones.
Top 5 Design Tools of the Week
May 17, 2013 9:05 am | by Melissa Fassbender, Associate Editor, PD&D | Articles | CommentsYour Top 5 Design Tools of the Week include a new add on for your Raspberry Pi, a DIY USB device, and an activity board that allows you to do more with 8 cores.
Cadillac Recalling SUVs to Fix Wheel Nuts
May 17, 2013 7:27 am | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsChina's product safety agency says General Motors Co.'s main Chinese joint venture is recalling Cadillac SUVs to correct a problem with nuts that hold their wheels in place. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said Friday that Shanghai GM will recall 2,653 imported Cadillac SRXs.
Glass-Faced Infrared Panel Heaters
May 16, 2013 5:24 pm | by PD&D Staff | Omega Engineering, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsOmega (Stamford, CT) has announced the OMEGALUX QG Series heaters use a solid black Ceran glass as the emitter face. An optional thermowell from the back of the heater allows for a spring-loaded thermocouple to measure face temperature. This is the best way to use direct temperature control.
The Lexium MDrive
May 16, 2013 5:21 pm | by PD&D Staff | Schneider Electric | Product Releases | CommentsSchneider Electric Motion (Marlborough, CT), the manufacturers of the premium brand MDrive integrated motors and drives, has introduced the Lexium MDrive. Lexium MDrive products will benefit a wide range of motion applications with its compact all-in-one design saving space, reducing wiring and improving machine reliability.
Loctite SI 5640 Seals Plastic Electrical Components
May 16, 2013 5:18 pm | by PD&D Staff | Henkel Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsHenkel Corporation (Rocky Hill, CT) has introduced Loctite SI 5640, a two-part, self-leveling silicone potting compound designed for electrical and electronic potting applications that require UL 94 VO compliance. Designed to ensure the integrity of electrical components by sealing against corrosion and outdoor contaminants, this low viscosity silicone offers strong adhesion to plastics and resists 85C/85% RH aging conditions.
Microchip Technology Delivers 12 Billionth PIC Microcontroller
May 16, 2013 3:08 pm | by Microchip | News | CommentsMicrochip Technology has announced the shipment of its 12 billionth PIC microcontroller (MCU) to the Nidec Corporation—a preeminent global supplier of precision motors, based in Japan. Microchip delivered this 12 billionth MCU approximately 10 months after delivering its 11 billionth.
The Overall Patent Landscape Is Pretty Young
May 16, 2013 2:41 pm | by Yole Development | News | CommentsYole Développement announces its 2.5D, 3DIC and TSV Interconnect Patent Investigation report. Yole Développement’s investigation aims at providing statistical analysis of existing IP to give a landscape overview together with an in-depth investigation on 5 player portfolios selected by the analyst. Also, don’t miss the patent ranking and detailed analysis of the key patents.
Powerful Integrated Software Tools Reinvent the Engineers' Desktop
May 16, 2013 2:31 pm | News | Comments3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced the launch of its integrated design-to-manufacturing software tools under its Geomagic Solutions brand combining 3D Systems' comprehensive reverse engineering tools together with its affordable mechanical CAD, fully automated inspection and verification software and its cutting-edge haptic modeling to deliver intra-operable design functionality.
NC nuclear plant shut down after crack discovered
May 16, 2013 1:17 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsOperators have shut down a North Carolina nuclear plant after finding tiny marks of corrosion and cracking that need repair. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the health and safety of employees or the public are not affected. NRC spokesman Roger Hannah said Thursday the quarter-inch flaw...
New World Record in Wireless Data Transmission
May 16, 2013 12:43 pm | by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | News | CommentsResearchers of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology have achieved the wireless transmission of 40 Gbit/s at 240 GHz over a distance of one kilometer. Their most recent demonstration sets a new world record and ties in seamlessly with the capacity of optical fiber transmission.
Photo of the Day: Webb Undergoes Eye Surgery
May 16, 2013 12:38 pm | by NASA | News | CommentsMuch like the inside of an operating room, in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope. They scrubbed up and suited up to perform one of the most delicate performances of their lives.
Security Risks Found in Sensors for Heart Devices, Consumer Electronics
May 16, 2013 12:32 pm | by Nicole Casal Moore, University of Michigan | News | CommentsThe type of sensors that pick up the rhythm of a beating heart in implanted cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are vulnerable to tampering, according to a new study conducted in controlled laboratory conditions.
Insights into Heat Transference Could Lead to Improved Electronics
May 16, 2013 12:29 pm | by University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering | News | CommentsU of T Engineering researchers, working with colleagues from Carnegie Mellon University, have published new insights into how materials transfer heat, which could lead eventually to smaller, more powerful electronic devices.
3D Modeling Technology Offers Solutions for Engineers
May 16, 2013 12:25 pm | by Beck Lockwood, University of Sheffield | News | CommentsSoftware developed at the University of Sheffield has the potential to enable engineers to make 'real world' safety assessments of structures and foundations with unprecedented ease. Developed in the Department of Civil & Structural Engineering, the software can directly identify three-dimensional collapse mechanisms and provide information about margin of safety, vitally important to engineers.
