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A Trip to the Genius Bar
September 6, 2012 5:42 am | by Karl Stephan, Consulting Engineer, Texas State University, San Marcos | Articles | CommentsIt is a sad fact of life that even the best-engineered system breaks down from time to time. Hence repairmen (or should I say repair people, these days) are assured of job security, although the types of repairs they make have changed radically over the years. For a few summers in high school and college, I worked as a repair technician at an audiovisual services shop, fixing tape recorders and dealing mainly with mechanical rather than electrical troubles. But when my Mac laptop started acting up the other day, I decided to take it to the 2012 version of Mac’s fix-it shop: the Genius Bar.
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Materials and Prototyping | Motion Control and AutomationCooling Glove Boosts Exercise Recovery
September 5, 2012 12:04 pm | by Stanford University | Videos | CommentsThe temperature-regulation research of Stanford biologists H. Craig Heller and Dennis Grahn has led to a device that rapidly cools body temperature, greatly improves exercise recovery, and could help explain why muscles get tired.
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Materials and Prototyping | Motion Control and AutomationRobotic Chefs Taking over China’s Noodle Bars
September 5, 2012 11:58 am | by Zoominuk | Videos | CommentsA Chinese restaurateur in Beijing has invented a robot chef to make sliced noodles.
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Materials and Prototyping | Motion Control and AutomationElectronics Dumpster Diving
September 5, 2012 11:52 am | by EEVBlog | Videos | CommentsCheck out what Dave finds in his electronics garbage room.
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Materials and Prototyping | Motion Control and AutomationCell Phone Hacks
September 5, 2012 11:46 am | by Kip Kay | Videos | CommentsKip Kay demonstrates a few hacks you can do to your cell phone.
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September 5, 2012 11:42 am | by National Instruments | Videos | CommentsThe road to a degree in engineering or science can be daunting, especially when it is paved with years of theory without real-world context. See how National Instruments is changing this with NI miniSystems.
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Materials and Prototyping | Motion Control and AutomationThe Power-Up Arcade Light Switch Plate
September 5, 2012 10:51 am | by ThinkGeek | Videos | CommentsThe Power-Up Arcade Light Switch Plate is ThinkGeek's solution for boring, normal light switches.
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Materials and Prototyping | Motion Control and AutomationGalileo Didn't Invent the Thermometer
September 5, 2012 10:45 am | by American Chemical Society | News | CommentsThe great Italian scientist Galileo may have been the first person to use a telescope to observe the heavens, but he definitely did not invent the thermometer.
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LEDs Winning Light Race
September 5, 2012 10:35 am | by DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | News | CommentsToday's light-emitting diode light bulbs have a slight environmental edge over compact fluorescent lamps. And that gap is expected to grow significantly as technology and manufacturing methods improve in the next five years.
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Harvard's Hydrogel Paves Way for New Human Joints
September 5, 2012 10:29 am | by Harvard University | News | CommentsA team of experts in mechanics, materials science, and tissue engineering at Harvard have created an extremely stretchy and tough gel that may pave the way to replacing damaged cartilage in human joints.
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Materials and Prototyping | Motion Control and AutomationSamsung Accused of Abusing Chinese Workers
September 5, 2012 10:09 am | by Youkyung Lee, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsFresh off a billion-dollar loss in a patent fight with rival smartphone maker Apple, embattled Samsung Electronics Co. now finds itself accused by a labor rights group of mistreating workers in China and illegally using child labor.
LISTED UNDER: Electrical and Electronic Components | Materials and Prototyping | Motion Control and AutomationPowerful New Explosive Could Replace State-of-the-Art Military Devices
September 5, 2012 10:05 am | by American Chemical Society | News | CommentsBorrowing a technology used to improve the effectiveness of drugs, scientists are reporting discovery of a new explosive more powerful than the current state-of-the-art explosive used by the military, and just as safe for personnel to handle.
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September 5, 2012 7:18 am | by Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe FBI on Tuesday disputed a computer hacker group's claim that it stole personal identification data on millions of Apple device owners from an FBI agent's laptop.
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Is The Ongoing Mortgage Crisis Harming Our Manufacturing Skills Crisis?
September 5, 2012 6:15 am | by AJ Sweatt | Articles | CommentsI’m not going to get into who or what caused the housing and mortgage crisis in this country. There’s plenty of blame to go around for that.
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September 5, 2012 6:07 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsMurata's focus on highly specialized technological breakthroughs, such as the one announced Wednesday, also underlines the challenges confronting Japan's electronics industry — once unquestioned leaders but now taking a beating from cheaper Asian rivals.
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