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Save Your Fingers, Spare Your Body   3/11/2010
PSENopt safety light curtains and light barriers can be used for finger, hand and body protection in industrial applications. The muting function on the PSENopt total or partial is integrated directly, as is monitoring of the muting lamps.   Continue
Heineken Beer Robot   3/10/2010
The Heineken Bot was developed at the Autonomous Systems Lab in the Product Design and Engineering department of Middlesex University.   Continue
Energy Startup When Money Is Tight   3/10/2010
Company launches revolutionary light powered by both the sun and the wind. The only way to launch a start-up company with a lot of R&D was to have everyone (33 partners) throw a little bit into the hat.   Continue
The Ultimate Rube Goldberg Machine   3/10/2010
The band OK Go, director James Frost and members of Syyn Labs (http://syynlabs.com/) took several months to create the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine in a two story warehouse. The song is catchy, and the machine shoots to the top of the Rube hall of fame.   Continue
Death & Destruction of a Fluke Multimeter   3/8/2010
Dave goes on a several hundred km adventure in order to completely destroy the Fluke 28-II multimeter. Short of blowing it up with explosives, will he succeed, or will it live to measure another day?   Continue
Engineers Hate The Oscars   3/8/2010
Why? Because the Oscars remind engineers of high school popularity contests that we lost on a daily basis. Imagine if engineers ran the Oscars: Which hot alien did we like the best? The Na’vi or that green chick from Star Trek.   Continue
Mad Talking Head   3/3/2010
Gag Studios, Wizard Device and Blue Point Engineering offer custom animatronic-automation options.   Continue
Superior Motion Control Capability   3/3/2010
The 5-axis robot from ABB demonstrates motion control capability through the wine glass test.   Continue
Space Sushi   3/3/2010
Flight engineer, Soichi Noguchi from Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, demonstrates his love for cooking in space.   Continue
You'll All Take Our Jobs Someday   3/3/2010
Why can't you do what normal teens do and browse Facebook; not build robots? Give me back my job security.   Continue
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Choose a Training Course on Turbomachinery Design for February-June 2010: Germany, USA or UK
Engineers involved in design and optimization of turbomachinery are invited to participate in interactive training courses organized by SoftInWay Inc. These courses address the challenges mechanical and aerospace engineers face while developing a turbomachinery flow path, and aim to improve  Continue

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