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Design News - January 07, 2008

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DARPA Race’s Robot Cars Could Benefit Soldiers and Civilians Alike

Even if the military doesn’t deploy truck-sized autonomous vehicles right away, DARPA’s Urban Challenge highlights how the progress in robot technologies could improve driver assistance systems in passenger cars and trucks.

Departments

Flash
Floating in Air
Hiding Analog Technologies
The Largest NFL Player
Bright Ideas for Home Energy
Boosting SUV Mileage
Gadget Freak
Gadget Freak Case #114: Testing Parts 'til They're Toast
The Dodge Report
A President in Every Pot
Slant
Manufacturing Improvements with 3-D Simulation
Designer's Corner
Seeking Lower Power Consumption
Sensing Flow Instead of Pressure
Weblog
The Best and Worst Science Movies
Rant
DDM Defies Predictions
Calamities
The Case of the Manic Motor
Mechatronics
Choosing the Right Model
Tips From Titus
Put Lightning in the Ground

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Design News Partner Zones

CAD/CAE Model Clean-Up: Reduce Iterative Cycles
This webinar featured research and survey results related to problems associated with preparing CAD geometry for CAE applications. We discussed how Recipe-Based Automation can help create "just-in-time" CAE-ready geometry each time a cad model is updated. Watch the Presentation

Light Matters: Systems Level Approach to HBLED illumination applications
Its good practice to apply a systems-level approach to high-brightness LED (HBLED) illumination applications. Minimally, the system includes the optical, thermal and electrical characteristics of the of the HBLED, the lens (if any) which is built-in to its package, secondary optics such as external plastic lenses/reflectors to direct the light as your application requires and power driver electronics. Read More

Design Engineers' Portal for Sensing and Machine Safety
Whatever industry you're in, or whatever product you manufacture, the right sensors to automate your plant, and to improve your overall efficiency, quality and safety are a must. You'll find Banner Engineering to be an amazing resource of products, training and people with expertise.