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Auto Industry Working Hard to Make an Electric Vehicle Battery
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles won’t roll out until the EV battery is finished.

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Gadget Freak

After nearly 20 years as an electrical engineer, I suffered two horrible blows last year - literally and figuratively. First, I was hit by a bus and second, my position at a premier semiconductor company was outsourced to penguins in Antarctica. While physically I am in one piece, the bus accident has traumatized me. Symptoms include gadgetary hallucinations and horrid lapses in vocabulary. So I've decided to travel the U.S. looking for new gadgets (hellooo Mid America! Like engineers, farmers are a great source of ingenious gadgets). M-I-C...K-E-Y. Just call me The Gadgeteer (someone should tell the bus company whose bus hit me, there's a gadget called brakes!)

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Medical's 'Mini' Revolution
Increasingly, the world of medicine is taking the “minimalist“ route, developing technologies designed to sharply reduce patient discomfort and trauma in applications ranging from diagnostics to surgery. more >>


Integrated Electronics Expand RFID Range Over Smart Labels
Efforts to put electronics directly into molded components are taking off as specialty materials compounds are developed for a new laser structuring process that cuts costs. more >>


Suppliers Bring Data Logging to Drag Racing
Sensors, microcontrollers and flash memories are enabling drag racers to electronically store vehicle performance. more >>


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Electronics/Test Webcasts 

What's Driving Automotive Design Today?

From drive by wire and brake by wire, to collision avoidance and navigation systems, cars are increasingly becoming electronic wonders.  Electronics are replacing traditional mechanical systems in cars today and for good reason. They're efficient, economical and they don't take up much space.

Demystifying Vision Sensing

Self-contained vision sensors—sometimes called smart cameras—are more economical and easier to use than multi-component vision systems and are more powerful and versatile than photoelectric sensors. As a result, they make more inspections possible and help improve productivity, enhance quality, and reduce cost.


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LEDs Moving in on CFLs in General Lighting
Lighting solutions provider Luminus will soon announce a general lighting strategy for LEDs in street lamps and industrial and home lighting. But work still remains to lower costs.  Electronics
5/15/2008

Freescale Rolls out Dual-Core DSPs
Freescale Semiconductor rolled out DSP56720 and DSP56721 multicore DSPs for audio and video applications.  Electronics
5/8/2008

Automotive Climate Control System Cuts Fuel Costs
TRW’s Efficient Comfort Control (ECC) saves fuel, improves comfort and simplifies engineering.  Electronics
4/29/2008

Trumpet-Playing Robot Entertains SAE Crowds
Toyota entertained crowds at the SAE 2008 World Congress with a trumpet-playing robot.  Electronics
4/16/2008

Boeing Flies Fuel Cell-Powered Plane
Boeing officials today announced the first successful flight of a manned plane powered by hydrogen fuel cells.  Aerospace
4/3/2008

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