Design News - October 11, 2004

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Cover Story

From the single driver-side airbag that was installed on all of the U.S. vehicles a decade ago, the number has increased to as many as a dozen today. Side airbags may seem like an obvious next step after front airbags, but a significant amount of engineering effort occurred behind the scenes. In 1994, TRW engineers did not have to start from scratch, but they did have to synthesize informatio...

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News

Motion Control And Power Transmission
Motion Control Protocols

Departments

Expo
Electronics
Fluid Power
Software/Hardware
Motion Control/Power Transmission
Flash
New and Notable Product Design
Featured Product
Software Links Design/Prototyping to Shorten Development Cycles
Calamities
The Case of the Hot Wheels
Designer's Corner
Wronged, a safety switch breaks right
My View
Billable Hours for Engineers
Rant
Life in an E-commerce World
BMOC
Smart Sensing
Innovative Ideas
Test Systems Move Out
Use Motion Control on Any Platform with NI SoftMotion Technology
Slant
Fuel Economy Still Hot
Weblog
Online On Cars
Ask
Ask The Search Engineer
Mail
Readers Sound Off
Gadget Freak
"I See Dead Pumpkins"

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