Design News - October 23, 2006

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Cover Story

With just a handful of engineers and designers, Creata manages to produce 1,500 products and manufacture more than 1 billion units per year. Read how they do it.

Feature

Hands On Review
MCU Kits Motor On
Motor Control Platform Cleans Up
High-Performance Computing Going Mainstream

Departments

Flash
Cell Phone with Music
Digital Foci Picture Porter Elite
Cigar Lighter- Powered Mp3 Player
Wireless Water, Moisture Sensor
Portable Connectivity
Weblog
Quality of Life 'Poor' at Engineering Schools
Designer's Corner
Single Connector Serves Servo Motor
Solenoid Valve and Cylinder Deliver Kick
My View
Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Rust and Bad Product Design
Trend Watch
Devices Pack More Functionality
Motion Building Blocks
Model It, Then Make It
Gadget Freak
Case #102: Dick Had a Cameo Role in Scream 2
Calamities
The Case of the Aggrieved Gudgeon
Mail
Podcasts Abound
Rant
Parallel Processing, a Must for Today’s Engineers

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