The Engineer
19 March 2004
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Problem solving
1 Apr 2004
Next time you sit sweating over your next generation product design, bear one important fact in mind - nearly all design problems have been solved before!
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Stacked memory
1 Apr 2004
A new type of stacked memory product involves the modification of Thin Small Outline Packages to permit them to be stacked and mounted using Ball Grid Array attachment technology.
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Last chance for a thousand years
31 Mar 2004
What would happen if folks who bought automobiles had the same rights as those that purchased computers. Dave Wilson tells all.
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Power steering with plastic wheels
25 Mar 2004
Automotive systems maker ZF Lenksysteme of Germany is the first company to use a plastic gear wheel in electric power steering units now being fitted to medium-sized passenger cars.
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Rules of engagement
25 Mar 2004
The objectives of collaborative engineering are often foiled by problems with data sharing. Charles Clarke and Ken Steel offer some timely advice.
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Microsoft fined millions
24 Mar 2004
The European Commission has fined Microsoft 497 million Euros for breaking European Union competition law by abusing its near monopoly position in the PC operating system market.
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Microsoft fined millions
24 Mar 2004
The European Commission has fined Microsoft 497 million Euros for breaking European Union competition law by abusing its near monopoly position in the PC operating system market.
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Darpa's tour de farce
24 Mar 2004
The Darpa Grand Challenge was supposed to offer a first glimpse of the robots that will transform the battlefields of the future. Andrew Lee wasn't impressed.
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Preprocessing with HexCore
24 Mar 2004
Help is at hand for designers who need to model fluid flow problems with open spaces where a high mesh quality is required thanks to some new CFD software from Fluent.
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Research versus reality
24 Mar 2004
Researchers in the US have developed a new Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) that will allow the Internet to operate at speeds approaching 10Gbit/sec. Dave Wilson reports.
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Health checks at Rolls-Royce
24 Mar 2004
Rolls-Royce is developing a continuous health and performance monitoring system for its Trent 900 engine, to be fitted to the Airbus A380.
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American dream?
19 Mar 2004
The top carmakers are all launching diesel models into the US. But what technologies can help diesel to shed its image there as the noisy, slow, smoky option? David Fowler reports.
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Apple project bears fruit
19 Mar 2004
Lightweight structural automotive components could be volume-produced from thermoplastic composites following the success of a Warwick University project.
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Cold tap
19 Mar 2004
US researchers are developing technologies to tap potentially huge reserves of natural gas locked underground in frozen inhospitable permafrost regions.
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Crunch time for the scrap industry
19 Mar 2004
It's crunch time for the scrap industry: the UK needs a whole new infrastructure to achieve recycling recovery rates set for 2007. Max Glaskin reports.
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Job for life
19 Mar 2004
Diana Hodgins is not interested in designing mobile phones or faster cars. What fascinates the head of ETB is medical devices that mean the world to those who need them. Andrew Lee reports.
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Sounding out the danger on the rails
19 Mar 2004
An ultrasound system capable of detecting cracks in rail welds is undergoing trials at various sites on the UK railways.
