The Engineer
June 2001 Online
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Atoms head toward single quantum state
29 Jun 2001
Georgia Institute of Technology physicists have demonstrated the first all-optical technique for cooling atoms to a fraction of a degree above absolute zero.
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Carbon nanotubes get smaller
29 Jun 2001
Physicists at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have synthesised the world's narrowest single-walled carbon nanotubes.
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CFCs set loose by finely shredded materials
29 Jun 2001
Danish scientists have found that finely shredded fridge insulation is releasing substantial amounts of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons into the earth's atmosphere.
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Go to MIT for free
29 Jun 2001
Next year, we be able to view course materials from all MIT undergraduate and graduate degree subjects on the Web free of charge.
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Micro-cantilever could aid diagnosis divination
29 Jun 2001
Detection and diagnosis of diseases could be simplified and made more accurate with an instrument being developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratories.
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Molecular collisions may help fight against cancer
29 Jun 2001
Physicists at Texas A&M University have joined the battle to fight cancer by studying collisions between particles.
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Not that Ironside, silly!
28 Jun 2001
Ironside Technologies has announced the availability of Ironside Buyer Integrator, the latest addition to its Order Management Suite.
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Research sheds light on particle movement
28 Jun 2001
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Applied Materials Research have devised a method for measuring the size and distribution of particles in viscous substances.
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Telescopic eye looks to the sky
28 Jun 2001
A satellite receiver that works like a giant eyeball has arrived in Sydney for testing by the CSIRO.
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All the air that's fit to breathe
27 Jun 2001
After being charged with illegally releasing ozone-depleting gases by the US Justice Department, Air Liquide is to replace refrigerants that destroy the ozone layer with environmentally friendly alternatives.
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Archestra: a new framework for automation
27 Jun 2001
Wonderware Corporation has previewed its new ArchestrA framework, a common set of infrastructure services, rather than an off-the-shelf product, that allow different applications to work together.
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Detecting tiny tumours
27 Jun 2001
A new approach to cancer detection is being developed at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Using a copper crystal lens, researchers expect to find tumours no larger than a grain of rice.
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IP65 rated programmable linear actuators
27 Jun 2001
Parker Hannifin's Electromechanical Division has launched a range of IP65 rated programmable linear actuators for use in environmentally-challenging applications.
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Roche software points to disease-causing genes
27 Jun 2001
Researchers at Roche have designed a computer program that could speed up the search for disease-causing genes and hasten the discovery of new drugs to treat genetic illnesses. The software, called Digital Disease, may replace a painstaking process that often requires months of laboratory trial and error
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The benefits of e are misunderstood
27 Jun 2001
A failure to fully understand and utilise e-procurement could be costing British companies their competitive edge.
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Toyota's 'mild hybrid' boosts fuel efficiency by 15%
27 Jun 2001
Toyota has unveiled a simple hybrid system that can help to reduce fuel consumption and emissions.
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US army to get LOTS of protection
27 Jun 2001
US military personnel may soon have another weapon in their arsenal in the form of LOTS, an omnidirectional tracking system under development at Lehigh University.
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Avoiding the hidden costs
26 Jun 2001
Richard Mathewson of Taviz looks at some of the pitfalls for manufacturers contemplating enterprise application integration (EAI).
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Can e-commerce save industry from recession?
26 Jun 2001
As the UK manufacturing industry suffers its severest fall in activity for the last two and a half years, why, asks Adrian McNay, managing director of Frontstep UK, are only one in ten UK midmarket manufacturers operating online?
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Clean burn from Ohio
26 Jun 2001
Ohio University engineers have developed technology that cleans pollutants from the exhaust of coal-fired power plants and other industrial smokestacks more efficiently and cheaply than before.
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Delphi to use Covisint to link supplier network
26 Jun 2001
Delphi Automotive Systems is to launch a supplier portal hosted by Covisint that will enable Delphi to improve supply chain efficiency.
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GE and Enterworks team to provide process integration platform
26 Jun 2001
GE Global eXchange Services and Enterworks, have announced the availability of an electronic commerce software platform for business process integration (BPI).
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Profit and productivity
26 Jun 2001
Laserform has improved the availability and quality of information supplied to its customers by implementing a system from Manusoft.
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Sandia expand the science of splat
26 Jun 2001
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are using experimental and computer-modelling capabilities to improve the world's fundamental scientific understanding of an emerging manufacturing technique called Cold Spray.
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Sun loving robot is set for tests
26 Jun 2001
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University plan to test a prototype solar-powered robot that has the potential to be self-sufficient for extended periods of time.
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Texas takes a Shine to Bavarian brew
26 Jun 2001
The brewery in Shiner, Texas, was founded in 1909 and has retained traditional quality standards despite pressure to expand. Today, integrated systems play an important role in maintain these standards.
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The single vendor solution is dead
26 Jun 2001
Mike Payne of Vitria Technology, believes enterprise wide ERP will be replaced by best of breed software, interfacing over an IT backbone.
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Yoghurt resources on schedule
26 Jun 2001
The demand for Muller yoghurts has led the company to control production on an enterprise wide basis. Muller's David Hare explains the challenge and its solution.
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Cells change course with help from a laser
25 Jun 2001
Scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have succeeded in using a beam of laser light to alter the course of moving cells.
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Joint Strike Fighter achieves major milestone
25 Jun 2001
The Boeing Joint Strike Fighter short-takeoff-and-vertical-landing (STOVL) aircraft, the X-32B has accomplished a major milestone by hovering successfully.
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Liquid crystals could root out pathogens
25 Jun 2001
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that liquid crystals could aid the early detection of pathogens.
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Misys acquire Sunquest Information Systems for $404 million
25 Jun 2001
Sunquest Information Systems has announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Misys for an estimated $404 million.
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Molecular switches edging toward computers
25 Jun 2001
Research from Penn State University and Rice University indicates that future computers may contain components that function on the action of single molecules.
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New search system is simplicity itself
25 Jun 2001
A researcher at Penn State University has created a new system that automatically sorts, classifies and retrieves digital images based on the way people look at and understand pictures. The system is said to offer the promise not only faster, more accurate image database searches but also better Web searches.
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Raytheon awarded $20 million contract
25 Jun 2001
Raytheon has been awarded the Very Advanced Air Traffic Control Automation System (VATCAS) contract by Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS) in a deal worth in excess of US$20 million.
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Toshiba's new 32 Mb Pseudo-SRAM is no fake
25 Jun 2001
Toshiba has released what it describes as the industry's highest density 32-megabit (Mb) Pseudo-SRAM.
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Airbus round off Paris air show with $14 billion of orders
22 Jun 2001
Airbus signed deals with five customers at the Paris air show this week for a total of 175 aircraft worth US$14 billion. Of these 155 were firm sales valued at US$13.2. These firm orders are said to more than double Airbus' sales so far this year, which now stand at 299.
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Chinese ethylene plant backs PlantWeb
22 Jun 2001
Yanshan Petrochemical Group has chosen Emerson Process Management's PlantWeb field-based architecture with Foundation fieldbus to automate its ethylene plant in Beijing.
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Green fuels could keep soldiers fighting
22 Jun 2001
A report from America suggests that soldiers could make fuel and electricity on the battlefield instead of relying on long supply chains to transport energy to them.
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Omron and Cellport Systems form Telematics alliance
22 Jun 2001
Omron and Colorado-based Cellport have agreed to form an extensive partnership, which includes the establishment of a joint venture company.
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A PLC verification solution
21 Jun 2001
Delmia has launched its Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Verification Solution which can validate and optimise PLC programs.
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Hand held device may save lives
20 Jun 2001
Point-and-click software developed at Penn State University for use with handheld computers could enhance patient care by helping ambulance personnel collect data more efficiently.
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ILFC acquire 111 Airbus aircraft
19 Jun 2001
International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has signed a contract at the Paris Air Show for the purchase of 111 Airbus aircraft. The deal is worth an estimated US$8 billion at list prices.
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Advanced image processor enables 3M wall display
18 Jun 2001
The svW1 image processor chip from Silicon Video has enabled design engineers at 3M Visual Systems Division to realise a cost-effective flat screen display that can hang on the wall.
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Fine art enters computer age
18 Jun 2001
Researchers at the University of North Carolina have used recent advances in computer graphics to produce painting-like images without the mess and odour of real paint.
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Little things please learned minds
18 Jun 2001
Scientists in the UK have received a boost of £18 million to set up new research collaborations in nanotechnology.
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POMS and Taylor provide an integrated manufacturing solution
18 Jun 2001
Honeywell POMS has signed an OEM partnership agreement with Taylor Manufacturing Systems, a supplier of production scheduling software.
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Raytheon awarded $160 million contract
18 Jun 2001
Raytheon's Naval & Maritime Integrated Systems (N&MIS) business unit has received a US Marine Corps contract worth a potential US$160 million.
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Celestica acquire outstanding Omni shares for S$1.6 billion
15 Jun 2001
Celestica Inc today announced that it is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Singapore based Omni Industries for an estimated S$1.6 billion.
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Connectivity for industrial measurement and control
15 Jun 2001
Wind River Systems has announced VxOPC, a product aimed at the industrial measurement and control (IMC) market.
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MIT researchers use bubbles to reveal nano-scale secrets
15 Jun 2001
The performance of microscopic and nano-scale devices could now be better predicted and improved thanks to work done with bubbles by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Research reaches breaking point
15 Jun 2001
A report in the New Journal of Physics describes how spaghetti lubricated in olive oil is shedding light on why knotted ropes or strings snap where and when they do.
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Sensor could map global weather and land mines
15 Jun 2001
Microwave technology under development at Ohio State University may improve global weather mapping and even detect buried land mines.
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Ultrafast pulse offers high precision for cutting corneal flap
15 Jun 2001
Researchers have developed a procedure for using an ultrafast laser to make clean, high-precision surgical cuts in the human cornea. The procedure is expected to advance LASIK eye surgery by reducing complications due to traditional manual cutting techniques.
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Foxboro analysers offer electrochemical processing solutions
14 Jun 2001
Many electrochemical processes rely on corrosive chemicals, high pressures and extremes of temperatures to be successful. These conditions pose a particular problem to the control and instrumentation engineers whose job it is to provide detailed measurements on how the process is performing.
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Mayo Clinic debunks link between heavy computer use and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
14 Jun 2001
A new study from Mayo Clinic has found that heavy computer use, even up to seven hours per day, did not increase a person's risk of carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Scanning for flaws
14 Jun 2001
An optical beam failure analysis technique that detects integrated circuit defects from both the front and back of the device has recently been developed at Sandia National Laboratories.
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Cost effective analysers boast ease of use
13 Jun 2001
A series of Zirconia analysers from Yokogawa has been designed for measuring oxygen content or humidity measurements in boilers, kilns, furnaces and process heating applications.
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High speed sampling in a single slot
13 Jun 2001
A single-slot, PCI Bus digitiser card is capable of performing 8-bit analogue/digital conversion at sampling rates of up to 5 Gsamples/s.
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Machine vision in colour
13 Jun 2001
Cognex has announced the In-Sight 1000C, a self-contained machine vision sensor for verifying and sorting parts based on their colour. The new sensor is the latest in Cognex's line of In-Sight vision sensors, and represents the industry's first colour vision sensor with built-in Ethernet communications.
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Spark up with liquid-injected cogeneration
13 Jun 2001
Researchers at the US Army Soldier Systems Centre and Yankee Scientific Inc. have created a technology that could satisfy the wishes of US utility customers and military leaders.
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Tough I/O lives on the shop floor
13 Jun 2001
Rockwell Automation has augmented its Flex family with the introduction of rugged distributed I/O, rated IP65/67.
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Bodies framed on the Internet
12 Jun 2001
German-based Nothelfer GmbH claims that it will soon be the world's first automotive equipment manufacturer to offer car manufacturers the ability to configure their bodies-in-white (BIW) online.
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Computers to get improved long-term memory
12 Jun 2001
Scientists at John Hopkins University have created the first half-metallic ferromagnet, which may help in an effort to revolutionise the way computer memory works.
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Fieldbus Foundation registers first HSE linking devices
12 Jun 2001
Following the release of the Fieldbus Foundation's High Speed Ethernet Testing Kit in May, the Fieldbus Foundation has now registered the first Linking Devices. Registration of HSE linking devices (LDs) is significant for the Fieldbus Foundation and its member companies because it provides an important component in the Foundation fieldbus network architecture. The registered devices include the Model FIO-100 LD (from ABB) and the Model DFI302 LD (from Smar).
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IPv6 on an 8-bit microcontroller
12 Jun 2001
InternetNode and Yokogawa Electric demonstrated the capability of an IPv6 system at the recent Networld+Interop 2001.
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Stay connected
12 Jun 2001
Researchers at the University of Buffalo have proposed a new architecture for next-generation cellular phone wireless systems that may extend coverage without the need for additional phone towers.
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Internet traffic discovery points the way to more efficient networks
11 Jun 2001
A recent discovery by researchers at Bell Labs sheds new light on the nature of Internet and could lead to more efficient routers and other network components.
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Purdue engineer brings test method down to earth
11 Jun 2001
A Purdue University engineer could save NASA millions of dollars with a new method to test a solar-power system on Earth instead of in space.
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Toshiba unveil world's first full-colour OLED
11 Jun 2001
The Toshiba Corporation has developed the world's first prototype of a full-colour polymer organic light emitting display (OLED).
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Chemist creates nanoscale laser
8 Jun 2001
A chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, has grown the world's smallest laser - a nanowire nanolaser one thousand times thinner than a human hair.
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Live video goes on trial
8 Jun 2001
Emblaze Systems is to conduct an eight week trial of its video-on-demand and video mail technology with Motorola Global Telecom Solution Sector in Israel.
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Nasa successfully test inflatable aircraft wings
8 Jun 2001
Engineers at Nasa's Dryden Research Centre have recently flown an aeroplane with deployable, inflatable wings.
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Putting in the screen
8 Jun 2001
Oxford Sensor Technology has been awarded three major orders to supply vision sensors to enable automated vehicle glazing for one American and two European automotive plants.
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That's a lot of blueteeth!
8 Jun 2001
On the eve of the Bluetooth Congress, Transilica announced that it has forged a $30 million plus deal with Memcorp, the company that produces the Memorex brand of consumer electronic goods.
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Aerojet wins $11 million military contract
7 Jun 2001
Aerojet has been awarded an $11 million low-rate initial production contract from Raytheon Missile Systems to build 51 Dome Cooling Systems for the US Navy.
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Souped-up computing from Sandia National Labs
7 Jun 2001
Sandia National Laboratories have released to the public a computer program that enables off-the-shelf desktop computers to rank among the world's fastest supercomputers.
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Collaborating in medicine
6 Jun 2001
Conferos, along with Dow Plastics and the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA), have created a product development Web site to speed the development of medical devices.
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Nanoscale clean-up operation
6 Jun 2001
Researchers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated that carbon nanotubes can remove dioxins from combustible organic compounds associated with municipal, medical, and hazardous waste incinerators.
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Pit Viper takes bite out of radiation exposure
6 Jun 2001
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have created the Pit Viper, a remotely operated cleanup system for personnel working in nuclear tank waste equipment pits.
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Boeing win $4 billion contract
5 Jun 2001
The US Air Force has awarded Boeing the avionics modernisation program for the C-130 in a deal worth a potential US$4 billion.
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Materials research is elementary
5 Jun 2001
An Ohio State University chemist and his colleagues are taking new, high-tech materials for a spin inside a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instrument.
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Military research goes back to nature
5 Jun 2001
An engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin is helping the US Air Force learn techniques to build better missile detectors by studying poisonous snakes.
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Pancreatic cancer marked by beacons
5 Jun 2001
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology hope to diagnose pancreatic cancer by using molecular-scale beacons to find genetic signs of cancer.
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Raytheon awarded $53 Million contract
5 Jun 2001
Raytheon has received a $53 million contract to provide the US Army with kits that will enhance the capability of the Patriot Air Defence System's radar.
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Scientists get closer look at molecular interaction
5 Jun 2001
Researchers at the University if Rochester have devised a method to determine the alignment of a molecule's axis, the 'poles' that govern how a molecule will interact with others.
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Take heart from new research
5 Jun 2001
Researchers have reported that an electronic stethoscope and a personal computer have been used to distinguish innocent heart murmurs from those that may indicate a serious problem.
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Computer model generates less flutter
4 Jun 2001
A University of Arkansas researcher has created a computer model that may prevent the kind of unexpected and uncontrollable swaying that caused London's Millennium Bridge to be closed.
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Detecting explosives on a nanowire
4 Jun 2001
Chemists at the University of California have developed a silicon polymer nanowire that is capable of detecting trace amounts of TNT and picric acid.
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JHU students shut window on accidents
4 Jun 2001
Two undergraduates from John Hopkins University have invented a new type of locking window guard that could prevent children from falling from windows.
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Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo trade coal on-line
1 Jun 2001
The World of the Web has moved closer to the coal front thanks to the efforts of three Japanese vendors.
