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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Susan Decker
AMESBURY — A long, rusty metal beam has fallen from the Interstate 95 bridge, and a review of the structure shows at least three other spots where beams on the 57-year-old span are missing and may have fallen into the Merrimack River.
Rusted and bent metal plates on the underside of the bridge indicate where the T-shaped beam — about a half-inch thick, 6 inches wide and 30 feet long — was once attached to the bridge. The beam now sits on a grassy patch alongside the river, about 80 feet below where it once was.
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Monday 30 June, 2008 06:05 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
A coproduct of ethanol production could be used as a non-petroleum-based filler in plastics, based on preliminary studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their cooperators.
The ethanol coproduct, called distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), has a high fiber content and a molecular structure suitable for binding—two attributes that make it a candidate as a filler in plastics, according to ARS agricultural engineer Kurt Rosentrater.
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Monday 30 June, 2008 04:34 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
Washington: A company is designing and testing the installation of a prototype airless tire that can withstand extreme punishment, even those meted out in military combat zones.
The tire is being developed by Resilient Technologies, LLC, along with the UW (University of Wisconsin) - Madison Polymer Engineering Center and the US Department of Defense, to boost the security of vehicles in combat.
The research will aim to develop a non-pneumatic tire for use on heavy-grade military vehicles such as Humvees.
The project could literally be a lifesaver for the military.
For example, in many situations in Iraq, tires have proven to be weak links in Humvees that enemies target with improvised explosive devices, or IEDs.
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Monday 30 June, 2008 12:14 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne
EDMONTON - Nap Pepin's Sherwood Park home is a gallery of technological inventions from built-in stereo systems in his cabinets to a customized remote control that scrolls through channels and music playlists at lightning speed.
"I'm such a geek," he said with a laugh, showing off a homemade arcade helicopter game that deploys fake bombs and contains light and sound effects.
But his newest creation -- a sleek, white, lithium-powered electric vehicle -- has turned heads and attracted smiles and thumbs-up signs from strangers.
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Monday 30 June, 2008 08:12 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
UTEK Corporation , an innovation services company, and CSMG Technologies, Inc., a technology management company, are pleased to announce that CSMG Technologies has acquired Carbon Capture Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UTEK, in a stock transaction.
Carbon Capture Technologies, Inc. holds a worldwide exclusive license to a composition and method for use of a novel Carbon Dioxide (CO2) adsorbent. Researchers at the University of Ottawa have developed recyclable CO2 adsorbents based on surface modified nanoporous silicas.
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Monday 30 June, 2008 06:11 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
Engineering and medicine still remain popular choices for students in India, but a quiet initiative is underway to get recognition for a subject of study that’s increasingly gaining prominence in industry, but remains neglected in academics — design.
“Design is a creative course that looks at constant innovation and new ideas. It provides the student with a variety of skills,” says Ravi Poovaiah, co-ordinator of the Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Powai, which is planning to send a proposal to the Ministry of Human Resources Development to allow introduction of design as a subject of study at the undergraduate level in art colleges across the country.
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Monday 30 June, 2008 04:10 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Bob Smith
Irish companies need to do more to identify expansion opportunities in other markets, raising the prospect of an increasing number of Irish people working abroad according to Stephen Hughes, director of northern European markets for Enterprise Ireland (EI).
‘‘Ireland Inc is shooting itself in the foot by not being in some markets,” he said.
‘‘France, for example, is not a difficult market to get into. There are 51 clusters of industry there and the scale of opportunity is huge - you just need to know how to access it. Scandinavia is open to niche players like technology companies. The Dutch, as masters of trade, are amenable to all and Benelux is a logical progression after Britain,” he said.
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Monday 30 June, 2008 02:08 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
Casey Litaker has been living an aerospace engineer’s dream the last five years, designing the most technologically advanced commercial aircraft ever built.
Litaker heads the engineering team at Vought Aircraft Industries in Dallas that has played a major role designing and developing the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. It’s the kind of opportunity that might come along only once in an engineer’s career.
"I remember starting out on the B-2 [bomber] 25 years ago and thinking, 'This is aviation,’ " Litaker said. "Then nothing like that came along until this."
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Monday 30 June, 2008 12:06 AM |
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Environmental and Life Cycle
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
Donald Woloz wants you to buy a product that he has not tested or even used. But the self-described marketing man, who has been lobbying for media coverage of his product, is convinced that you want and need the "Gas Cheater."
Woloz is among a growing herd of promoters who in newspaper ads and online are pushing various products they claim save gas and money amid soaring fuel costs.
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Sunday 29 June, 2008 02:14 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
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A Government of India initiative to share Indian expertise in Education and Medicine connecting 53 African Nations • First of its kind System Integration project for HCL Infosystems in Africa. • The e-Network will enable Tele-Education, Tele-Medicine, Video-conferencing and VOIP services; connecting 7 Indian universities & 12 super specialty hospitals to 5 African regional universities, 5 super specialty hospitals and 53 learning centers all over Africa
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Sunday 29 June, 2008 12:11 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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MARSHALLTOWN, IA - Mechdyne Corporation today introduced the 3D Review Station, an integrated computing, display and software system that uses new 3D-ready HD televisions to make interactive 3D more accessible in technical application environments. These new televisions leverage a unique DLP® smooth picture, diagonal sub-frame sampling format to display stereoscopic images. Mechdyne's Conduit software is one of the only means by which images created in popular commercial applications for manufacturing, design, geophysical mapping, medical imaging and other technical fields can be displayed in fully interactive stereoscopic 3D on these televisions.
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Sunday 29 June, 2008 10:20 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu
Topia Corp , a company engaged in designing and prototyping automobiles, prototyped a single-seater electric vehicle "HUVO," which weighs only about 150kg (330 lb).
The vehicle was exhibited at the booth of Marubeni Information Systems Co Ltd in the 19th Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo (DMS), which is an IT solution exhibition for manufacturers and runs from June 25-27, 2008, at Tokyo Big Sight.
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Sunday 29 June, 2008 08:10 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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Manufacturers can cut total design time 40 percent by implementing Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) methodologies early in the product development process, Nick Dewhurst, executive vice president of Boothroyd Dewhurst, told attendees at the company’s 23rd annual DFMA Forum this month.
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Sunday 29 June, 2008 06:27 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
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Corus Process Engineering (CPE) , part of Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES), has successfully completed the manufacture and assembly of two, six-metre-diameter steel lifting girdles. These will be used to remove 400-tonne heat exchangers from the reactors at Calder Hall nuclear plant in Cumbria.
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Sunday 29 June, 2008 04:09 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri
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LANSING - Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and Mascoma Corporation CEO Bruce A. Jamerson today announced that the Massachusetts-based company has entered into a series of key strategic relationships to further Mascoma's efforts to build its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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Sunday 29 June, 2008 12:07 AM |
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Environmental and Life Cycle
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu
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MUNICH, Germany — Despite offering intensive engineering support to its customers, X-Fab Semiconductor Foundries AG (Erfurt, Germany) rejects business models that include product development on its own. Nevertheless, the company plans long-term growth, explains X-Fab CEO Hans-Jürgen Straub.
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Saturday 28 June, 2008 08:06 PM |
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Environmental and Life Cycle
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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HONG KONG -China Technology Development Group Corporation , a provider of solar energy products and solutions in China focusing on a-Si thin-film technology, today announced that its current production line has successfully produced SnO2 base plates which meets the advanced specifications desired for commercial sales. The initial batch has already shipped to China Stream Fund Solar, a-Si thin-film modules producer in Jiangsu for pilot use. SnO2 base plates are key components of a-Si thin film PV products, and the success of this initiative marks an important step in CTDC's evolution and demonstrates strong progress since the initial testing was announced in May 2008.
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Saturday 28 June, 2008 04:04 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery
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The Aspid is a new, exciting and technically-advanced luxury sports car, from automotive engineering consultancy IFR Automotive, making its world debut at the British International Motor Show. Very much a driver’s car, it offers exceptional performance, agility and style. It is also small, lightweight and ultra compact.
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Saturday 28 June, 2008 02:55 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery
Britain will soon have its first national network of charging bays for electric cars as growing numbers of motorists opt for alternative forms of transport.
By the end of next year, about 1,000 of the bays are expected to be installed across the country, with 200 in London and smaller networks in other conurbations.
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Saturday 28 June, 2008 12:37 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
Bangalore: With a projected demand of 1,000 new civilian aircraft in the next 10 years, both for long and short haul flights, it is time the Indian aeronautics industry “wakes up and captures the national market,” Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) G. Madhavan Nair said here on Thursday.
He was speaking at the inauguration of a two-day International Conference on Aerospace Science and Technology, organised by the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL).
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Saturday 28 June, 2008 10:54 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
THE good times are back for the North East’s offshore industry as Karen McLauchlan reports.
TEN years ago, the region’s offshore industry was hanging by a thread and the future looked desperate. Order books were empty, yards were closing and hundreds of workers faced joining the dole queue.
Today, the picture could not be more different with the sector “transformed” in the last decade, according to industry leaders.
New projects are up and running, securing new investment and creating new jobs.
While the sector is thriving globally – so are developments closer to home.
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Saturday 28 June, 2008 08:32 AM |
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