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Food Engineering
January 1, 2006
Kevin T. Higgins |
Articulated Slaves Ever since a Czech playwright coined the term 85 years ago, robots have offered intriguing automation possibilities. Now they're asserting themselves in food plants, with articulated-arm units for palletizing leading the way.   |
Food Engineering
January 1, 2006
Kevin T. Higgins |
Mini Willie Wonka Chocolate making is a process shrouded in mystique. Brazilian engineer Flavio Abaurre now hopes a new chocolate conching system can simplify the process and encourage gourmet chocolatiers to engage in automated processing. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Jennifer Weeks |
Sun City When 18 teams of students built a solar neighborhood in the nation's capital, they created a showcase of the best new technology for conserving energy and harnessing the power of the sun. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Steve Russell |
Stanley, Stanford University's Robot Car - DARPA Grand Winner The race: 132 miles. 23 vehicles. 0 drivers. Stanley, a VW Touareg, wins the race of the century (so far). |
Popular Mechanics
January 2006
Josh Dean |
The Train Welcome to tomorrow's computer-controlled, GPS-guided, ultra-energy-efficient transportation revolution. |
Bio-IT World
Dec 2005/Jan 2006
Chris Dwan |
Interfaces Will Save the World Bioinformatics has passed the level of complexity at which any one individual can understand the entire stack of skills required in its practice. Well-defined interfaces can also help to span the chasm between the IT and research worlds. |
Science News
January 7, 2006 |
Slide Rule Universe A few decades ago, however, an ingenious calculating device called the slide rule was in every engineer's toolbox. This Web site provides a glimpse of those long-gone days. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2006
Samuel K. Moore |
Winner: Multimedia Monster Cell's nine processors make it a supercomputer on a chip. Cell, which is shorthand for Cell Broadband Engine Architecture, is a US $400 million joint effort of IBM, Sony, and Toshiba. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2006
Aleksandar Lazinica |
The Hits of Tokyo Robot Week Highlights from last month's big robotics exhibition in Japan: Almost Human: The Actroid humanoid robot... Expressive Features: Close-up of Actroid robot... Baby Seal Bot: The therapeutic robot PARO... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2006
Willie D. Jones |
Taking Body Temperature, Inside Out The radio pill, which acts as an internal thermometer providing continuous readings to help protect athletes from heatstroke, relies on a temperature-sensitive quartz crystal oscillator. |
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