| Library > 2008 > May |
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Film feels the pressure to change colour |
23/05/2008 |
| A colour-changing film offers a fast way of assessing pressure variation between surfaces, and could be cheaper than electronic sensors. Lou Reade reports |
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Making light work of LED design |
23/05/2008 |
| US company Dialight is using Flomerics EFD.Pro CFD software, embedded in Pro/Engineer Wildfire, to solve heat dissipation problems |
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Software dummy models whiplash |
23/05/2008 |
| A new finite element model of a human dummy should enable car designers reduce the risk of whiplash injuries |
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The magic touch |
23/05/2008 |
| Tom Shelley reports on why ‘feeling’ robots could outperform those solely dependent on vision systems |
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Innovating over the airwaves |
22/05/2008 |
| Innovation is not just about new technology: it can be about adapting existing technology for a different market, at a price that makes sense |
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Racing ahead |
22/05/2008 |
| Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a key technique in Formula One racing – an industry where fractions of a second can be all-important. Julie Bieles reports |
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Windows keep in the warmth |
22/05/2008 |
| Aluplast, a German producer of window systems, has replaced steel with plastic in a new design that offers improved heat insulation |
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How impossible data all adds up |
12/05/2008 |
| Tom Shelley learns how modelling, extrapolating and advanced data analysis helps scientists understand surfaces and extract data from experiments under ‘impossible’ conditions |
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Nature struts its stuff |
12/05/2008 |
| Tom Shelley reports on some of the latest material fabrication ideas originally prototyped by nature |
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Rapidly developing complex machines |
12/05/2008 |
| Tom Shelley reports on hardware and software that enables robotic and other equipment to be more quickly developed, particularly for medical applications |
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Winning iDEA |
12/05/2008 |
| The ability to innovate can help to lift a company above its rivals and win more business – an approach rewarded in the Innovation & Design Excellence Awards |
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3D printing takes a step forward |
06/05/2008 |
| Not that long ago, model makers took about a week to turn Timberland 2D CAD drawings of shoes into 3D representations in wood or foam |
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Dispensing with keys and keyways |
06/05/2008 |
| Bushings made up of split sleeves and locknuts do away with keys and keyways and associated maintenance problems on a mine type ride for a European theme park |
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Explosive thinking |
06/05/2008 |
| Aluminium can be welded to steel for ships and offshore structures by incorporating explosively bonded transition joints |
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Lightning strike framework |
06/05/2008 |
| A Nimrod aircraft has been surrounded in more than 4.5km of aluminium profile in a framework in order to conduct lightning strike tests |
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