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Introducing middle schoolers to engineering

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Skip to main content. Introducing middle schoolers to engineering. Mon, 05/18/2015 - 3:15pm. By Kasey Panetta, Editor, @kcpanetta. Here at ECN we love to see companies getting involved in the STEM (or STEAM) cause. Recently, Balluff. The students spent a few hours touring the facility and learning about career opportunities from engineers and staff who work for the company. I reached out to Balluff to ask a little bit about the program and why it's such an important initiative. Balluff: We have participa...

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US engineering schools to educate 20,000 students to tackle grand challenges

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Skip to main content. US engineering schools to educate 20,000 students to tackle grand challenges. Mon, 03/23/2015 - 1:01pm. WASHINGTON, March 23, 2015 - In a letter of commitment presented to President Barack Obama at the White House Science Fair today, more than 120 U.S. engineering schools announced plans to educate a new generation of engineers expressly equipped to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing society in the 21st century. Grand Challenge Engineers will be trained through special p...

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Mind-Controlled Robots Take Directions From Tiny Brain Implants

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Skip to main content. Mind-Controlled Robots Take Directions From Tiny Brain Implants. Fri, 05/01/2015 - 10:53am. In 1997, Cathy Hutchinson suffered a brainstem stroke that left her paralyzed from the neck down. But in 2011, she was able to pick up a Thermos filled with coffee, bring it to her mouth and drink from it again. Hutchinson, who was 58 at the time, didn’t regain control over her hands. She did it by moving a robotic arm with her thoughts. Who leads BrainGate with his collaborators at Massachus...

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Company Directory | Product Design and Development

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Skip to main content. Search by Company Name. Don't see your company? Once signed in, you can submit information about your company, products and boost your online presence. Manufacturing Facility - Safety, Sensing, Signaling Switches. Offices in Canada and the USA. Tiodize Co., Inc. 3D Barrier Bags, Inc. Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division. 3M Industrial Adhesives and Tapes. 50Hz 60Hz Converter, Inc. Accumetrics Associates, Inc. Accurate Automatic Parts, Inc. Ace Controls, Inc. Act Components, Inc.

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A faster Internet for your smartphones

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Skip to main content. A faster Internet for your smartphones. Wed, 04/09/2014 - 1:59pm. Most of us spend a significant portion of our time on our phones. So when the Internet connection slows or stalls, it can interrupt our lives to a maddening degree. We complain about the network, shut down apps, and double-check our bars to troubleshoot the problem. But a Northwestern research team recently found that an unexpected culprit lurking in the background might be what's to blame. This project is one of many...

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Notre Dame Engineering Faculty Awarded $1.8M in DURIP Grants

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Skip to main content. Notre Dame Engineering Faculty Awarded $1.8M in DURIP Grants. Mon, 07/20/2015 - 9:41am. By Jake Meister, Real Time Digital Reporter. Four faculty members from the University of Norte Dame. S college of engineering. Have been presented with Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grants totaling more than $1.8 million. Awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense. Read more: AC vs. DC. University. The tunnel will aid research pertaining to vehicles such as those ...

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Product Categories | Materials and Prototyping | Product Design and Development

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Skip to main content. Wireless Design and Development. Meller Introduces Sapphire Centrifuge Windows. Meller Optics, Inc. released a line of sapphire UV cell windows for Beckman centrifuges that simplify field replacement and are impervious to acids, alkalis, plasma, and body fluids . EpoxySet Introduces EB-316M, Versatile, Structural Epoxy. Photo Etching Thin Titanium Components from Tech-Etch. Prototypes, Metal Fabrications. Meller Introduces Sapphire Windows for Subsea UAV Applications. Meller Optics,...

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Product Categories | Cams | Product Design and Development

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Skip to main content. Wireless Design and Development. Integrated Multi-Vendor System from Elma. Elma Electronic Inc., in cooperation with Pentek, Inc. and Concurrent Technologies, has developed a small form factor (SFF), OpenVPX-based signal acquisition system for processing and recording applications. New Emerson Network Power 40G ATCA Blade. Microchip’s New SMSC JukeBlox Wi-Fi Network Media Module. AKD BASIC Servo Drives from Kollmorgen. Kollmorgen introduces AKD BASIC servo drives. In order to increa...

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The dying world of innovation

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Skip to main content. The dying world of innovation. Mon, 05/18/2015 - 7:42am. By Kasey Panetta, Editor, @kcpanetta. Innovation is a word that gets thrown around at a lot of companies, but nobody understand more about innovation than Mike Rainone, founder and chief innovation officer at PCDworks, Inc. And, according to him, all those companies tossing out ideas about how to innovate? They’re doing it wrong. Part of the problem is that companies don’t create environments where innovators are free to exper...

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Photos of the Day: Lightfair 2015

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Skip to main content. Photos of the Day: Lightfair 2015. Fri, 05/15/2015 - 2:46pm. By Kasey Panetta, Editor, @kcpanetta. Lightfair 2015, which took the event back to its home at the Javits Center in NYC, was all about the smart systems and integrated lighting solutions. The show floor was crowded with large and small light companies. Global Light Technologies featured their custom molding lighting. Ketra showcased how their lights can be used to capture the true colors of art in museums and galleries.