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Have trouble remembering and recording business mileage? A tiny satellite receiver and software automatically records and identifies taxdeductible travel, making reimbursement a snap. TravelEyes2 from Advanced Tracking Technologies Inc., Houston, [...]

Engineers at Johns Hopkins University have invented a globe-shaped motor that uses electromagnets controlled by a computer to rotate in any direction. The device could give robotic arms more flexibility [...]

Speed boats built with a recent bonded glass-fiber-epoxy structural grid in the hull are stronger and stiffer than previous models. The method boosts hull bottom strength by 20% and side [...]

Undoubtedly one of the fastest and most stylish rescue vehicles in the world, the Jaguar safety car was recently put to the test at the Motor Industry Research Association (Mira) [...]

NASCAR's Bobby Labonte and Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) recently captured the team's first Winston Cup Championship thanks in part to SDRC software and HP hardware. JGR uses NT workstations with [...]

A University of Florida engineering student has designed a prototype helmet rigged with sensors that beep to warn wearers who are about to collide with something. Eyebotic is a bicycle [...]

A new magnetic ink character-recognition (MICR) check reader from Magtek Inc., Carson, Calif., instantly scans and captures check images for electronic processing. After customers acknowledge the electronic transaction, the check [...]

Heerlen, The Netherlands ... DSM, a group of companies with worldwide interests in life-science products, performance materials, and chemicals, has acquired Catalytica Pharmaceuticals, Mountain View, Calif. The acquisition values Catalytica [...]

Nanobiotechnologists at Cornell University have built and pilot-tested the first biomolecular motors with tiny metal propellers. These tiny, robotic, medical devices move through the body ministering to its needs: They [...]

A new digital mammography system from Sectra, a Swedish IT and medical technology company, makes it possible to produce the same high-quality images as film-based systems, but with significantly less [...]

Guelph, Ont. ... Hammond Mfg. Transformer Group is now Hammond Power Solutions Inc. The firm says a separate company, Hammond Power Solutions will be better able to focus on growing [...]

Ann Arbor, Mich. ... Mechanical Dynamics Inc. recently supplied Fiat S.p.A. with more than $500,000 in software, primarily Adams Functional Digital Car software. For the last 10 years Fiat has [...]

Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, is ready to find out whether a portable detector it developed can identify chemicals from weapons of mass destruction. It uses an array of seven surface [...]

New software from CSIRO in Australia lets PDA users pan and zoom in on high-quality graphics without losing image quality. The company has implemented the W3C Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) [...]

A small, tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) is being developed to provide battlefield and peacekeeping mission intelligence for U.S. Army brigade commanders. Reconnaissance, surveillance, and battlefield damage info can be [...]

If you want to help shape the future of design-engineering software, the Congress on the Future of Engineering Software, running Apr. 26 to 28 in Scottsdale, Ariz., is the place [...]

Waltham, Mass....PTC, a vendor of mechanical computer-aided design and collaborative product commerce services recently formed an extended partnership with Composite Design Technologies Inc., (CDT), a creator of CAD-integrated software for [...]

The Volvo safety concept car (SCC) acts as a showcase for new features that give drivers a better view of the road and more overall 'survivability.' It sets the driver [...]

Ignition problems may be a thing of' the past with the Spark-Master 2000 Ignition Monitoring System from IMS Technologies, Garfield, Ark. Claimed to be the first of its kind, the [...]

Barrington, N.J....Edmund Optics Inc. (EO) sold the assets of Edmund Scientific, a consumer science catalog component of EO, to Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories, Tonawanda, N.Y. The catalog and c-commerce [...]

A polyurethane reaction-injection molding (RIM) system is the basis for ground effects on the Chevy C/K pickup. Foam Molders and Specialties Inc., Cerritos, Calif., used elastomeric polyurethane material from Bayer [...]

The 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac is outfitted with a steel/thermoplastic hybrid rear step bumper -- a first for the industry, says Ford. The bumper system incorporates high-strength steel and [...]

Star Trek's virtual Holodeck is one step closer to reality with development of a prototype Cybersphere by the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group and a U.K.-based virtual-reality company, VR [...]

The Mini Cooper debuted at the North American International Auto Show, the first new product from the company since 1959. In the classic version, a transverse engine with a submounted [...]

A space-age chassis and an engine fit for both racing and street cruising take Saleen's 'supercar' to new levels. Zero to 60 in under 4 sec. A top speed North [...]

The M-B Guard S500 sedan is the first armored car offered in the U.S. by Mercedes-Benz. It sacrifices no creature comforts despite packing fully integrated steel armoring throughout the passenger [...]

A small disposable needle with multiple sensors may help doctors diagnose breast tumors without performing surgery. Developed by scientists at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., the probe uses [...]

Smart lower limbs controlled by microchips may help amputees walk without falling down, regardless of terrain. The Dept. of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, will develop sensors and chips for [...]

Ping, the well-known manufacturer of golf equipment, is adding molded inserts to its i3 irons and fairway clubs. The club-head inserts are designed to ensure precise uniformity in the custom-fit [...]

Four industrial companies have collaborated on a Web site to 'bring the best of e-business to the real world of industry,' according to one collaborator, Michael C. Arnold, president, industrial, [...]

Robotics International of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (RI/SME) is sponsoring the 2001 Student Robotic Engineering Challenge (SREC). The event, scheduled for April 7-8 at Robert Morris College, Pittsburgh, is [...]

A new manufacturing process for air coolers on diesels may help meet tough new emission standards. By 2004, diesel engines in the U.S. will be under mandate to cut emissions [...]

Hard-to-heal wounds such as diabetic skin ulcers, serious burns, and severe mouth sores caused by chemo and radiation are healing faster thanks to LEDs. The near-infrared light emitted by the [...]

The Mosquito Magnet Pro from American Biophysics Corp., East Greenwich, R.I., attracts mosquitoes like bees to honey, pardon the analogy. The unit entices and kills insects by emanating a warm, [...]

Charlotte ... Hydroflow has selected eFilter as its Internet distribution partner. eFilter is a neutral technical filtration resource and a good match for Hydroflow's filtration equipment and technical [...]

Santa Clara, Calif. ... NEC Electronics Inc., a supplier of semiconductors and Luxxon Corp., a developer of hardware and software systems for universal audio and video communication, have signed a [...]

Boulder, Colo. ... Spatial Inc., a developer of Web-hosted engineering application services and interoperability solutions for manufacturers, will now be known as PlanetCAD Inc. The company has also completed the [...]

Toyota System Research (TSR) aims to boost its ability to simulate NVH effects through a deal with software developer LMS International, Leuven, Belgium. 'This type of technology can, for example, [...]

Minolta Corp., Instrument Systems Div., Ramsey, N.J., has made professional 3D-modeling technology accessible to everybody with Vivid 300. The personal and portable 3D color digitizer can scan an object in [...]

In recent tests, engineers at DOE's Sandia National Laboratories pressurized a one-fifth-scale model of a pressure vessel's lower-head assembly -- the inverted steel dome that would hold the damaged uranium [...]

Researchers at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are teaming up to create a new kind of nuclear fuel. It may boost the time commercial [...]

Cinnaminson, N.J. ... Hoeganaes Corp. and Electralloy, a G.O. Carlson Inc. company, recently announced a new manufacturing/technology partnership. Hoeganaes' new stainless-steel water atomization facility at Electralloy's plant is online and [...]

No it's not an oxymoron. It's the DaimlerChrysler-developed Jeep Commander 2, a fuel-cell-powered SUV packed with high-tech features. The concept, Commander 2 has a hybrid-drive system with an onboard methanol [...]

Jeep Wrangler drivers and passengers can now cruise down the highway and converse without shouting, thanks to a new acoustically sound soft-top roof system. The new material, developed by The [...]

Ambulance medics trying to hear heart beats can get hit with noise Levels as loud as those from a jetliner taking off 500 ft away. That's because ambulance interiors are [...]

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) awarded General Motors Corp. and the National Safe Kids Campaign (NSKC) for their commitment to child-passenger safety through the Safe Kids Buckle Up (SKBU) [...]

DaimlerChrysler's 2001 vehicle line sports lightweight nylon air-intake manifolds. The two-piece component is key to the dual overhead cam, four-cylinder engines marked by low engine rumble. The manifolds are injection [...]

Austin... Motorola's DigitalDNA technology Web site, located at www.digitaldna.com, recently launched an interview series focused on the state of the Internet. The series of streaming audiocasts can be accessed at [...]

A Helen, Ga., inventor developed a housing structure which is said to withstand severe coastal hurricanes. The light-gauge steel frame with specially designed clips is claimed to be capable of [...]

Got a spare $20 mill? If so, you might consider springing for a Seattle 1000 personal luxury submarine, designed and engineered by U.S. Submarines Inc., Ft. Lauderdale. You and 10 [...]