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Molded Nylon Special Standard Round Spacers Micro Plastics announces a new product line of Special Standard Round Spacers. The new line of molded nylon round spacers includes over 250 sizes, with diameters of 1/8" through 1 1/2" and lengths from 1/8" to 2 3/4". These tough, resilient spacers can be used in a variety of assemblies. Useful in electronic and electrical applications, they may also be used as bushings, bearings, rollers, gliders, and bumpers. They are resistant to vibration, abrasion, and corrosion; are electrically insulating; and have a high strength-to-weight ratio.
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Magnetic switches may end era of computer transistors, require 10,000 times less power Super strange material: Q-glasses could be a new class of solids Boeing 747 jet engine-based gas turbines power world's fastest ship After PowerFLOW simulations, funky Peugeot Sport racecar sets world record time at Pikes Peak |
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MICROMO Launches Universal DC Motor Calculator App Called 'Motion' MICROMO introduces a universal DC motor calculator app for use with both iPhone and Android devices. The "Motion" mobile app is designed to help engineers calculate DC motor performance data by providing speed, torque, voltage and other catalog data. The app will also facilitate easy connection between customers and FAULHABER Group products by integrating a contact form. Explore MICROMO's "MOTION" App Today at the Google Play Store! Go to the iTunes "MOTION" App page!
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Wheels: World's smallest production V8 optimized with precision honing Gary Conley's 30-year quest to manufacture a true production V8 engine in quarter-scale almost went up in smoke twice: once in 2001 when a foundry fire claimed all his critical molds, and later when oil smoke proved a stubborn problem during run-offs of the engine. Conley overcame the first setback with years of sheer determination. The second issue required a Sunnen MB 1660 honing machine, abrasives, and some Sunnen know-how.
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Wheels (and wings): World's largest jet engine gets bigger -- and better The GE90 is already the largest and most powerful jet engine ever built. But that doesn't mean that GE engineers have stopped trying to make it bigger, better, and leaner.
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Fuel cells: Is this the new frontier of electricity generation? Redox Power Systems LLC and University of Maryland researchers have partnered to deliver breakthrough fuel cell technologies for providing always-on electricity to businesses, homes, and eventually automobiles, at about one-tenth the cost and one-tenth the size of current commercial fuel cell systems.
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New coating turns ordinary glass into super glass A new transparent, bioinspired coating created by Harvard researchers makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning, and incredibly slippery.
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Wheels: 3-way showdown -- Army's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle prototypes testing begins Oshkosh Defense, Lockheed Martin, and AM General are going head to head in the Army's full-scope testing of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) prototypes. Each of the three vendors delivered 22 vehicles and six trailers for testing to three sites: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.; Yuma, Ariz.; and Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
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Oseco rupture discs featured on 'MythBusters' 'Breaking Bad' episode Oseco's rupture discs have again been put to the test on "MythBusters," this time as part of a special dedicated to the award-winning "Breaking Bad" TV show. The pressure-relief manufacturer made its sixth appearance on the hit show when the "MythBusters" crew tested the explosive capabilities of a chemical composition.
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Wheels: BYU's friction bit joining process aims to help automakers lighten up Researchers at Brigham Young University and their commercial partner have found a way to successfully create an extremely strong bond between lightweight aluminum and ultra high-strength steel. It's called friction bit joining, and it may be the breakthrough the automotive industry is looking for.
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Picking the pattern for a stealth antenna A frequency selective surface that acts as an RF filter and helps reduce the radar cross-section of antennas consists of a pattern of geometrical objects. There are literally thousands of possibilities, and testing each one physically would take enormous amounts of time. With simulation, though, we can find promising candidates in just minutes.
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Wheels: Hay farmer heads 2014 Toyota Tundra pickup truck development Mike Sweers is living the dream of every kid who was raised in farm country: He gets paid to create trucks. Sweers, who still runs an active hay farm in Northern Michigan, has used his mechanical engineering degree, and life experiences as a farmer, to aid him as the chief engineer of Toyota pickup trucks.
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Engineer's Toolbox: How to design a new kind of soft-touch tattoo machine Initially inspired by components he got from Radio Shack, Mike Snijders designed a game-changing tattoo machine that marries the nuanced performance of the dual-coil design with the ease of use, minimal maintenance, and long lifetime of DC motors.
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Top Mike Likes: World's first wireless 3D mouse The new 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Wireless provides precise 3D navigation in a sleek, wireless design. This new tool combines 3Dconnexion's 6-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) sensor with 2.4-GHz wireless technology to deliver the reliability of a wired device without the clutter of cords. Gently manipulate the SpaceMouse Wireless' controller cap to simultaneously pan, zoom, and rotate digital models or viewports. You should get about a month's use out of the unit's lithium-ion battery before recharging.
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| See the RYNO in action, a self-balancing, one-wheeled prototype electric scooter that lets you ride "in between the cracks of urban transportation." Chris Hoffman, RYNO's CEO and chief creator, says the scooter is "regulated in the city at 12.5 mph just like any other mobility scooter," but comes preloaded with way more fun. Although it still hasn't rolled into showrooms, the aim of the latest model is to "pack 4 horsepower into the wheel ... with 2,000 Watts of motor power, this thing will climb a wall." Twin removable, rechargeable battery packs provide an estimated range of 25 miles.
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