April 2000
A ship propulsion motor made with superconducting coils hushes machinery noise and hollows out confined engine rooms.
tapping into know-how
Developers are pushing Engineers from all disciplines are using computerized libraries to get quick answers to critical questions.
restoring the divine balance
Measuring the shifting of historic German churches and helping balance Mercedes-Benz coupes are all in a day's work.
the electronic push
Who could see, when the computer was born, how it would reshape the modern world? 60
infrared recycler
A low-cost sorter, designed to reclaim tons of automotive plastics, faces a hurdle built of PCBs.
escape hatch
An automated, closed sampling system cuts waste and improves safety at a plastics factory.
streamlining metal poles
An engineering firm is using software to ensure the structural integrity of all types of pole designs.
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