July 2003

feature articles

raise the umbrella
As information technology spreads across a company, engineers find new uses for it, perhaps even to save money for a rainy day.

power player
Cheaper coal and improved handling raise the Nucla Station from a demonstration site to a competitor.

no more sweat or tears
Automated guided vehicles are making inroads on safety and the bottom line.

between the horse and car
In the turning-point year of 1903, this bike helped to kick-start the age of the internal combustion engine.

twice cleaned
Developers of a coal-exhaust filtering system say doubling up gets almost all the dust out, with a smaller bag house.

building a better diesel
The best way to reduce trial and error is to understand what happens inside the cylinder.

input/output
Golf On Course



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