November 2000

from the editor
Harvesting the Future

letters
The Other Side of the Golden Door
Global Communication
Flight Before Wright?
Name Calling
First Steps to the Moon
To Pop a Balloon

news and notes
Tailor-Made Robot Checks It Out
Trim Pots Take Heat
Peugeot Introduces Lean Burn Engine
Tighter Tube Fitting
Organ Keys Hit The Right Note
Steel Industry Pushes For More Fuel Tanks
No Strain, No Gain
Briefly Noted

computing
Medical Machines Made Better by Simulation
Technology Company to Provide Job Training
Virtual Child Shows How Kids Think
Rolls-Royce Quickly Finds Design Parameters
Taking Advantage of Local Talent
Designs Double as Marketing Material
Animating a Jet Engine Failure
Briefly Noted

technology focus, part 1

A Hollow Captures Light
Testers for Azimuth
Sprung From the Machine
Carousel Sews Up Productivity Gains

technology focus, part 2

Braking the High Speed of Cable
A Belt in Line Saves Nine (Ten Times)
Better Bulk Handling
Where Every Day Is Over-the-Hump Day
Shift on a Shingle

input/output
High-Tech David

m.e. bookshelf
Ten New Reviews of the Latest Engineering Books

call for papers
Entries for November

washington window
Professionals in Fellowship with the Nation


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