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How long do electric vehicle battery packs last? | Design Eng

Research on EV batteries suggests the answer is different than you might think.

Design Engineering News

DEX trade show expands to Western Canada | Design Eng

Design Engineering Expo (DEX) kick starts its trade show season with a second location -- Vancouver (Coquitlam), B.C.

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Hawk Ridge, 3DSystems announce partnership | Design Eng

Canadian Solidworks VAR to distribute full line of 3D printers.

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Universite Laval regains Shell Eco-marathon title | Design Eng

Canadian university beats out 130 teams with record setting fuel-efficiency run.

Design Engineering Products & Equipment

Linear Rail | Design Engineering

Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions BGS06 Linear Rail features integrated IDEATM drive.

Design Engineering Products & Equipment

Interlock Safety Switch | Design Engineering

AutomationDirect's expanded line of safety products feature additional tongue interlock and cable-pull safety switches.

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Virginia Tech researchers unveil robotic jellyfish | Design Eng

Autonomous “Cyro” robot part of U.S. Navy project to patrol oceans.

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Canadian teams set to take back Shell Eco-Marathon title | Design Eng

Seven Canadian university engineering teams roll to the starting line in Houston to break fuel efficiency record.

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Neptec enters 3D machine vision market | Design Eng

Spin-off firm launches suite of LiDAR products designed for harsh environments.

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SNC appoints nuclear exec as new CFO | Design Eng

Former Areva executive, Alain-Pierre Raynaud, part of SNC-Lavalin’s leadership sweep.

Design Engineering Products & Equipment

Magnetic Positioning Sensor

Sick USA MPA sensor features analog output and non-contact position detection.

Design Engineering Products & Equipment

Fieldbus Encoders

HEIDENHAIN ECN/EQN 400 series now offers PROFIBUS and PROFINET interface with rugged hollow shaft design.

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Festo to fly BionicOpter at Hannover | Design Eng

Automation giant’s robotic dragonfly mimics full flight capabilities including glide, hover and flying backwards.

Design Engineering Products & Equipment

Power Distributor Box

Beckhoff EP9214 EtherCAT Box provides overload protection and diagnostics for up to four circuits.

Design Engineering Products & Equipment

Pluggable Ground Connector

HARTING HAN GND offers the ability to create grounding systems with pluggable connections.

Design Engineering News

Thousands of US residents chosen to wear “Google Glass”es first | Design Eng

Move over Gordi; Google invites 8,000 to experience Internet-connected spectacles.

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Queen’s U developed coating to banish smudgy touchscreens | Design Eng

Queen’s university researcher’s fingerprint-resistant coating receives OCE funding.

3D Freebie: Microsoft releases Kinect Fusion | Design Fusion

New SDK turns game controller into 3D scanner on the cheap.

Partial Fillets and Chamfers in Solidworks | Design Eng

How to create intermittent or patterned fillets and chamfers in Solidworks.

Designing 3D printed parts ready for brass inserts | Design Eng

Axis Prototypes chart provides handy specs for designing reinforcements into 3D printed parts.