Design Applications ARCHIVE

Catching some rays

Flexible solar power material gets further efficiency boost from Canadian team.

June 29, 2010   |   Treena Hein

Garbage In, Energy Out

Plasco Energy Group's electricity-producing facilities set to transform waste disposal.

June 23, 2010   |   Dan Pelton

The physics behind the 2010 World Cup Soccer ball

Why the controversial soccer ball, Jabulani, promises to confound goalies with its 'otherworldly' behaviour.

June 14, 2010   |   Mike McLeod

Icy Control

Canadian-made robotic submarine helps Canada assert arctic sovereignty.

May 03, 2010   |   Treena Hein

iPad Dissected

Ottawa reverse engineering firm, Chipworks, autopsy of iPad reveals Apple gadget's design secrets.

April 05, 2010   |   DE staff

Actually, It is Rocket Science

RF generators by Nova Scotia’s Nautel Ltd. help bring interplanetary travel within reach.

December 10, 2009   |   Mike McLeod

Paradigm Switch

In the high-stakes game of auto manufacturing, can a small Calgary company use advanced materials and design techniques to change the playing field?

November 30, 2009   |   Jim Anderton

Speedy delivery

Objet system helps design consultancy meet impossible client deadlines

September 15, 2009   |   Objet Geometries

The Sky's No Limit

Magenn Power's floating MARS turbine brings wind power generation down to Earth

September 12, 2009   |   Treena Hein

Speedy Delivery

Objet system helps design consultancy meet impossible client deadlines

June 08, 2009   |   Design Engineering staff

Gecko-inspired dry adhesive planned for space

Biomimetic adhesives aren't new, but a SFU graduate has developed a new method of creating microscopic, mushroom-like plastic structures in order to produce a dry adhesive that mimics the stickiness of gecko feet. And he is prepping his innovation for outer space.

April 09, 2009   |   André Voshart

Automated controls for ice rinks cool down costs

Moncton, N.B., ice centre leverages upgraded refrigeration system and Kepware plug-and-play communications software to keep temperatures just right

April 09, 2009   |   Design Engineering staff

Twisting and Bending

Design Engineering, November/December 2008

A User's Guide to Robotic Cables

November 28, 2008   |   Bennett Brumson

Best Foot Forward

Design Engineering, November/December 2008

Robotic POWER KNEE prosthesis restores natural movement to lower-limb amputees

November 28, 2008   |   Treena Hein

Adding Value by Design

Design Engineering, October 2008

Corporate design culture inspires the process, products, brands and workplace of global leader in UF membrane technology

November 04, 2008   |   Arlene Gould
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