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- 494 - A couple of years ago, on a rather wet weekend as I recall, I was loafing...
- 493 - I'm a great fan of automation
- 492 - The folks in the Government were so concerned about the effects of climate...
- 491 - The managing director of the Small to Medium Sized Enterprise (SME) was a tad...
- 490 - Last Sunday, I was delighted to see UK racing team Brawn GP secure the 2009...
- 489 - Driving through the leafy Oxfordshire countryside, one would be forgiven for...
- 488 - I've never been fond of driving at night, especially on long stretches of...
- 487 - This year, before departing on my annual holidays to France, I decided to...
- 486 - Last week, President Obama made the courageous decision to drop the idea of...
- 485 - This week, I had the pleasure of travelling down to London to meet up with my...
- 484 - The local paper came through the letterbox on Sunday and a large...
- 483 - Lyndon White, Managing Editor, writes: As part of our redesign and...
- 482 - It's tempting to think that, in this Internet driven day and age, all the...
- 481 - The reputation of any company can be made or broken depending on the service...
- 480 - I didn't go to National Instruments annual NI Week convention in Austin, TX...
- 479 - Some reluctant souls might be a little wary of making bold statements that...
- 478 - The Little Trade Organisation (LTO) needed to show its members that it had...
- 477 - It seemed like the economic miracle that was transforming the economies of...
- 476 - In his film The Day After Tomorrow, director Roland Emmerich paints a picture...
- 475 - When the folks at the National Express Group discovered that they had lost...
- 474 - The sales representative needed some help explaining the advantages of his...
- 473 - Not many of us give much thought to what happens to the excrement that we...
- 472 - There was no doubt in the mind of the recruitment officer at the SME that the...
- 471 - Long before the advent of the personal computer, the fledgling microprocessor...
- 470 - My brother Andy's seven-year-old Hyundai Elantra had a minor problem - or so...
- 469 - Some time ago, the large OEM decided to equip its sales force with, what were...
- 468 - In these days when endless EU funding is available to anyone attempting to...
- 467 - Each and every Christmas, the President of the computer OEM held a wonderful...
- 466 - Not long ago, a team of environmentalists decided to conduct some research to...
- 465 - I'm not a fan of competitions
- 464 - A couple of weeks ago, I popped down to the UK headquarters of Hewlett...
- 463 - When the Government discovered that automobile sales were plummeting, it...
- 462 - When my friend bought me one of those new fangled Gillette Fusion Razors last...
- 461 - The new system was nothing short of genius
- 460 - Getting a toothache is no fun at all
- 459 - Purity Soft Drinks, the UK family-owned soft drink manufacturer, recently hit...
- 458 - Designer Oliver Blackwell apologised for being late when we met three years...
- 457 - When the tyres on the front of my car started to look as if they had seen...
- 456 - Lyndon White, Managing Editor, writes: A hearty 'thank you' to all those...
- 455 - In the 1960s, my dad owned a number of rather dreadful second-hand cars
- 454 - Last week, I stumbled across a new web site created by an organisation called...
- 453 - Just days after being sworn in as the forty-forth President of the United...
- 452 - There was no doubt that the post doc who toiled away at one of the UK finest...
- 451 - I'm a great fan of all things renewable
- 450 - The corporate philosophy of the Omron Corporation is: To the machine the work...
- 449 - It's that time of year again to make some New Year's Resolutions
- 448 - The engineers were faced with some stiff design requirements when they were...
- 447 - I've never been a fan of F1 motor racing
- 446 - Due to the recession, the owner of the small Northern engineering firm was a...
- 445 - The software engineer knew he was onto a winner
- 444 - For years, the local Borough councillors had encouraged the local residents...
- 443 - The engineering consultancy was always busy
- 442 - The assembly line needed automating
- 441 - Last week, Lord Drayson, the UK's Minister of State for Science and...
- 440 - There's no doubt that the UK has its fair share of world class universities
- 439 - I'm not a great fan of social networking sites
- 438 - When the Managing Director of the Well Engineered Parts Company decided to...
- 437 - I could tell something was wrong when the little green LEDs on my BT Home hub...
- 436 - Being a writer can be a frustrating job at times
- 435 - I didn't have good weather during my summer holiday in the south of France...
- 434 - I am happy to lend Engineeringtalk's name to support the Institution of...
- 433 - When I was a little lad in the late 1970s, I remember that my grandmother,...
- 432 - The advent of the personal computer brought with it a revolution in the...
- 431 - In 1971, the birth of the microprocessor heralded in a new era for systems...
- 430 - Every four years, TV channels across the world devote an inordinate amount of...
- 429 - I've never been too handy at doing Do It Yourself jobs around the house
- 428 - It's something that I could have guessed anyway
- 427 - Any new system needs to differentiate itself from its competitors to be...
- 426 - Today, developments in one field of engineering can have serious consequences...
- 425 - With the price of oil reaching record levels of $150 a barrel and gas prices...
- 424 - Last weekend, miles from civilisation, one of the front tyres on my Honda...
- 423 - Diabetes, a disease characterised by abnormally high blood sugar resulting...
- 422 - I've always been a big fan of Dr
- 421 - Everyone is familiar with the mobile phone top-up card
- 420 - The small Start Up Company had invested a considerable sum of money...
- 419 - This month, more than a century after it was begun, a secret tunnel that runs...
- 418 - Since I hadn't involved myself in much gardening work over the winter, the...
- 417 - According to the Energy Saving Trust, if everyone in the UK topped up their...
- 416 - Lyndon White, Managing Editor, writes: Researchers from University of...
- 415 - The tools of the trade A lot of cool electronic devices were invented at...
- 414 - All technologies, it seems, are born with a dual purpose
- 413 - In 2007, 15GW of new wind capacity was added to the worldwide grid, the...
- 412 - If you've ever owned a cat, you know the problem
- 411 - If you ever find yourself in the Northumbrian coastal village of...
- 410 - The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations have the...
- 409 - Embedded systems are everywhere
- 408 - Move over Ricky Gervais
- 407 - Last year, the elderly hot water tank in my airing cupboard developed a nasty...
- 406 - Last week, a missile fired from a US Navy ship in the Pacific Ocean hit a...
- 405 - Much has been written over the past few years about the potential performance...
- 404 - Spending hours slaving over a manuscript of badly written, or technically...
- 403 - No one likes unwanted visitors
- 402 - According to the 20th Century philosopher Waylon Jennings, there are only two...
- 401 - One of the great joys of being an Editor is having the ability to attend...
- 400 - I am delighted to say that we have a new editor to take Engineeringtalk into...
- 399 - New year is traditionally the period where one can call upon a host of...
- 397 - It's time for me to say goodbye to the newsletter which I began in 2000 with...
- 396 - It's nice to have a number of good technical background articles this week,...
- 395 - It's been over six months since I mentioned our friends the NASA Mars Rovers,...
- 394 - If you haven't seen it recently, I'd like to strongly recommend you take a...
- 393 - Fuel economy is being forced on automotive manufacturers by legislation, as...
- 392 - Figures released this week on research and development spending can be read...
- 391 - Feel like you've got a bright idea for an energy-saving device? E.ON...
- 390 - This week, the last five items in our list of twenty things which suppliers...
- 389 - ...and we continue to deliver reliably, on time, with numbers 10 to 6 of our...
- 388 - Chris Rand, Editor, writes: I'm one of the suppliers you can rely on
- 387 - Last week I promised you twenty things which suppliers could offer to make...
- 386 - I was just re-reading a piece from a magazine which I edited in the 1990s,...
- 385 - This week, in a bit of internal promotion, I'd like to draw your attention to...
- 384 - Electronics manufacturer Intel this week announced a launch date for its next...
- 383 - An announcement on Tuesday from the European Union to give up on extending...
- 382 - Britain (or at least, south-east England) joined the world of high-speed...
- 381 - Finding myself with an unexpected few hours in London last week, I decided to...
- 380 - Another great bit of (serious) fun coming up is this year's X Prize Cup,...
- 379 - A survey issued this week from Girlguiding UK claims that careers advice for...
- 378 - I'd like to welcome this week the many readers from our industrial health and...
- 377 - We often discuss the problems in getting people into engineering (and keeping...
- 376 - The disastrous floods which hit Yorkshire, the East Midlands and more...
- 375 - A few new things to talk about this week with regard to Engineeringtalk
- 374 - The Institution of Engineering and Technology, which was created from the IEE...
- 373 - The Royal Academy of Engineering published a new "Statement of Ethical...
- 372 - It won't have quite the same emotional resonance as the last flight of...
- 371 - Help! There are in the region of 50,000 of you out there reading this every...
- 370 - : This week there's been lots of criticism from a rather uninformed press...
- 369 - OK team, it's that time again where you remind me that there really are loads...
- 368 - Thanks to the readers who, after last week's item on NASA's moonshot...
- 367 - Every time I talk here about what NASA is up to, thousands of you (really)...
- 366 - So, instinctively, where do you think Britain's main manufacturing region is?...
- 365 - This week saw the creation of Britain's largest ever trade union, Unite, the...
- 364 - This one brings a lot of Engineeringtalk favourite topics together: domestic...
- 363 - Engineeringtalk has been published for over 7 years now, and one of the most...
- 362 - How has engineering higher education and training improved over the past...
- 361 - OK, it's fairly early days, and maybe this is a concept which has nothing but...
- 360 - I've not mentioned for a while the extraordinary engineering feat that is the...
- 359 - With "social networking" online all the rage nowadays, it was predictable...
- 358 - Well done all of you who spotted the link last week to our new...
- 357 - The UK government recently opened up an "E-Petitions" website where any...
- 356 - I have absolutely no statistics to support this, but I just have a feeling...
- 355 - They say that engineering's biggest problem is its own PR, and that may be true
- 354 - Many moons ago (and I do choose my phrases carefully sometimes), I wrote...
- 353 - I'm indebted to Steve Price of the European Institute for Industrial...
- 352 - Few people will be surprised to hear that the first positive steps are being...
- 351 - I have a couple of slightly more offbeat items for you this week
- 350 - Engineering is a man's world
- 349 - As so often happens in technology, whether it's hardware or software, we...
- 348 - This'll be the final week on education for now, I promise
- 347 - A bumper postbag arrived following last week's brief comments on the way UK...
- 346 - Is higher education failing the engineering industry? A survey of 100...
- 345 - So, apparently, slouching back in a reclined chair is better for you than...
- 344 - One of the responsibilities I have as the editor of the Engineeringtalk...
- 343 - I'm sure many of you in your working lives have been involved with the...
- 342 - The conceptual design of the Cambridge-MIT Institute's eye-catching 'Silent'...
- 341 - Those of us prepared to trawl the listings guides for the less publicised TV...
- 340 - Thanks for the examples of manufacturers getting involved in the online buzz...
- 339 - A few years ago I wrote about the importance of online discussion groups, and...
- 338 - I know that many of you already receive our sister newsletter,...
- 337 - The so-called decline of UK manufacturing has been going on for decades, and...
- 336 - I don't want to turn this into a movie reviews newsletter, but I have to...
- 335 - The news this week that UGS is now giving its Solid Edge 2D CAD program away...
- 334 - Alternative fuel cars have been the subject of many conspiracy theories (were...
- 333 - I learned the delights of the sick note early in my school life, and like...
- 332 - Here at Pro-Talk Towers, where our teams of (mainly) literate elves toil away...
- 331 - You know what I'm going to talk about this week
- 330 - I first mentioned RSS news feeds here over a year ago, and at last I think...
- 329 - Amongst all the fuss in the Formula One world about Renault F1's use of a...
- 328 - When Concorde flew for the last time, I remarked that I might never see...
- 327 - I was captivated last night watching a TV programme about how London was...
- 326 - Never a man to admit defeat, Sir Clive Sinclair has just launched his third...
- 325 - Adapters, adhesives and analysers
- 324 - Solid levels and long service seals
- 323 - Loggers, locks and linear stages
- 322 - Power parameters, pumps and pin hinges
- 321 - Latest News from Engineeringtalk
- 320 - Moisture sensors and motorised potentiometers
- 318 - Position indicators and PC innovators
- 317 - Compressed air and complex patterns
- 316 - Pneumatic valves and parametric design
- 315 - PLCs, pins and peristaltic pumps
- 314 - Vector inverters and vacuum systems
- 313 - Steppers, screwjacks and static-free environments
- 312 - Connectors, curtains and cylinders
- 311 - Latest News from Engineeringtalk
- 310 - Piercing nuts and particulate separators
- 309 - Mathematical modellers and motion controllers
- 308 - Clutches, clamps and connectors
- 307 - Polyurethane belts and pneumatic valves
- 306 - Stainless valves and spherical bearings
- 305 - Lead screws and laser shaft alignment
- 304 - Ethernet switches and electropneumatic valves
- 303 - Air dryers and accelerometers
- 302 - Latest News from Engineeringtalk
- 301 - Humidity sensors and heavy loads
- 300 - Terminal blocks and torsional rigidity
- 299 - Fibrescopes and photocells
- 298 - M2M, maintenance and maths functions
- 297 - Cartridges, connectors and controllers
- 296 - Pumps and polyacetals
- 295 - Actuators, adapters and AC drives
- 294 - Transformers, thermometers and text displays
- 293 - Safety bolts, simulators and servomotors
- 292 - PLCs, pumps and proximity sensors
- 291 - Proximity sensors and pneumatic cylinders
- 290 - Locks, lasers and torque limiters
- 289 - Expansion inserts and Engineeringtalk readers
- 288 - Filters, filler caps and finer control
- 287 - Electrical conduit and Ethernet convertors
- 286 - The Engineeringtalk Newsletter
- 285 - Instrument software and infra-red sensitivity
- 284 - Pipe clamps, piezo actuators and panel PCs
- 283 - Oil checking, object counting and O-ring guides
- 282 - Digital thermometers and dewpoint transmitters
- 281 - The Engineeringtalk Newsletter
- 280 - Edible marking and Ethernet motion
- 279 - Chlorine sensors and CAM software
- 278 - Micromotors and M12 connectors
- 277 - Hydraulic legs and remote logs
- 276 - Digital drives and demanding drying
- 275 - VOCs, USBs and TFTs
- 274 - Power controllers and protective coatings
- 273 - Lead screw nuts and life cycle cost cuts
- 272 - Soft starters, servos and setup software
- 271 - The Engineeringtalk Newsletter
- 270 - Remote monitoring and rotary siphoning
- 269 - Steels, solenoid valves and Solidworks
- 268 - Refrigeration, radar and remote networking
- 267 - Quieter motors and quicker maths
- 266 - Lasers, loggers and loadcells
- 265 - TFT, torque and 2D triangulation
- 264 - New Products, New User Stories
- 263 - Wire springs and wireless serial devices
- 262 - Compressors, controllers and Coriolis meters
- 261 - Leak detectors and low cost displays
- 260 - Convertors, connectivity and continuous torque
- 259 - Slides, SPC software ...and 50000 satisifed readers
- 258 - Ballscrews, bearings and banishing drift
- 257 - Polymer chains and proportional control valves
- 256 - New Products, New Case Studies
- 255 - Actuators, adhesives and air quality measurement
- 254 - Gauges, greases and gland packing
- 252 - Rotary stages and reconfigurable networking
- 250 - Filtration, vibration and linear actuation
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