Pushing the limits
In honour of the upcoming London Olympic Games, this issue is dedicated to motion control in the world of sport.
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All the best for the new year, may it be a good one for all our readers.       A crystal ball It is always fun at the start of a new year to see what predictions have been made for the future but I often ...
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Interesting applications In this issue we have some great applications stories. Our cover story is a very interesting application of hydraulics. Hydromobile has developed a seismic event simulator to ...
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Driverless cars In this issue we are focusing on applications in the automotive and marine industries. We have a story about Google’s driverless car. I must say I like the idea. Google has even driven ...
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Over the past 10 years, Technews has become increasingly sensitive to the shortage of skills in the engineering and associated technical fields on which it reports. To help address this, and as a tribute ...
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In this issue we are aiming to become more industry focused rather than having a technology orientation. While still including drives, hydraulics and pneumatics, this time we have industry profiles covering ...
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The arrival of a new year brings with it the urge to do some forecasting. Siemens took a look at the future of drive technologies by commissioning the Trendts Survey, which covered the changes expected ...
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After an interesting few months this issue of Motion Control is about getting back to business.       Getting it together We have a number of stories about ingenious solutions. Our cover story shows how ...
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I would like to introduce myself as the new editor of Motion Control. I am excited to be part of the impressive Technews team and I am looking forward to meeting as many as possible of our advertisers ...
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We take a quick look at what the future of robotics holds in store for engineers and humankind. And it is fun!       Robots at home In early 2007 Bill Gates spoke about a future in which there would be ...
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This time last year I wrote about the economy and with the start of a new decade, I thought we should see how things were progressing. So welcome to 2010. That font of all (questionable) knowledge, Wikipedia, ...
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Names convey meaning If you plan to start a business, I suggest that it is a good idea to choose an appropriate name, with the emphasis on ‘appropriate’. For example, if you call your enterprise ‘Tasty ...
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