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• Select Fast approaching: driverless cars: driving is how you get things done. Yet it also stops you from getting even more things done. If only the act of driving were a thing of the past and you could become a passenger, get out your work, and let the vehicle be a real-life Jeeves. Well, a few companies are getting us closer to that futuristic feeling, though there's still a long way to go

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  Fast approaching: driverless cars: driving is how you get things done. Yet it also stops you from getting even more things done. If only the act of driving were a thing of the past and you could become a passenger, get out your work, and let the vehicle be a real-life Jeeves. Well, a few companies are getting us closer to that futuristic feeling, though there's still a long way to go

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 135, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 2013474 words Article 980LJohn Hanson, national manager for environmental, safety, and quality communications for Toyota, says it's gone this far because of the current state of the art in sensors and processing. "There are three basic aspects...
• Select Timeless engineering

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  Timeless engineering

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 135, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 2013476 words Article 1090LWHEN YOU CONSIDER MACHINES that have stood the test of time, time-pieces clearly would rank near the top. Michael Kobold, president of the Kobold Watch Co. in Pittsburgh, says this may be partly because many of the...
• Select Mopping the floor with the status quo

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  Mopping the floor with the status quo

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 135, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 2013577 words Article 830LMechanical engineers are constantly looking to create products that serve consumers. But sometimes they make it too complicated. Sometimes the answer could practically be right at your feet. For Harry West, CEO of...
• Select Fighting the good fight for students: Phoenix superintendent Kent Scribner believes society and the economy flourish when all students, regardless of birthplace, are learning

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  Fighting the good fight for students: Phoenix superintendent Kent Scribner believes society and the economy flourish when all students, regardless of birthplace, are learning

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:District Administration (Vol. 50, Issue 12)

  Dec. 20141,055 words Article 1130LYou could say it's understandable that Kent Scribner's hobby is working on a 1985 black El Camino. Refurbishing a car takes patience, dedication and an eye for potential. Those are the same qualities this superintendent...
• Select Lights, camera, vehicle safety

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  Lights, camera, vehicle safety

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 137, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 2015524 words Interview 1180L Srinivasa Narasimhan, an associate professor at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, is part of a team working on programmable automotive headlights to make poor visibility...
• Select 3-D Printing Human Vertebrae

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  3-D Printing Human Vertebrae

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 139, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 2017 Report

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• Select MAKING THE 3-D SKIN PRINTER PORTABLE

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  MAKING THE 3-D SKIN PRINTER PORTABLE

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 140, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 2018 Article

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• Select Time-saving tips

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  Time-saving tips

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:The Quill (Vol. 94, Issue 4)

  May 2006734 words Article 1280LFor many journalists, it can take forever to get the right interviews, then the interviews themselves can take forever. Then there's the time you spend transcribing the tapes of those interviews, not to mention that...
• Select Playing favorites? Even occasional favoritism can hurt your students. Here's how to spot it and stop it

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  Playing favorites? Even occasional favoritism can hurt your students. Here's how to spot it and stop it

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:Instructor (1990) (Vol. 116, Issue 6)

  March-April 20071,574 words Article 1030LCharlotte * always thought she treated every student in her Highland, New Jersey, classroom equally. Now she's not so sure. Last year, she taught a little boy whom she describes as "brilliant." He was working on his own...
• Select How computer modeling helps fight fires

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  How computer modeling helps fight fires

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 135, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2013561 words Article 1110LDebbie Mackay gained notice in the first half of 2012 when her computer modeling research showed she might be able to help firefighters predict how blazes will spread and provide better strategies to fight them. Working...
• Select Truth in advertising: university advertising campaigns struggle to speak to minorities without being misleading.

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  Truth in advertising: university advertising campaigns struggle to speak to minorities without being misleading.

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:Diverse Issues in Higher Education (Vol. 24, Issue 3)

  Mar. 22, 2007590 words Article 1110LPicture this: A group of ethnically diverse students studying together in expansive, state-of-the-art libraries or strolling across perfectly manicured campus lawns engaged in intelligent conversation--congregating as...
• Select Where engineering and ballet meet

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  Where engineering and ballet meet

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 135, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 2013565 words Article 1190LRecent Duke University graduate Katrina Wisdom has long had two interests: ballet and engineering, and they are rarely confused with one another. But Wisdom says maybe they should be as she sees a dear correlation. The...
• Select Working the angles

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  Working the angles

  Author:Eric ButtermanFrom:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 138, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2016 Report

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