May 7, 2008
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Controlling the World’s Largest Machine
To control the world’s largest machine, the Large Hadron Collider, CERN engineers chose programmable automation controllers (PACs) based on NI LabVIEW and implemented a critical control system that synchronously positions more than 500 motion axes. View the case study>>
Renewable Energy
Explore new technologies that increase the efficiency and viability of wind/solar power and fuel cell technology. View technology white papers and webcasts>>
Environmental Monitoring
From the factory floor to the forest canopy, build customizable systems to meet your monitoring needs. View tutorials and white papers>>
Power Quality Monitoring
Perform any power monitoring, power quality, or power metering analysis with NI PAC solutions. Download the Resource Kit>>
Optimize your existing automation systems
Use advanced machine control technology to improve system performance and efficiency. Download the Resource Kit>>
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Power Shirt Gives a Charge to Troops on the Move |
The military deploys many commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) portable electronic  devices in the field for advanced networking operations, communications, surveillance, and other activities. Soldiers using these devices are often in remote locations and do not have access to a power grid to re-charge their batteries. When their devices go down, their jobs become more difficult.
Zhong Lin Wang, a Regents professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, developed a method of generating renewable power to charge portable electronic devices for soldiers and other people on-the-move.
“The fiber-based nanogenerator would be a simple and economical way to harvest energy from physical movement,” said Wang. “If we can combine many of these fibers in double or triple layers in clothing, we could provide a flexible, foldable, and wearable power source that, for example, would allow people to generate their own electrical current while walking.” More>>
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New Catalog from Colder Product
The new Colder catalog combines the company’s full list of product lines across all markets into one concise resource for virtually every fluid or air handling application, complete with fittings and accessories. More>> |
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NIWeek 2008
The industry’s premier event on graphical system design that attracts more than 3,000 of the world’s brightest engineers, educators and scientists. NIWeek 2008, the company’s 14th annual customer and technology conference, opens Aug. 5 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas Register>> |
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The 5200 QWIK Conveyor
Hartland, Wisconsin-based Dorner Manufacturing is a world leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of high-quality conveyors and related equipment.
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