Each week, the editor of Planet Analog finds technical items of interest and highlights them in this “Also of Interest” feature. In addition, we also provide an archive of recent weekly Planet Analog Newsletters, viewable as pdf files; see the list at the very bottom.
The “Also of Interest” listing is the embodiment of our belief that engineers are interested in exploring topics which are not directly related to their jobs, but which will broaden their knowledge and sometimes spur further innovative and creative approaches.
Among the publications we check are IEEE Spectrum , Machine Design , Design News , Laser Focus World , Photonics Spectra , NASA Tech Briefs (in its various manifestations), Microwave Journal , RF & Microwaves , and Physics Today —and there are others, as well.
Consider these items as online “extras”, and worth a look and a few minutes of your time. (Please note: there are also links to the past weeks' editions of this feature, in the “Navigate” box to the right.)
Also of Interest:
- A new structure leads to the doubling of detector efficiency while maintaining picosecond timing resolution, low dark counts, and low power consumption:
“Planar architecture optimizes Si single-photon-counting detectors,”
Laser Focus World , November 2011 - Terahertz imaging microprobes boost the accuracy of reflectometry-based fault location in silicon chips into the sub-micron range:
“Terahertz reflectometry images faults in silicon chips,”
Laser Focus World , November 2011 - Use of a simple model to illustrate the benefits of circuit materials with high thermal conductivity to help develop strategies for effective PCB thermal management:
“Improved Thermal Management of Microwave PCBs Using Advanced Circuit Materials,”
Microwave Journal , November 2011 - Insight into RF integrated passive device industry trends:
“RF Integrated Passive Devices: The Next Big, Small Thing”
Microwave Journal , November 2011 - Photographers can use this device to take aerials, nature shots, and “amazing-event” scenes that cannot be easily obtained any other way:
“Inventor’s Corner: Rig positions cameras for spectacular shots,”
Machine Design , November 3, 2011 - NASA will soon put the most-powerful space-based X-ray telescope in orbit:
“NASA prepares NuSTAR, an X-ray telescope, for a February launch,”
Machine Design , November 3, 2011 - NASA’s next-generation Mars rover encompasses this novel landing technique:
“Umbilical Deployment Device,”
Defense Tech Briefs , December 2011 - Possible uses include geothermal exploration, automotive, and renewable energy applications:
“Thermionic Power Cell To Harness Heat Energies for Geothermal Applications,”
NASA Tech Briefs , December 2011 - Reusable devices face significant design challenges that single-use devices do not; a design engineer must think about how the device will perform not only during the first use, but for every subsequent use:
“Cleaning, Disinfection, and Sterilization Validations: Considerations in Reusable Device Design,”
Medical Design Briefs , January 2012 - Rebuilding the delicate facial bone structure of an individual is a complicated procedure; topological optimization is a feasible alternative to make such a recovery possible:
“Engineering a New Face After Craniofacial Injury,”
Medical Design Briefs , January 2012
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