Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

This Old House John Kelsey	Hot Stuff Choosing and using torches, heat guns, and soldering irons
Popular Mechanics May 2006 Mike Allen	Repairing Electrical Wiring How to identify and fix a short circuit in your car.
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 James Turner	DIY Essentials Does your do-it-yourself workbench have everything you need?
Linux Journal March 21, 2006 Colin McGregor	The Linux Infrared Remote Control (LIRC) Project Want to build an infrared remote control for your laptop, MythTV or hidden computer? Learn how.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004	The move to lead-free solders has its own challenges and hidden problems Peak reflow temperature increases and the imperfectly known characteristics of new materials lie at the core of the problem. Will the new finish layer on the lead frame adhere well to the epoxy? Will the epoxy stick to the die face?
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Paul Wallich	Deeply Superficial Hackers must develop new tricks to modify the guts of today's surface-mount hardware.
Food Processing July 2010	New Food Rollout: July 2010 Yummy treats to help beat the heat.
Popular Mechanics April 2007 Pat Porzio	Plumbing Basics: How to Sweat a Pipe Joint Preparation, not the flame, is the key to sweating a watertight joint.
U.S. CPSC June 17, 2009	Wagner Spray Tech Recalls Heat Guns Due to Fire and Burn Hazards An electrical component failure inside the heat guns can cause them to continue to produce heat after the power switch is turned off. This can melt the heat gun's plastic exterior, causing a burn if the heat gun is touched and ignite nearby combustibles, posing fire and burn hazards.
Popular Mechanics April 2009 Elizabeth Svoboda	EcoDrain Warms Cold Pipes With Warm Shower Water You already paid to heat the water washing down your shower drain -- why waste it?
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John McHale	Purdue Researchers Look at Nanotechnology to Reduce Computer-Chip Heating University researchers are looking to mitigate electronic systems heating problems through the use of carbon nanotubes. They have created carpets of microscopic nanotubes to enhance the performance of heat sinks to help keep future chips from overheating.
IEEE Spectrum December 2007 Joshua J. Romero	Carbon Nanotubes Take the Heat Off Chips Purdue scientists find flexible filaments best.
IEEE Spectrum December 2011 Strano & Kalantar-Zadeh	Nanodynamite Fuel-coated nanotubes could provide bursts of power to the smallest systems
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2006	Heat Sinks for Low-Airflow Conditions Advanced Thermal Solutions has introduced maxiFLOW heat sinks for cooling ball grid arrays and other hot components in the restricted air flow conditions typical of today's condensed electronic packages.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006	Heat Sinks Deliver High Performance in Low-Airflow Conditions Advanced Thermal Solutions is offering maxiFLOW heat sinks for cooling ball grid arrays (BGAs) and other hot components in restricted air-flow conditions.
Popular Mechanics February 3, 2010 Larry Webster	Will Shape-Memory Metal Lead to More Efficient Cars? Shape-memory metal could be the secret to turning car exhaust into energy, bringing us new power from hot air. Researchers at General Motors are working on an energy-scavenging device that could convert that exhaust heat into electricity.
Geotimes July 2005	Swiss Wrap Glacier for Summer Workers at the Andermatt ski resort in Switzerland wrapped about 3,000 square meters of Gurschen glacier with a layer of plastic foil that is designed to reflect heat and radiation from the sun, preventing the glacier from absorbing as much heat and thus slowing the melt.
Scientific American August 2008 Mark Fischetti	Working Knowledge: Home Heating Pumps That Warm and Cool By extracting warmth and coolness from the outside air or ground, heat pumps can provide greater efficiency and lower cost over the long haul.
Geotimes January 2007 Nicole Branan	Heat Flow Causes Magnetic Reversals Earth's magnetic field has done hundreds of somersaults over the last few billion years. A new study sheds some light on what causes the geomagnetic field to flip.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 John McHale	Purdue Researchers Create Miniature Cooling Device Mechanical engineers have developed techniques for modifying household refrigeration technology with small devices to cool future weapons systems and computer chips.
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 Tom Burke	The Poor Man's Solder Reflow Oven A cheap controller and a Walmart toaster oven kept the price down
Fast Company Daniel Terdiman	IBM: Data Centers Could Cool Themselves With Their Own Waste Heat The centers, which use tremendous amounts of energy, will become far more efficient if "waste heat" generated by churning data centers can be converted into cool air.
Home Toys June 2005	Adding Heat to Cold, Finished Rooms Most homes will have one or more areas in them that are chronically cold. There are a variety of solutions to this common problem including portable electric heaters, hot water heaters, and even under floor heating.
Wired April 2001	Micropower Goes Macro Businesspeople and homeowners alike are learning that generating their own electricity is cheaper - and more reliable - than buying it from centralized power plants...
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2008 Michael R. Palis	Advances in thermal management techniques for chassis design A new approach to thermal management involves separating the ambient environment and the operating electronics to keep out contaminants. A convenient way to do this is using compact air-to-air heat exchangers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 Lee, Hillman & Kim	Industry News: How to Predict Failure Mechanisms in LED and Laser Diodes Optical circuits provide an opportunity for meeting military and avionics performance needs. But predicting the reliability of these products can be difficult for the reliability engineer with little experience in optoelectronic technology. Here's where an engineer can start.
PC Magazine August 16, 2006 Amal Graafstra	Build It: An RFID Keyboard The latest wireless technology does away with passwords. Here's how to add it to your PC and maybe to your hand.
PC World October 2, 2006 Eric Bender	The Future of Nanotech Ultra-small technology, revolutionary impact.
Chemistry World June 20, 2010 Jon Cartwright	Carbon nanotubes boost battery power Researchers in the US claim to have created electrodes from carbon nanotubes that can make lithium-ion batteries some ten times more powerful than conventional models.
Chemistry World February 26, 2013 Holly Sheahan	Capturing the potential of carbon dioxide A team of researchers from the University of Bath have opened up the idea of using carbon dioxide as a useful potential feedstock; a useful chemical resource rather than a troublesome waste product.
Food Engineering September 4, 2006	Temperature-buffering label New temperature-buffering label deflects heat from consumers' hands, keep beverages cold longer.
IEEE Spectrum August 2010 Ellen Kathrine Hansen	Denmark's Net-Zero-Energy Home With Home for Life, VKR Holding aims to bring carbon-neutral houses to the masses
Chemistry World March 20, 2013 Harriet Brewerton	Period heat source gives thermoelectric power a boost Scientists in the US have found a way to improve the efficiency of thermoelectric power generators -- devices designed to convert heat directly into electricity.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Sandra Upson	Loser: Algae Bloom Climate-Change Scheme Doomed Planktos's ploy to combat global warming by sequestering carbon in the oceans holds no water.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2007 Gurnett & Adams	The danger of hybrid-solder boards If a hybrid board fails in military or aerospace applications, the consequences could be severe.
IEEE Spectrum January 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd	Sensitive Synthetic Skin in the Works for Prosthetic Arms Carbon nanotubes key to making synthetic skin that lets artificial limbs sense heat and touch.
U.S. CPSC April 6, 2011	Stained Glass Soldering Irons Recalled By Cooper Tools Due to Burn Hazard The power cord can break at the flex point where the cord attaches to the handle, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 Courtney E. Howard	Electronics Designers Grapple with Lead-Free Solder Guidelines The European Union WEEE/RoHS directives cause concern in the military and aerospace market as to the availability and reliability of lead-free electronic components.
Popular Mechanics April 14, 2008 Mike Allen	Why Detroit Should Build a Plug-in Car With Generators Onboard Imagine a mass-market electric vehicle that can get you can get where you need to be, gas-free.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2005 John Keller	Is cooling the central design issue of our time? The pace of improvements in integrated circuitry is outstripping our ability to remove unwanted heat. And engineers are starting to quip about some of the dilemmas that new cooling approaches may create.
Popular Mechanics December 26, 2008	How to Prevent Ice Dams, and What to Do If You Get Them To prevent an ice dam, don't heat the roof, keep it cold. That way, the snow on the roof eventually dissipates without making large amounts of meltwater.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2009 J.R. Wilson	Electronic thermal management is heading to the wall Systems designers who are used to boosting electronic system performance by adding ever-more transistors may have to rethink their design approaches.
AskMen.com Jacob Franek	Sleep Better This Summer If you have trouble sleeping in the summer time, these tips may help.
Popular Mechanics October 2008	100 Skills Every Man Should Know: The Instructions (With Videos!) From auto repair to outdoor survival skills to cooking, sewing, and using tools -- things men should know.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2008 Tom Adams	Standard Gives Guidance for Alloy Conversion Using Hot-Solder Dip Military and aerospace received allowance to continue to use lead solder. However, the elimination of lead soldered components by electronics companies has left the military and aerospace unable to buy components on the market.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005	Column on heat issues misses the most fundamental solution Reader says recent editorial on the problem of chip heat was spot on, but missed the most fundamental solution to the problem: don't create the heat in the first place!
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Willie D. Jones	Super Soaker Inventor Invents New Thermoelectric Generator Lonnie Johnson has moved on from high-powered squirt guns to a chip that converts heat from the sun into electricity.
Technology Research News December 1, 2004	Short Nanotubes Carry Big Currents Researchers have developed a simple way to fabricate carbon nanotube devices whose length is as small as ten nanometers, and have shown that electricity can pass through the nanotubes very efficiently.
Job Journal August 29, 2004 Marty Nemko	Quick Fix: Handling Compliments A straightforward approach to accepting praise.
Geotimes February 2007 Nicole Branan	Shifting Winds Shift Warming Trends? New model simulations indicate that a poleward shift in the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds could cause the Southern Ocean's carbon dioxide and heat uptake to increase by up to 20%.