Poll Results: On lead-free hand soldering
Time to display the full results of our latest poll. It was one for engineers and the possible shortcomings, or otherwise, of lead free soldering.
Environmental
Video: Where Apple engineers and validates its wireless products
Given all the news about Apple and the performance of its wireless antennas, this is an interesting view behind the scenes of the company’s antenna design and test labs.
When is a door not a door?*
“Are the doors wrong or the balconies? Conflict between planners, architects and builders?” A good question.
Driver Run Over by Own Rig -- Corrosion the Culprit
In this real world engineering who-dunnit from Design News– you couldn’t write a TV script better than this! — corrosion and wear-and-tear on a key component of the lift cylinder on a tractor-trailer caused the rig to run over its own driver.
Forensic engineer Myron Boyajian…
Boots Busted for WEEE violations
Sister publication Design News reports in its Lead Free Zone Blog that The Irish retailer, Boots, has the dubious honor of becoming the first company in the EU to prosecuted for violating the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, which aims to divert electronic devices away from landfills:
“The…
Solar Powered Kayak Extends The Meaning of Green
EDN Editor Margery Conner brought the Solar Powered Kayak, helpfully outfitted with outriggers, to our attention as a candidate for most ludicrous green marketing claims. Or, you could just leave it at most ludicrous.
Read her Powersource blog…
The Lead Made Me Do It
First it was the twinkie defense. Now it’s the lead one? The NYT reports in its article Criminal Element that a new environmental theory of criminal behavior described in the B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy suggests that the Clean Air Act (which got the lead out…
Get the lead out or keep it in? A no-win situation.
It’s a terrible twist of irony. The Chinese can’t seem to keep the lead out, while everyone else may be doing too good of a job keeping it out. So reports the LA Times, in the article Lead phase-out may destroy electronics. The problem? Tin whiskers, like…