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Top Five Articles of October 2007
See the most popular articles on ControlDesign.com.

A Man, a Company, a Legacy of Control
Arthur G. Russell Has Been Walking the Talk for Six Decades

What’s New this Month
Here’s what’s new this month at ControlDesign.com, the exclusive home of our virtual content.

Feedback: November 2007
Engineers Attend Engineering Schools & Engineering Trek, the Next Generation

YourTube.com & 2008
What ongoing training is vital in order to have a seasoned employee with the right skill sets?

Mergers, Alliances, Acquisitions, and Flashback
Read about the latest mergers, alliences and aquisitions for this month. Also see a 10 year flashback in history.

Peers and SIs Are Good Sources
Writers and teachers can point you in the right direction, but they almost never are the experts when it comes to machine automation.

How Seeing Became Doing
We basically went from an Etch-a-Sketch type of CAD system to a true engineering design package.

Women Leave Engineering More Rapidly
Why are women engineers leaving the industry so fast?

Technology Trends Ahead
Evolution, Not Revolution. Machine Automation Trends Point to Ever More Use of Faster, Smaller, Smarter Components

A Visible Cutting Edge
Lumber Machinery Builder Improves Customer Quality and Yields With a Machine Vision Solution

LabView Style Book Is Worthy Read
With instructor-led training running at about $2,000 a session, a self-learning book might be the ticket to get up to speed on this software.

It’s Not Easy Being Blue
“Bluetooth has a straightforward infrastructure, adapts to frequency-hopping, copes well with interference and is more agile than ZigBee.”

Aluminum Cylinders Gain Acceptance
Lumber Mill OEM Boosts Performance, Cuts Weight on New Trim Saw With Aluminum Pneumatic Cylinders

Wanted: Small-Scale DAQ Solution
What should you look for in a software package? Tools, wizards, other special features?

Innovative Recruiting Practices
Most co-ops students gain enough proficiency that a portion of their time can be charged to the projects that they’re working on.

RoundUp: Simple Control Software Is Best
Now Available on Demand, Software Reduces Over-Design Risk