Traditional printed journals are a familiar and comfortable aspect of scholarly work. They have been the primary means of communicating research results, and as such have performed an invaluable service. However, they are an awkward artifact, although a highly developed one, of the print technology that was the only means available over the last few centuries for large-scale communication. The ...

(continued on page 3) Ran Canetti and Rosario Gennaro are Research Staff Members at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center. They can be contacted at [email protected] and [email protected], respectively. Amir Herzberg manages the Network Computing and Security Group at the IBM Haifa Research Lab (Tel-Aviv Annex), and Dalit Naor is a Research Staff Member there. They can be reached at ami...

Fault diagnosis systems are important for industrial robots, especially those operated in remote and hazardous environment. Faults in robotic manipulator can cause economic and serious damages. So the Robots need the ability to independently as well as effectively detect and tolerate internal failures in order to continue performing their tasks without the need for immediate human intervention....

The recent advances in Computer Science and Technology have revolutionized the way graphical user interfaces are used towards Human Machine Interface (HMI). The graphical user interface is so powerful, that the knowledge of a process or system can be transferred to plant personnel accurately and effectively within a short period of time. The techniques of animation can enhance the illusion of d...

The present work deals with the laminar natural convection in a square cavity with differentially heated side walls subjected to constant temperatures and filled with homogenous 0,4 wt. % aqueous solution of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) based Au, Al2O3, Cu and TiO2 nanofluids obeying the Power law rheological model. The governing differential equations have been solved by the standard finite v...

Tool-handle design research has been previously limited to determination of diameters of cylindrical handles to increase performance, comfort and avoid acute and cumulative traumatic disorders. However, there is still lack of correct shape determination and systemization of the ergonomic design knowledge. To overcome these limitations, methodology to develop optimal sized and shaped tool-handle...

In this article we present our recent work on the simulation of a hexapod robot called PTinto. This robot is a prototype that has been designed to test the six legs locomotion system in the surrounding areas of the Tinto River (Huelva-Spain), which scientists have considered that could potentially have many similarities to the Mars surface. This kind of robots represents a great advance in the ...