We Can Help You Help Yourself
Do you want to know a secret about every one of our authors? At one point in their lives they decided to step out of […]
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Liebherr and Morat Swoboda Collaborate on E-Mobility Solutions
Few topics are currently so intensely discussed as climate and the question of future-viable mobility. Stress caused by car traffic, particularly air pollution and the […]
Content Request
Have you seen our “help wanted” ad? Gear Technology is looking for people who have information to share with our readers. We will continue to […]
Building on Solid Ground
Continuing my rant on over-reliance on commercial software The gears are the easy part. My clients and students have grown tired of my repeating that […]
The How vs. Why Balance
We have faced this How vs. Why balance before in both the magazine and the blog. The technical papers published tend to be at the […]
Why is Different Than How
Last time I quoted a university professor equating the teaching of “why” with education and the demonstrating of “how” with training. Some may find this […]
Education vs. Training
My son Derrick is a proud graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s School of Design. He completed the five-year, mandatory co-op program at a time […]
Finding the Leading Edge
I had planned to attend the MPT Show in Detroit last week and participate in Gear Technology ‘s Ask the Expert panel, but my schedule […]
That Blank Sheet of Paper
Does nature hate a vacuum more than a designer hates a blank sheet of paper? We will never know for sure because nature is too […]
So, Where Do I Start?
The last blog posting cautioned against over reliance on reference books for design guidance. A perfectly logical follow-up to that caution is “Where do I […]