The July 2009 News & Notes section includes "Left-Handed Aliens" and "Offshore Conferences in Rio and Galveston."

In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy announced the ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the moon before the end of the decade, engineering received a considerable boost.

Recently published books for engineers and those interested in engineering.

Much of what we see in the constructed world is drawn from geometric forms—the cylindrical soda can, the plane of a touch screen, the sharp line of a window ledge.

Power Transmission and Motion Control is the theme of this month's Technology Focus section.

"Masked Moves," "Social Gaming" and "Programmers Needed" are featured in this month's Computing section.

Globalization and manufacturing are among the topics addressed in this month's Letters column.

It’s the mechanical sort, not the psychological, and engineers can really use it.

ASME recommends that CO2 emissions be reduced to achieve a sustainable atmospheric concentration.

The future of nuclear energy could lie in plants that can be factory built, shipped to a site, and operated 30 years without refueling.

Vision systems have a stepped-up role to play in manufacturing and beyond.

This month we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the achievement of President Kennedy’s bold goal—Apollo 11’s historic landing on the moon.

By layering simple behaviors, engineers are creating autonomous robots that can interact with the world around them.

A PDF viewer and a reverse engineering and inspection software product are among the products featured in Software Exchange this month.

A vibration isolator, metric leveling mounts and a digital pressure gauge are among the New Products for July 2009.