"Measuring with Kites," "Brakes for Walkers" and "Blocking That Kick" are featured in the October 2010 Tech Focus column.

"Contact and Seal in One," "Risk Analysis Methodology for Colleges and Universities" and "Thermowell Standard" are included in News & Notes this month.

This month's Letters to the Editor comment on the articles "Approaching Zero" and "Credit to the Bicycle."

University senior design teams are developing technology to improve the quality of life for veterans, firefighters, police officers, and others injured in the service of their country.

Though originally published 66 years ago, The Unwritten Laws of Engineering offers nuggets of advice that transcend generations and that are still valid today.

The Computing section includes "Like Detector," "What You See" and "Lifelike Look" this month.

The Unwritten Laws of Engineering is being excerpted as three Mechanical Engineering articles, starting with this month's “What the Beginner Needs to Learn at Once.”

Focus on Bioengineering: A lab studies knees and machines to help ligament-graft patients get back on their feet.

The teams competing in the Automotive X Prize have the same destination — building a car that can get 100 miles per gallon. But no two teams agree on the best path to that goal.

Will the power industry need engineers? Certainly. Will it hire them as before? Probably not. When will jobs open up? No comment.

When it comes to working together, schools in the water have plenty to teach about control theory.

Focus on Bioengineering: A system to deliver local hypothermia could one day improve the lives of heart-attack patients.

DeformSystem for 2-D and 3-D and SAM Animation software are described in this month's Software Exchange.

This month's New Products section includes a MEMS inclinometer, a laser calibration system, and miniature circuit breakers.