This is the Input/Output section of the September 2008 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine.

This is the ME Bookshelf section of the September 2008 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine.

This is the Technology Focus section of the September 2008 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine.

This is the editorial for the September 2008 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine, written by John G. Falcioni, editor-in-chief.

This is the Computing section of the September 2008 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine.

This is the Letters to the Editor section of the September 2008 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine.

This is the News & Notes section of the September 2008 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine.

Marketability isn’t the whole story. Without exclusivity, a product may yield small profits in a field crowded by competitors.

A concept borrowed from psychology gives new perspective to product development.

Visualizing the load path in a design can uncover areas open to improvement.

Give us two weeks. A U.S. motor manufacturer focuses on practices that keep its products out of the commodities competition.

The U.S. is still a manufacturing powerhouse, but just how powerful depends on how you read the statistics.

Who will create the products of our future? Everyone from the engineer to the psychologist. This group met to ask how that can be done.

A small-scale generator uses a catch-and-release strategy that can turn a casual stroll into useful electric energy.

Will you sketch with a 3-D pen? Or crowdsource as an independent from home? Research now aims to make it easy tomorrow.

This is the Product Information section of the September 2008 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine.

This is the Software Exchange section of the September 2008 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine.

This is the New Products section of the September 2008 issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine.