Last month’s article in the extrusion basics series, which dealt with screw design, was very popular (more than 3000 page views!), so I thought I would expand on one of the loose ends—the compression ...

A further extension of MPEG-2, called the 4:2:2 profile, has been developed to record and transmit studio-quality video. Figure 2. MPEG-2 4:2:0 video data stream architecture. Click here to see an ...

Want to know how healthy or unhealthy your engine really is? Get yourself a compression tester and find out. Despite how complex many modern vehicles are, you can do many common repair and maintenance ...

This chapter establishes the basis for the Second Law of Thermodynamics. It is not critical that you read this chapter to be able to understand the more practical chapters on compression that follow.

If you've ever visited a professional recording studio, you may have noticed the large amount of outboard equipment that many studios still employ. Nestling alongside a traditional mixing console, ...