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6 The PCB Magazine • January 2016 shorts UCLA Researchers Create Exceptionally Strong and Lightweight New Metal Graphene Proves a Perfect Fit for Wearable Devices highlights MilAero007 EIN Market Supply Line Top Ten PCB Articles this Month Departments Events Calendar Advertisers Index & Masthead articles New Year, New Outlook for the Electronics Manufacturing Industry by John Hasselman 25 Essential Skills for Engineers by Happy Holden columns The Fascinating Possibilities of Medical Electronics by Patty Goldman Fabrication Drawings and Electrical Test—Reading the Fine Print by Todd Kolmodin High-Performance Laminates by Karl Dietz contents 46 58 8 52 66 38 64 30 44 56 76 78 79 January 2016 Volume 6 number 1 the definitiVe interactiVe magazine dedicated to the global Pcb industry thepcbmagazine.com

• Cover
• Feature Articles — Medical Electronics: Getting the Vitals
• Contents
• Column — The Fascinating Possibilities of Medical Electronics
• Feature — Robots, Wearables and Implated Devices in the Age of Bionic Health
• Feature Column — Medical Research is Golden
• MilAero007 Highlights
• Feature — Facing Incredible Times: Robin Taylor's Vision of the Future
• Short — UCLA Researchers Create Exceptionally Strong and Lightweight New Metal
• Feature Column — Flex: Just What the Doctor Ordered for Medical Devices
• EIN Market Highlights
• Article — New Year, New Outlook for the Electronics Manufacturing Industry
• Column — Fabrication Drawings and Electrical Test—Reading the Fine Print
• Supply Line Highlights
• Article — 25 Essential Skills for Engineers
• Short — Graphene Proves a Perfect Fit for Wearable Devices
• Column — High-Performance Laminates
• Top Ten Recent Highlights from PCB007
• 2016 Events Calendar
• Advertiser Index and Masthead