Drop Your Phone in the Sink – We Dare You
Engineering Materials 1/29/2013 50 comments What if you could actually drop your smartphone or tablet PC into the sink by accident, or into your plate of spaghetti sauce, and no harm would be done?
Update on 100-Percent Non-Food Jet Biofuel
Engineering Materials 1/28/2013 29 comments The 100-percent non-food biofuel that meets petroleum jet fuel specifications used in the historic Canadian test flight reduced emissions by 50 percent.
3D-Printed Clothing Hits the Paris Runway
Blog 1/25/2013 14 comments Stratasys Ltd. and Materialise have printed 3D clothing pieces that were worn on the catwalk during the Iris van Herpen's haute couture show, "Voltage," at Paris Fashion Week.
Golden Mousetrap Awards: Materials & Assembly Finalists!
Blog 1/24/2013 3 comments After weeding through an impressive number of entries, and even more impressive products, Design News is pleased to present the finalists in the Materials & Assembly category of our 2012 Golden Mousetrap Awards.
3D Printing for the Home
Blog 1/24/2013 13 comments Mcor and Up 3D USA are just two companies making great advancements in the world of 3D printing. Both are at SolidWorks World 2013 in Orlando this week.
Strap Grounds Field Failures
Sherlock Ohms 1/23/2013 14 comments When a customer changed the design on one of his products, another part of the design failed. It was time to call Sherlock.
Flexible Tablet Prototype Is Electronic Paper
Engineering Materials 1/22/2013 35 comments The PaperTab splits a tablet's windows into separate sheets of user-editable electronic paper that store a lot of data and communicate with one another.
Slideshow: Top Technologies of 2013
Blog 1/18/2013 12 comments It's a new year, and our sister publication, EE Times, has made a list of the overhyped/underexposed electronics technologies that are going to make a splash in the next 12 months. Do you agree?
Quick Reference: Tooling Tolerances
Guest Blogs 1/18/2013 8 comments Depending on the complexity of your part and your needs, several tooling options are available. Work closely with your industrial printer supplier to find a solution that meets your needs in the most cost-effective manner available.
DuPont Recruits 500 Farmers for Non-Food Biofuel Project
Engineering Materials 1/17/2013 42 comments One of the first, and biggest commercial-scale cellulosic biorefineries in the world is targeted for completion next year by DuPont, which will make cellulosic ethanol from corn stalks and leaves.
McDonald's Trucks Log 800,000 Miles on Recycled Cooking Oil
Engineering Materials 1/16/2013 19 comments McDonald's delivery trucks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have logged more than 800,000 miles on 100-percent, unblended biodiesel made from recycled cooking oil used in the chain's restaurants.
4 Simple Ergonomic Steps to a More Productive Workplace
Guest Blogs 1/8/2013 35 comments Workplace ergonomics is getting a lot of attention nationwide in response to a sharp increase in incidents of repetitive strain injuries resulting in musculoskeletal disorders, such as carpal tunnel syndrome.
My Opinion on Walking the Safety Walk
Blog 1/5/2013 15 comments A staggering statistic says that every 15 seconds, somewhere in the world, an employee dies, and 160 others sustain a disabling injury.
Top Design News Articles of 2012
Blog 1/3/2013 7 comments Before we put the shackles on 2012, we thought you'd like to know which articles garnered the most interest last year.
My Opinion on Materials Choice
Blog 1/2/2013 10 comments The choice of a material, or making the wrong choice, can doom your design before it gets beyond the prototype stage.
By experimenting with the photovoltaic reaction in solar cells, researchers at MIT have made a breakthrough in energy efficiency that significantly pushes the boundaries of current commercial cells on the market.
In a world that's going green, industrial operations have a problem: Their processes involve materials that are potentially toxic, flammable, corrosive, or reactive. If improperly managed, this can precipitate dangerous health and environmental consequences.
With LEDs dropping in price virtually every year, automakers have begun employing them, not only on luxury vehicles, but on entry-level models, as well.
From Dell / Intel® New Paradigms in Design Work Scott Hamilton, vertical market strategist for Dell Precision workstations, 5/2/2013 3
Early in my career, I worked as a draftsman and remember the days of drawing on vellum with numbered pencils and Mylar with plastic lead. This was a fun experience in the sense that I ...
I've been using workstations for more than 10 years and love finding ways to get more performance from my system. With demanding professional applications that require more power each ...
A lasting memory from my first job as an engineer in an auto assembly plant is standing on hard concrete at six in the morning, vending-machine coffee clutched in hand, listening to ...
A quick look into the merger of two powerhouse 3D printing OEMs and the new leader in rapid prototyping solutions, Stratasys. The industrial revolution is now led by 3D printing and engineers are given the opportunity to fully maximize their design capabilities, reduce their time-to-market and functionally test prototypes cheaper, faster and easier. Bruce Bradshaw, Director of Marketing in North America, will explore the large product offering and variety of materials that will help CAD designers articulate their product design with actual, physical prototypes. This broadcast will dive deep into technical information including application specific stories from real world customers and their experiences with 3D printing. 3D Printing is
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