Hand an engineer or would-be designer a powerful and low-cost tool and there’s no telling what they can create with it. That’s the message Alibre is trying to sell with its family of 3-D design tools. With the newest edition, Alibre Design Personal Edition launched in May, Alibre officials say any one can become an entrepreneur and market their innovation to the masses.
To drive home this do-it-yourself innovation story, Alibre is showcasing a handful of creations thanks to the work of its aspiring entrepreneurs:
Linn Audio has designed seven-foot tall custom home theater speakers, using Alibre Design and Alibre CAM to design the panels and machine out the parts. Owner David Lynn says he “likes how in Alibre Design you can draw a rough sketch of the part you need to make and then go back and dimension it to exact specifications.” Alibre CAM then sends the cutting toolpath in the form of G-code to the CNC Machine, which cuts the pattern of internal and external components of the speaker cabinet.
University of New Mexico masters student Francisco Rodriguez Alibre-inspired creation is a robot based on the TXT-1 monster truck. Using Alibre Design, Rodriguez added an odometer and extra shock absorber on each of the truck’s front wheels and an aluminum plate to support the sensors and computer. The end result: A robot used to make simulations in a virtual world with the goal of becoming a search and rescue robot that could be used to locate victims in mine fields, collapsed building or for structural inspection.
String Theory Yoyos’ Mark Mankiewicz decided to try his hand with Alibre Design, creating a professional grade yo-yo that’s precision machined for maximum stability and balanced-rim weighted for maximum spin time. His material of choice: Aerospace grade aluminum and premium steel bearings. Mankiewicz’s design called for two butterfly-bell halves to form an exact weight. Alibre Design Expert helped the fledging designer calculate the physical properties after each design change so he could ensure he was within regulation.
We looked at a number of sources to determine this year's greenest cars, from KBB to automotive trade magazines to environmental organizations. These 14 cars emerged as being great at either stretching fuel or reducing carbon footprint.
Researchers at MIT and Sandia National Labs have observed a reaction in lithium-air batteries that could help improve the design of these cells for electric vehicles and other applications.
Healthcare might seem to be an unlikely target application for the Internet of Things technology, but recent developments show small ways that big-data is going to make an impact on patient care moving into the future.
As energy efficiency becomes more and more a concern for makers of electronics devices, researchers are coming up with new ways to harvest energy from sound vibration, footsteps, and even electromagnetic fields in the air.
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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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