Electronic News & Comment Air Guitar Retuned by Clippard's Pneumatics Charles Murray, Senior Technical Editor, Electronics & Test2/22/2012 5 Pneumatic technology is usually associated with machine control, but at the Medical Design & Manufacturing West Conference in Anaheim, Calif., it was about music.
Gadget Freak Driving App Updates via Crowdsourcing Steve Ravet, Contributing Writer2/22/2012 3 When I first saw the traffic overlay on Google Maps, I was struck by the simple brilliance of the idea. As long as you are running the Google Maps app on your phone, you are ...
Engineering Materials Bioplastics Powered by Plants & Metals Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly2/22/2012 5 A research team at the University of Rennes in Brittany has identified the ingredient that makes it possible to use plant oil, instead of fossil fuel-based oil, to produce polyamide ...
Made by Monkeys Auto Climate Control Is Backwards Michael Holtz 2/22/2012 6 I have a Toyota Highlander with an automatic climate control system that totally baffles me. The issue concerns the option to either bring in fresh air or recirculate the cabin air.
CAD/CAM Corner Slideshow: Social Side of CAD Beth Stackpole, Contributing Editor, Design Hardware & Software2/21/2012 10 Given the overwhelming groundswell of enthusiasm for social networks and consumers' relentless quest for sharing -- and over-sharing -- with communities of like-minded peers (as ...
Engineering Materials Packaging Replaces Plastic With Pulp Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly2/21/2012 23 Procter & Gamble has replaced 57 percent of the plastic in its packaging for the Gillette Fusion razor with moldable plant based pulp. And, the company has pledged a major ...
Mechatronics Zone User Interfaces Should Be Easy to Navigate Jon Titus, Contributing Technical Editor2/21/2012 15 I don't need a top-of-the-line smartphone, but when the opportunity came to cut cellphone costs in half, my wife and I switched to a new company and got new phones as part of the ...
News Better Cameras Simplify Machine Vision Charles Murray, Senior Technical Editor, Electronics & Test2/21/2012 2 Editor's Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part series on 3D machine vision. Part 1 can be found here.
News Composites Employed in Military Helicopters Ann R. Thryft, Senior Technical Editor, Materials & Assembly2/17/2012 17 Two prototype helicopters that will be evaluated by the US Army deploy carbon-fiber-reinforced composite materials in both the aircraft structure and the blades. The light tactical ...
Top 5 Roadblocks to Digital Factory of the Future 10/24/2011 24 The digital factory of the future faces challenges of cost, compatibility and programmability as PLCs and PACs lurch towards a fulling integrated production cycle.
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Gone are the days when CAD-savvy individuals are the only ones who need access to 3D CAD models. As more companies embrace digital design tools and digital prototyping for their product development processes, there's a growing need to make the 3D models accessible and usable by a wider population beyond CAD users. This radio show will explore how technologies are evolving to give non-CAD users and even non-engineers access to the 3D digital models for markup, review, and collaboration purposes, along with how these tools can deliver value in terms of fostering reuse, innovation, and overall product development efficiencies.
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