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CAD/CAM Corner
Video: Doodle3D Prints Designs From 2D Drawings
Cabe Atwell, Contributing Editor, Design Hardware & Software
5/21/2013  0
There's more fun coming our way on the 3D printing news front, as The Netherlands-based tech company FabLab Amersfoort has developed a new device that serves as a sketching tool for ...

Cabe Atwell

Blog
Video: 'A Boy & His Atom'
Cabe Atwell, Contributing Editor, Design Hardware & Software
5/20/2013  4
IBM has been manipulating particles in the atomic scale since the beginning of the 1980s. They created a machine called a Scanning Tunneling Microscope to study atomic magnetism ...

Cabe Atwell

CAD/CAM Corner
Video: Enter the Smartmouse
Cabe Atwell, Contributing Editor, Design Hardware & Software
5/16/2013  13
In my search for a better HMI, I came across the Ego! Nowadays, just about all of the latest tech gadgets come equipped with an unwavering amount of useful features the likes of ...

Elizabeth Montalbano

Blog
Harvard, MIT Researchers Design 3D Printed, Self-Assembling Robots
Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
5/16/2013  8
Researchers from MIT and Harvard University have teamed up to design a 3D printed robot that can crawl like an inchworm and can assemble itself when given a jolt of electricity.

Richard Nass

Blog
We Know What the IoT Is, but How & When It Arrives Is Unclear
Richard Nass, Brand Director
5/15/2013  12
Many of the topics we cover here at Design News have different meaning to different people. I often use the phrase, "Ask 10 different people about XYZ, and you'll get 10 different ...

Jennifer Campbell

Blog
Do We Really Need an App for That?
Jennifer Campbell, Executive Editor
5/15/2013  25
I'm a social media junkie who loves reading about and testing new technology. I'm also the mother of an almost 2-year-old. When I first saw the Huggies TweetPee, I immediately ...

Cabe Atwell

Blog
Alvaro GIANT: 84 Inches of Ultra-HD Multi-Touch Display
Cabe Atwell, Contributing Editor, Design Hardware & Software
5/14/2013  13
As some companies try to increase the quality and functionality of high-definition touchscreens for miniaturized, mobile applications, others are moving in the opposite direction -- ...

Elizabeth Montalbano

Blog
Slideshow: How 3D Printed Body Parts Are Changing Medicine
Elizabeth Montalbano, Contributing Writer
5/13/2013  16
In the 1990s, scientists received a lot of attention for their work cloning animals (remember Dolly the sheep?), and questions were raised about whether scientists were taking ...

Cabe Atwell

CAD/CAM Corner
SME Rapid Conference Hosts 3D Printing Art Gallery
Cabe Atwell, Contributing Editor, Design Hardware & Software
5/10/2013  19
With the onset of new-age media and the ongoing advancement of software programming that increases the creative capability of individuals, art creation has taken a significant step ...

Features

There’s No Excuse for Not Designing Virtually
4/3/2013
 7
When design engineers want more than the default look and feel, software should be customizable and extensible, ensuring they can define appearance and behaviors.

Golden Mousetrap Awards: The Winners!
2/13/2013
 10
Design News is pleased to announce the winners in our 2012 Golden Mousetrap Awards.

DESIGN West News Feed
3/19/2012
 9
Tech news from UBM's DESIGN West conference, March 26 through 29 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif.

Slideshow: CAD's New Age of Functionality
9/9/2011
 15
After a semi-lost decade, CAD vendors have reinvigorated their focus on CAD, introducing an array of innovative functionality and 3D modeling advances that take CAD to the next level.

Design News 2011 Salary Survey: Best News in Years
8/10/2011
 7
The results of our annual salary survey show solid improvements in pay, as well as overall satisfaction with the engineering profession, despite rising stress levels and a still-tight economy.

Wilder Technologies Launches Line of Test Adaptor Products for Test & Measurement Companies
7/15/2010
 1
Using a systemic approach to solve signal integrity challenges via high-speed, high-performance Test Adapters, Wilder has initially released several test adaptor products including Display Ports, SATA, SAS and HDMI.

City on a Hill
10/1/2009
 2
Engineers must marry strength, beauty and community building

Design Hardware & Software
Zuken: Intelligent Engineering
Zuken's CR-8000 enables multiple engineers working on ...
NX CAE Symposium 2012: View Presentations
The NX CAE Symposium 2012 spotlighted the power and ...
Simulating the Iceberg Transfer
Testing the feasibility of moving icebergs to solve the ...
Black Diamond uses NX software to ...
Siemens PLM Software customer Black Diamond highlights how ...
Black Diamond - Controlling CAD Data
Dave Mellon, VP of Products at Black Diamond, discusses ...
Black Diamond - increase aesthetics and ...
Brendan Perkins, design engineer at Black Diamond, explains ...
Black Diamond - One Method for ...
David Narajowski, advanced projects director at Black ...
Product Lifecycle Management with ...
Teamcenter makes it simple to enable knowledge workers to ...
Social Networking in Teamcenter
By combining social networking capabilities of Sharepoint ...
Teamcenter Solves Miscommunication with ...
With Teamcenter's instant collaboration, it's easy to kick ...
Product Data Management
Siemens Teamcenter's data management capabilities provide a ...
Dimension uPrint Personal 3D Printer
The uPrint Personal 3D Printer builds durable ABSplus™ ...
BigBelly Takes A Bite out of Trash
Operating solely off of solar energy, the Big Belly trash ...
Trek Lime in Action
The Trek development team recently created a ...
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First Stop
Gadget Freak Case #241: Gloved Hand Controls ...
A team of Colorado State University students has created a gadget that guides a remote control ...
Gadget Freak Case #240: MEMS Mics Up Telescope
Jerald Cogswell created a sonic telescope to grab sound and bring it as close to the user as the ...
Gadget Freak Case #239: Bridge Rectifier ...
Bernard R. Smith Jr. created a bridge rectifier that eliminates the flicker in LED light strings.
Gadget Freak Case #238: Controller Adjusts ...
Thomas W. Manning created an automatic switch that uses a solid state relay to adjust the ...
Gadget Freak Case #237: Dishwasher Indicator ...
Jitendra Tailor's gadget uses a proximity sensor and a flashing LED to tell his family members ...
Are the Power Windows Really the Problem?
The power windows were working as they were supposed to. That was one problem. Operator error ...
The Brake Sensor’s Gone Mad
The brakes work just fine, but the brake sensor light has a life of its own.
The Messed Up RF Generator
After the Monkeys messed with the RF generator, it was a puzzle to get it right.
The Membrane Keys Messed With the Dishwasher
Watch out for membrane key cables that won't do their job.
Power Glitch Tunes Out TV
All of the controls to this TV are in the remote. But the remote stopped working and the company ...
Fuse Holder Mismatched to Fuse
If the fuse and fuse holder don't match up right, hefty repair bills might follow.
The Power of Secret Energy
The light amid darkness increased suspicions. A secret power source was the answer.
The Case of the Cantankerous Battery Cells
At the battery factory, a number of things can go wrong, from lousy suppliers to oddball crimping.
A Perfect Storm of Device Stress
The recording device failed when it heard a loud, screeching voice.
What's the Time?
The radio station couldn't keep its clock synchronized. Apparently, the power company was ...
8 Ways to Design End-of-Life Into Your Products
An analysis of what’s needed to implement Design for Disassembly and Design for Recycling ...
Datacenter Security: Is Protection at the ...
Government regulations, coupled with growing consumer sensitivity about data and identity theft, ...
Do You Need On-Machine Motion Solutions?
On-machine motion solutions have helped many OEMs address seemingly impossible tasks.
Monitoring Load-Pin Stresses Cuts Crane ...
When a crane doesn't have a monitoring system, crane owners schedule service every six months ...
Frequency Response: The Gold Standard
Engineers predict real-world response and identify model parameters.
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Taking Some of the Grit out of Manufacturing
Kirsten Billhardt, Manufacturing Industry Marketing Strategist, Dell, 3/26/2013    5
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