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We Know What the IoT Is, but How & When It Arrives Is Unclear
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5/15/2013  12 comments
IoT technology has become so prevalent that there’s now a consortium based on the topic.
Video Shows How We Can Make a Difference in People’s Lives
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5/9/2013  6 comments
PTC video looks at a few individuals who have made use of College Park prosthetics to lead perfectly normal lives, if you consider motorcycle racing, snowboarding, and mountain climbing normal.
Video Blog: Life-Changing Inventions & the Big Bucks
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5/8/2013  14 comments
DN brand director Rich Nass picks two important topics for his weekly video blog -- engineering starting salaries and the 20th anniversary of the Internet.
My Opinion on Energy Efficiency: It's Universal
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5/6/2013  7 comments
The Hanover Fair was eye-opening for lots of reasons, including the difference in German trade show culture vs. that seen in US trade shows.
NXP Acquires Development Tool Vendor, Strengthens ARM Ecosystem
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5/3/2013  2 comments
NXP Semi has acquired Code Red Technologies, an embedded software development tools provider. The important questions for you are, why did they do that, and what does it mean to you?
Video Blog: What Are the 'Must Have' Features of an MCU?
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5/2/2013  4 comments
Brand director Rich Nass sat down with Microchip's Mitch Dale during the Design West show last week to talk about MCUs.
Video Blog: We May Be Geeks, but We Control the World
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4/29/2013  18 comments
People who attend technical conferences like Design West are often mistakenly labeled as geeks. Do you even know what the real meaning of a geek is? Check out my video blog and I'll fill you in.
Comment:Re: News to me - richnass-4/26/2013
Yes, This Was Really on Display at Hanover Fair
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4/24/2013  23 comments
As a wrap-up to all the reporting we did at Hanover Fair in Hanover, Germany, here are some of the more interesting sights we came across.
Comment:Re: Urbee - richnass-4/22/2013
Comment:Re: The new CES? - richnass-4/22/2013
Webinar Walks Through the 'Rules' of Injection Molding
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4/18/2013  4 comments
Proto Labs is hosting a short webcast on April 24 at 11:00 a.m. ET to identify four different methods of obtaining injection-molded parts.
Video Blog: German vs. American Tradeshows
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4/16/2013  7 comments
Brand Director Rich Nass spent last week at the Hanover Fair tradeshow in Germany. Here are his observations from the show.
A Chat With Bosch Rexroth Chairman Karl Tragl
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4/16/2013  7 comments
While at Hanover Fair last week, Brand Director Rich Nass engaged in an interesting discussion with Dr. Karl Tragl, chairman of the Executive Board of Bosch Rexroth.
My Opinion on Testing Without ATS
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4/2/2013  2 comments
Automated test software, or ATS, is nothing new. But as systems grow in complexity, the need for automated testing, and likewise automated testing software, grows correspondingly.
Video Blog: Media Day at the NY Auto Show
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4/1/2013  5 comments
DN Brand Director Rich Nass attended the New York International Auto Show recently. Here's what he has to say about it.
Slideshow: A Day at the NY Auto Show
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3/29/2013  14 comments
DN Brand Director Rich Nass recently spent the day at the NY International Auto Show. Here's a sampling of what he saw.
What Can You Do With 1 Trillion Frames/s?
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3/29/2013  10 comments
If you’re in the Boston area on April 10 or 11, plan to stop by the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center to check out our Design & Manufacturing New England show.
Rich's Video Blog: Airplane Engine Difficulties & Cars From 3D Printers
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3/25/2013  17 comments
Rich's recent flight showed that it's not just the Dreamliner that's having difficulties. And have you heard of the car that was manufactured with a 3D printer?
Some Cool Happenings in Motors
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3/19/2013  5 comments
The recent co-located Design and Manufacturing event held last month in Anaheim was an unveiling site for a few new motors, and they were pretty different from some of the products we’ve seen in the past.
Rich’s Video Blog: Autodesk, the Oscars & The Big Bang Theory
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3/13/2013  6 comments
Design News brand director Rich Nass geeks out about Autodesk, the Oscars, and his favorite television show.
Comment:real? - richnass-3/12/2013
Check Out Rich’s Video
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3/4/2013  27 comments
Brand Director Rich Nass has some things to get off his chest.
Development Kits Enable Simple ZigBee Trial
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3/4/2013  5 comments
If you’re considering going with ZigBee for your end system, or even if you’re thinking about a different protocol, you might want to give these kits from Anaren a look.
My Opinion on Evaluating the Latest Tools & Hardware
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3/1/2013  1 comment
We put the latest evaluation kits from Autodesk and Intersil to the test.
Comment:Great fix - richnass-2/27/2013
Free Compiler in the Cloud
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2/22/2013  9 comments
Arrow and Freescale have partnered in the cloud so you can more easily design a product for the "Internet of Things."
Comment:Re: Cool gadgets - richnass-2/20/2013
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