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  • Putting the patient first: students work with elderly to define the next stage of the connected health revolution
    Cambridge Consultants, a leading technology product design and development firm, today shared recommendations on how to increase adoption of new connected health technologies that will help to improve wellness among the nation’s growing elderly population. The findings were based on field research conducted by students from the Tufts University School of Engineering and individual interviews [...]

  • PinPoint Pattern Find vision algorithm solves numerous industrial applications
    PPT VISION announces its PinPoint Pattern Find™ tool, which provides a solution for a  range of vision applications. From robotic guidance to label inspection, PPT VISION’s proprietary PinPoint Pattern Find tool is improving manufacturing processes.Smart cameras, like PPT VISION’s powerful IMPACT®, automate visual inspections. PPT VISION reduces manufacturing costs by ensuring quality and improving throughput [...]

  • Tiny tubes making waves in kayak design
      Baytubes®, the carbon nanotubes from Bayer MaterialScience, are now making waves in kayak design, marking a new chapter in the evolution of these popular boats, which were originally made by the Inuits using wood, bone and animal skin. Today’s kayaks are usually made from plastics and composite materials. Some new kayak prototypes have now been [...]

  • Superconducting wire and CAD tool vendors combine forces to simplify electrical machine design
    Cobham’s QUENCH electromagnetic software tool for modeling the quenching process in superconducting materials now comes with a library containing comprehensive manufacturer-supplied material characterization data for Sumitomo’s DI-BSSCO bismuth-based superconducting wire. The combination will simplify the design and prototyping stages of applying high temperature superconductors (HTS). Among the application sectors currently exploring HTS-based solutions are electricity [...]

  • Terrafugia’s "Roadable Aircraft" Engineered with Virtual Prototyping from ANSYS
    PITTSBURGH, PA– The world’s first commercial “flying car” will go the distance on both highways and runways next year when it rolls off the production line — thanks, in part, to design optimization from ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS).Terrafugia’s beta prototype design is shown in a near wing-stall case, with the propeller being modeled using [...]

  • Free Online Design and Data Sharing Tools
    Dassault Systemes plans to launch the DraftSight solution, a free, professional-grade 2D CAD product delivered using an open business model. Currently in public beta and available for download at www.3ds.com, DraftSight gives you a better way to read, write, and share DWG files. Based on an advanced architecture, DraftSight is easy to use, generally takes [...]

  • Continental to Standardize on PTC’s Windchill Platform for Global Product Development
    PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) announced that Continental has selected Windchill, PTC’s PLM (product lifecycle management) software, as its global standard for product development in its Automotive Group. Continental will replace its existing PLM system and standardize its three automotive divisions – Chassis & Safety, Powertrain and Interior – on PTC’s Windchill platform. The software will be [...]

  • Joe Gibbs Racing Licenses D-Cubed 3D DCM from Siemens PLM Software
    Siemens PLM Software and Joe Gibbs Racing®, one of the premier organizations in NASCAR®, announced the licensing of Siemens’ D-CubedTM software for integration in specialty applications.The D-Cubed 3D DCM (Dimensional Constraint Manager) will now be deployed in any in-house software application that requires a 3D geometric constraint solving component. The 3D DCM is already integrated in [...]

  • Chrysler Group LLC contracts with Siemens PLM Software
    Siemens PLM Software announced that Chrysler Group LLC, which produces Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram Truck and Mopar vehicles and products, has selected Siemens PLM Software’s technology for product design and development.Chrysler Group began using Teamcenter software, Siemens PLM Software’s digital lifecycle management solution, as its corporate-wide PDM system in 2008. Teamcenter provides a single source [...]

  • 3Dconnexion 3D mice help Line 6 rock the digital design world
    Line 6 offers an array or award-winning music creation products from guitars and amplifiers, to effects, effects processors, and recording interfaces. Renowned for its studio and stage-standard gear, Line 6 invented digital guitar amp modeling technology in 1996, and currently is the number one developer of guitar amps used by pros and hobbyists.Line 6’s lead [...]