Industry News
02 Pursuit Motorcycle Runs On Compressed Air
A vehicle that runs on air. It sounds like a fantastic idea, but energy is still needed to compress the air and the losses that
December 16, 2011
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A Design Grad’s Perspective: The “Why” Manifesto
Having decided that my first contribution to the design community would not be a sterile technical article but something that could reach beyond our all-knowing-decision-taking
December 13, 2011
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Events
Real World Design Challenge for Future Engineers
There’s nothing quite like real world experience for engaging students. And engineers, notorious for their passion to work hands-on, know this better than anyone. That’s
December 13, 2011
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GrabCAD Review: Engineering Community with Free CAD Library
GrabCAD is a community founded by mechanical engineers. It is also a place for engineers to share their talent, expand knowledge, find a dream project
December 12, 2011
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CAD Upstart Gives Designers Holographic View
Objects in zSpace appear “solid” in open space, allowing users to manipulate them directly as if they were real physical objects. Talk about an unusual
December 6, 2011
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Ideas, Thoughts, Perspectives
Genetic Algorithms for Optimization
A genetic algorithm is a search heuristic for optimization given a set of guidelines. The algorithm works with different kinds of strings of data that
December 5, 2011
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Ideas, Thoughts, Perspectives
Awesome Art: SRAM Part Project
Here’s a box of 100 SRAM high-performance bike components. Now make something of it. That’s the challenge SRAM laid down for a group of noted
December 2, 2011
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Ideas, Thoughts, Perspectives
X2CV – High Speed Military Vehicle
The XC2V FLYPMode is one imposing looking vehicle. Also known as the Experimental Crowd-derived Combat Support Vehicle, DARPA has billed this mean machine as the
December 2, 2011
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Ideas, Thoughts, Perspectives
The “Unknown Artist”, Ray Johnson
Ray Johnson first began working with abstract art in 1948. He soon gave that up and began to cut pieces of his art and put
November 7, 2011
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Events
Colorado PTC USER Group (COPUG) Annual Meeting 2011
Each Region or PTC User chapter has a meeting of the minds once or twice per year where Pro/Engineer users gather together to share their
November 7, 2011
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Ideas, Thoughts, Perspectives
Designing A Chess AI
In 1996 IBM’s Deep Blue, a chess computer, beat the world champion, Garry Kasparov. This marked the first time a computer was capable of defeating
October 27, 2011
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Ideas, Thoughts, Perspectives
Non-Degreed Detail Designers: Reassessing the Engineering Job Market
For those of you that are unemployed: If you specialize in something other than what you have done in the past, you can increase the
September 13, 2011
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