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... [Read more]

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... [Read more]

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are now making waves in kayak design, marking a new chapter in the evolution of these popular boats, which were originally made by the Inuits using wood, bone and animal skin.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... [Read more]

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... [Read more]

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... [Read more]

Autodesk software speeds nanotech research development at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) named Brookhaven National Laboratory (Brookhaven Lab) — a national research laboratory overseen by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy — as the Autodesk Inventor of the Month for July in recognition of its innovative nanotechnology equipment.Brookhaven Lab is the current home of the National Synchrotron... [Read more]

StudioGPU delivers unmatched efficiency and flexibility to 3D production pipelines with MachStudio Pro 2

StudioGPU is redefining productivity for 3D users working in broadcast, cinema, and design with the announcement of StudioGPU MachStudio™ Pro 2 real-time non-linear 3D workflow and rendering software. Operating as an open hub for advanced 3D workflow, MachStudio Pro 2 offers 3D designers advanced features such as native integration with Pixar RenderMan®;... [Read more]

Pointools software brings Rhino 3D CAD designs to life.

Rhinoceros 3D is a standalone modeling tool developed by Robert McNeel & Associates and commonly used for industrial, marine, jewelry, graphic, and automotive design as well as architecture, CAD / CAM, rapid prototyping, reverse engineering, and multimedia. Pointools 4 Rhino enables users to benefit from Rhino’s design toolset within a point cloud... [Read more]

VISI version 18 is new and improved

Software features include VISI modeling and VISI shoes. CAD enhancements include an updated GUI with improved user interaction, new Mesh tools, new model deformation tools for model manipulation and multi-page splitting for the 3D and plotview environment.VISI Mold enhancements include improved integration CADENAS PartSolutions V9, faster interference... [Read more]

CAM – Face classification

To explain the principle, if you simply break a 3D curve into equal length lines, the deviation of the lines from the curve would change as the curvature became larger and smaller. However, using a chordal deviation, the operator defines the maximum distance between the chord and the original geometry. The major benefit of using a chordal deviation... [Read more]