Semi-Autonomous Vehicle Gets Disabled Racer Back in Driver’s Seat
Sam Schmidt, a former driver paralyzed in a 2000 race car accident, recently achieved a long-standing dream to compete against legend Mario Andretti on the Indianapolis Speedway.
/article/semi-autonomous-vehicle-gets-disabled-racer-back-drivers-seatPLM Knowledge Gap Hampers New Engineers
Many fresh-faced graduates don’t have adequate understanding and training in core technologies like product lifecycle management (PLM).
/article/plm-knowledge-gap-hampers-new-engineersFormlabs Makes Play for Production 3D Printing
Formlabs’ Fuse 1 brings previously expensive and complex selective laser sintering (SLS) technology to the benchtop; Form Cell automates additive manufacturing.
/article/formlabs-makes-play-for-production-3d-printingANSYS, PTC Partner To Bring Simulation to the Industrial Internet of Things
The pair announced plans to develop a platform solution that will allow ANSYS engineering simulation capabilities to be easily added to apps built on PTC’s ThingWorx IIoT platform.
/article/ansys-ptc-partner-bring-simulation-industrial-internet-thingsGive it Up for PTC’s Next-Gen PLM Concept Built on IoT
PTC CEO Jim Hepplemann wove together the company’s forays into IoT, machine learning and analytics, augmented reality, 3D printing, application lifecycle management (ALM), and industrial connectivity.
/article/give-ptcs-next-gen-plm-concept-built-iotTo 3D Print or Not to 3D Print? No More Questions
The system will employ a methodology the team dubs SAM-CT (Size, Accuracy and Materials + Economic Evaluation of Cost and Throughput) to determine 3D printing viability.
/article/to-3d-print-or-not-to-3d-print-no-more-questionsEngineering the America’s Cup: Flying on Water
From majestic wooden schooners to today’s muscular and high-performance catamarans, the America’s Cup charts new waters in technology-driven racing design.
/article/engineering-americas-cup-flying-water3D Printing Prep Gets into Shape
Preparing models for 3D printing is no longer heavy lifting, but it’s still not as simple as it looks.
/article/3d-printing-prep-gets-shapeManufacturers Shape Augmented Reality’s Future
The augmented reality functional requirements will be made publicly available on the AREA site and future efforts include reviews of current AR hardware and software solutions against the benchmark.
/article/manufacturers-shape-augmented-realitys-futureAVP3: Sounding the Call for Acoustic Simulation
Five companies and three research institutions are collaborating on an attempt to virtualize acoustic representations of products and production processes so teams can do the earliest possible evaluation and optimization of their auditory characteristics.
/article/avp3-sounding-call-acoustic-simulationResearchers Take Aim at Design and Manufacturing Costs
A team of researchers at Penn State, industry and other universities is developing an advanced framework that will allow engineers to share engineering data and leverage design and manufacturing-related knowledge throughout the entire product lifecycle.
/article/researchers-take-aim-design-manufacturing-costsAutonomous Vehicle Consortium Steers Toward One-Stop Test Platform
The ADAS IIT (Innovation in Test) collaboration plans to create a scalable, future-proof ADAS test solution based on the National Instruments hardware and software platform.
/article/autonomous-vehicle-consortium-steers-towards-one-stop-test-platformStudents Get Hands Dirty With Integrated Product Design
By tasking students to evaluate a product from a real-world market forces standpoint, they are forced to consider product design trade-offs between feature set, price, market share, aesthetics and usability.
/article/students-get-hands-dirty-integrated-product-designFestival of Engineering Fun
The ASME E-Fests are three-day, two night events that queue up a variety of activities to immerse engineering students in innovation.
/article/festival-engineering-funESTECO Pitches VOLTA As Engineering Hub
The new VOLTA platform, an evolution of its SOMO (Service Oriented Multidisciplinary Orchestration) offering, is a web-based collaboration environment designed to help enterprise engineering organizations leverage knowledge and processes.
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