Topic: Features

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Sensors Smarten Up the Edge

May 1, 2019 · Companies that want to bring AI to the edge face hardware and data processing challenges.

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Building Student Teamwork Via Robotics

April 1, 2019 · Next-Gen Engineers Student Design Competition Profile: VEX IQ Challenge Next Level

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Additive Manufacturing is Leaving the Island

April 1, 2019 · With 3D printing growing increasingly mainstream, manufacturing execution systems are a tool against equipment downtime and production floor chaos.

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3D Printing Services: The CAD Connection

April 1, 2019 · Software-integrated plug-ins and online analysis pave the way for on-demand manufacturing.

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Pushing the Printed Electronics Envelope

April 1, 2019 · The prospects are real, but we may have to wait a bit before we can experience the full benefit of additive manufacturing in electronics.

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Metal Short-Run 3D Printing on Rapid Growth Trajectory

April 1, 2019 · This growth includes expansion into markets where printing on-demand parts and components is attractive, such as healthcare, aerospace and automotive.

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Meeting Design and Regulatory Challenges of Autonomous Air Taxis

March 25, 2019 · Frankfurt Airport manager Fraport is working with Volcopter to potentially use electric, vertical take-off multicopter (eVTOLs) to carry passengers through an urban transport network.

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3D Printing Increasingly Prescribed for Medical Apps

March 4, 2019 · HP's Director of 3D Printing, Lee Dockstader outlines 3D printing opportunity in healthcare.

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Making Autonomous Vehicles Smarter

March 1, 2019 · Combining real-world info and simulated conditions to build a data set.

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Manufacturing Awareness Signals a New Phase in Generative Design

March 1, 2019 · Migrating from theoretically optimal topology to manufacturable shapes, generative design technology shows signs of maturity.

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Deep Learning and Design Engineering

March 1, 2019 · Designers incorporate AI and deep learning into new products and in their own design processes.

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Connecting the Thread: IoT

February 1, 2019 · Most designers delve into unknown territory when it comes to implementation in the commercial sector of IoT.

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Ruggedized Electronics Require Special Attention

February 1, 2019 · Meet the challenge of designing sensitive electronics for harsh environments.

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Virtual Printing Enables Next Phase of AM Adoption

January 1, 2019 · Simulating 3D prints will make it easier to create high-quality end-use parts using additive manufacturing.

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Stratasys Printers Validated by FDA for Medical Modeling

December 20, 2018 · Materialise and Stratasys have expanded their partnership in the healthcare space

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Understanding MicroCT for Additive Manufacturing

October 4, 2018 · MicroCT systems employ either a fan-beam or cone-beam approach to transmit X-rays through a part. Data from either type of scanner is collected at a planar detector and then processed to create 3D volume reconstructions, which can be analyzed and viewed layer by layer.

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Gold Nanoparticles Shine Light on 3D-Printing Defects

August 31, 2018 · An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Vanderbilt University has developed a technique that uses the optical properties of gold nanoparticles to detect and quantify missing layers in 3D-printed products.

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