It may sound like science fiction, but we’re getting closer every day to being able to produce strong, transparent materials. The latest is a glass that may rival steel for strength! Naturally,...
The costs of rapid prototyping machines continues to plunge, with the latest being a $2950 machine from Solido. The Solido SD300Pro uses a subtractive process, cutting layers from a sheet of raw ...
http://gawlowskidesign.com/the-plummeting-costs-of-rapid-prototyping/
Researchers are making good progress towards an interesting product…a fan that has no moving parts! It uses an electric field to create a breeze up to 2.4 m/s; potential applications are small ...
SolidWorks has acquired Priware Limited, developers of the CircuitWorks software. This is great news, for it means CircuitWorks will now be included as part of SolidWorks Office Premium. For thos...
http://gawlowskidesign.com/solidworks-acquires-circuitworks/
French entrepreneur Loic Le Meur has come up with a list of ten rules for startup success, reprinted below (see the article in the Financial Times for the full story). Based on our past experienc...
Interaction between computers and people is something that continues to evolve in fascinating ways. The latest is a design environment for physics simulations that uses a whiteboard for interacti...
Below is an impressive video of some kinetic sculpture of Theo Jansen. It’s a beautiful convergence of engineering and art, check it out:
The September/October issue of Lotus ProActive, the newsletter of Lotus’ consulting branch, is now available for download here. As always, it’s a good peak into the automotive engineering ind...
http://gawlowskidesign.com/new-issue-of-lotus-proactive-available-for-download/
The latest issue of ProActive, the free newsletter published by Lotus Engineering, is now available for download here. It’s a nice technical look at the automotive engineering industry.
http://gawlowskidesign.com/new-issue-of-lotus-proactive-available/
Sanyo Denki announced two new high performance DC fans, a counter-rotating fan design available in 60mm and 80mm sizes. They claim the largest airflow (2.26m^3/min for the 60mm, 4.53m^3/min for t...
http://gawlowskidesign.com/sanyo-denki-counter-rotating-fans/