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August 2011
Luxury Razor Sells For One Hundred Thousand Dollars
Over the course of a man’s life, he will run through the morning ritual of shaving his mug anywhere from ten to twenty thousand times. Check my math [Average number of times a man shaves per week (3-7) times the number of weeks in a year (52) times the number of years a man is eligible to shave (U.S. male …
Agile Manifestations
Agility is Not Enough: Beyond the Manifesto, written by Forbes columnist Steve Denning, challenges those “still living within the confines of the Agile Manifesto” to consider Agile in the context of today’s business world. Customer delight is the new bottom line for business, according to Denning, and Agile methods… Continue reading
Our Hero: Robot Saves Lives During Mining Accidents
Fact: Robots are just cool…even more so when they come to the rescue of the humans that designed and built them. If you keep your eyes on robot news (I do), you’ll know that there are robots that dance, run, or do pretty much anything nowadays. However, robots created for the greater good can be even more interesting. Don’t get me …
LED Lighting Replaces Old Technology on Highways
Are we finally seeing the light when it comes to LED technology? LED lighting has been around for a while, in our cell phones, homes and cars. LED lights are generally accepted to be more environmentally sound and to last much longer—LED headlamps on newer car models will last the entire life of the vehicle and won’t drain the battery like …
Meet the Mathcad Users: Tom Marshall, USA
We had recently introduced a new promotion where we ask our Mathcad users who are on Twitter, to spread the link of the Mathcad Prime 1.0 tryout by re-tweeting a short message . In turn, we add everyone who participates in this initiative, to a designated Twitter list. Once on the list, they automatically take part in a monthly prize …
Backyard Sport Still Winning After 50 Years
With summer winding down, barbecuing weekends are at a premium here in New England. Checking my calendar, I’ve been invited to attend five over the course of the next three weeks. One of the things I look forward to most, (besides the food, friends and libations of course) are the Wiffle Ball tournaments. Wiffle Ball, baseball’s [very] distant cousin, is …
Mathcad Is My Job: Dirk Jordan, Application Engineer, Germany
It’s August and a lot of my colleagues here at PTC – especially those from Europe – are on vacation. While I was looking to talk to some of members of the Mathcad team to get a few answers to questions that had come up, I had two options: either be patient or find someone else to talk to. This …
Hyundai Collects on Winning Strategy
The automotive industry is fast paced and cut-throat competitive, at the mercy of a fickle consumer market. But one car company seems to have figured out a recipe for success. Back in January of this year, Hyundai unveiled a new brand direction: create a “Modern Premium” car big on quality and low on cost, without unnecessary bells and whistles. A …
Pass It On: Knowledge Preservation in Uncertain Times
This week, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center—in Huntsville, Alabama—announced new plans to build a National Institute for Rocket Propulsion Systems (NIRPS). One of the core goals of the institute will be to preserve today’s technical expertise for future generations. July marked the final flight of space shuttle Atlantis, and with government funding cuts and an uncertain future for the manned …
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Delivering on the Promise of PLM
I’m fairly new to the concept of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) in manufacturing but back in the day I followed supply chain issues for a purchasing magazine. After a down year in 2009, the global market for PLM technology came on strong in 2010 and is expected to grow through 2015, according to a recent report from CIMdata, the Ann Arbor …
