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June 2012
Owner’s Manual Mistake Leads to Auto Recall
The ultra sleek design of the Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S is growing popular among sports car enthusiasts and demand for these vehicles continues to rise steadily. Add to that excellent handling and top performance at a budget-friendly price and all the right ingredients for a successful product launch are there. Except… that small misprint in the owner’s manual. Due …
Mathcad Lessons from/for FIRST Robotics
Over the last year I have represented PTC on behalf of Mathcad at many FIRST Robotics events. The 2012 season culminated during the last week of April at the World Championships in St. Louis. It was my first visit to St. Louis. I must say that hosting the FIRST World Championships is a sure way to give your city a …
Posted in Education, Events
Tagged design, FIRST Championships, FIRST Robotics, Mathcad Prime 2.0, product development
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China Embraces PLM Solutions, New Report Finds
CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM management consulting and research firm, this week published its 2012 China Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Market Analysis Report. The report takes a deep-dive into China’s evolving PLM market, covering trends in PLM adoption by industry, investments in software and services and forecasts for the region. “Once again the global market had a strong year …
“Girl Thing” Video Misses the Mark
The European Commission’s Women in Research and Innovation initiative got slammed hard last week for its video “Science: It’s A Girl Thing” designed to promote science to young women. The Research and Innovation website looks promising at first glance. At the top of the page – inspirational questions and affirmations: Want to save lives? Keen to find out what’s lurking …
Congo Conflict Minerals Spotlighted
U.S. House members tightened the screws on the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) last week, urging it in a letter to issue final rules on conflict minerals disclosures. Conflict minerals— tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold—are essential to the manufacture of many electronic products and are abundant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Unfortunately, the extraction and trade of these …
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Tagged conflict minerals, electronics, manufacturing, regulatory compliance, supply chain
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ASEE San Antonio 2012: Who knew slot cars would be the biggest thing on the show floor?
Let me be more specific. This year at ASEE our Academic program had a real NASCAR vehicle at the booth – you can imagine how much attention that got. We also had our Scalextric slot car race track as an example of one of the many K12 programs we are involved in. It turns out that they were both great …
Posted in Events, Mathcad
Tagged cars, conference, engineering education, Mathcad Prime 2.0, NASCAR, PTC Academic Program
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Commercial Space Companies Scramble for ISS Missions
My family is a frequent visitor to The Museum of Flight in Seattle. Our favorite part about the museum is its fantastic collection of spacecraft—from a Viking Lander Flight Capsule to an Apollo Command Module. In May, a new addition arrived, the Charon—a vertical take-off, vertical-landing jet-powered vehicle—from private company Blue Origin. Blue Origin is a highly secretive startup funded …
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Tagged aerospace and defense, aerospace engineering, Blue Origin, NASA
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Software Happens – A Challenge for the 21st Century
“My toaster says it’s “downloading a firmware update. Please wait…” What is a firmware update and why does a toaster need one? And, why is my toaster talking to me in the first place? All I want is a lousy piece of toast!!!” We were startled years ago to find that every day appliances like washing machines, refrigerators, and even toasters contained microprocessors… What do you think? Will software safety and reliability be the driving factors in product engineering in the 21st century? Continue reading
Microsoft Surface Hits the Right Spot
Move over Apple. Well, maybe. Earlier this week, Microsoft unveiled its new Surface tablet. Likely to do for enterprise what Apple’s done for personal computers, the Surface is a smart move. With more and more employees bringing their iPads to work, the competition has been encroaching for some time, and Microsoft is past-due to up its game. The enterprise version …
Mark Walker Speaks about Mathcad Prime- Present and Future!
Over the past few weeks, Terese Brooks, an intern at PTC has been writing about Mathcad’s presence at PlanetPTC Live. In “Mathcad at PlanetPTC Live” she wrote about what users and attendees could expect from Mark Walker, Director of Product Management’s presentation on Mathcad at the event. In “PlanetPTC Live: Walker’s Update on Mathcad” she highlighted Walker’s presentation. And, in “Insiders’ …
