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RoboBee Could Be Used to Pollinate Plants
Albert Einstein once predicated that without bees man would have only four years left on the planet. But mechanical engineer Robert Wood and graduate student Kevin Ma might disagree. The two engineers and their Harvard-based team have created a small robot no bigger than a house fly. The tiny robot, half the size of a paper clip and weighing only …
World’s biggest 3D Printing Store Opens in London
If you ever wondered what the next-generation FedEx or OfficeMax might look like then the new 2,500 square-foot iMakr store in Central London might be it. The bright loft space is filled with a variety of 3D printers, like the $1,000 Solidoodle and the Makerbot Replicator 2, costing close to $3000. There are hands-on workshops where curious shoppers can learn …
Lockheed Martin Helps Tackle Global Water Crisis
Earth, otherwise known as the blue planet, is 75 percent surface water, and yet only 2.5 percent of it is usable fresh water. Now add in over population and urban sprawl, deforestation, climate change, and unsustainable agricultural and manufacturing practices, and we’ll have, within the next few decades, a global water crisis. In fact, by 2050, one in five developing …
World’s Greenest Building Opens Its Doors in Seattle
The Bullitt Center in Seattle, WA opened its doors to the general public this week. The six-story, 50,000 square foot building—being touted as the greenest in the world—is designed to be completely self-sustaining in energy and water. It’s also free from toxic materials like PVC, cadmium, lead, mercury, and formaldehyde. It’s hoped that the 30 million dollar Bullitt Center, which …
After Boston: How Our Personal Devices are Changing Forensics
Alongside all of the other wrenching events associated with the Boston Marathon bombing is the indisputable reality that smartphone technology and social media have vastly changed the nature of forensics. And, with help from tech volunteers, the marathon tragedy is giving this field a huge leap forward. It wasn’t even an hour and a half after the blasts, while efforts …
4D Printing: Making Things That Make Themselves
Just as 3D printing is starting to be recognized by people outside of the engineering and design world, something new is on the scene – 4D printing. What is 4D printing and how does it work? I’ll explain, but first, a bit of background… Engineers and product designers have come to rely on 3D printing as a way to build …
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Tagged 4D printing, additive manufacturing, digital fabrication, manufacturing, product design
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Run like a Reptile: High-Performance Sports Gear Goes Back to Nature
Biomimetics—taking the best that nature has to offer and developing it into cutting-edge designs and products—is nothing new. But in recent years, sportswear designers have been getting more and more of their inspiration from nature. Take the gecko-inspired running shoe from Mizuno. Have you ever watched a gecko move? They have the uncanny ability to balance and grip surfaces in …
Supercharged: Why Graphene is the New “It” Material
Carbon nanotubes are so 2012. Keep in mind, this is coming from the same guy who reported with genuine wonderment about MIT’s drawable-nanotubes all the way back in November. Such is the nature of writing at the speed of Moore. Now it seems graphene has become the new it material of 2013, making its way into conceptual designs and research …
Is Open Source Product Development the Next Big Thing?
Open source – it’s a phrase for some that conjures images of the software equivalent to hippie communes in Vermont sharing in the fruits and labor of their co-op-grown organic kale. But if that’s really how you see open source, get over it. This is where the world is going, and the proof is in the proverbial pudding. GitHub, the …
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Tagged 3D printing, crowdsourcing, manufacturing, product design, product development
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Startups Take Gesture Controlled Tech to Next Level
It’s happening – gesture controlled technology is taking over. Are you ready? Or are you part of it? Continue reading
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Tagged consumer products, crowdsourcing, high tech, product design
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