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Autodesk acquires Moldflow
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14/05/2008
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| Design software specialist Autodesk Inc, San Rafael, CA, USA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire injection moulding analysis software firm Moldflow Corporation, Framingham, MA, USA. |
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Double composite spring handles varying loads
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08/05/2008
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| Salah Elmoselhy, currently a doctoral student at the Engineering Design Centre at Cambridge, has proposed a double composite E spring for suspensions for trucks to give improved ride when both loaded and unloaded |
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Right medicine in a complex world
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01/05/2008
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| Robotic and other equipment can be developed more rapidly – particularly for medical applications – thanks to new hardware and software |
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Nature struts its stuff
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30/04/2008
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| Some of the latest material fabrication ideas come naturally – they were originally prototyped by nature! |
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How ‘impossible’ data all adds up
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29/04/2008
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| New techniques are enabling scientists to understand surfaces and extract data from engineering experiments under ‘impossible’ conditions |
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On the energy green route
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22/04/2008
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| CFD software is proving essential in developing a novel type of wind turbine that shows much promise |
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CBI survey shows skills worries
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17/04/2008
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| An audit of the nation’s skills published by the CBI claims more than half of the employers responding to its survey lack confidence in their ability to find enough people with the right skills. |
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3D mouse is light for notebooks
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15/04/2008
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| 3D Connexion has now brought out a lighter 3D mouse for notebooks, half the weight of its desktop counterpart, the SpaceNavigator |
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Euro projects aim to avoid all crashes
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14/04/2008
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| The European Union is spending no less than 50 million euros on a whole series of research projects aimed at reducing road accidents, with the eventual aim to develop an “Uncrashable” car. |
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Worn EEG is powered by body heat and light
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11/04/2008
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| Belgian-Dutch company IMEC and the Holst Centre in Eindhoven have come up with a 2 channel wireless EEG system that can be worn on the head and is powered by a combination of body heat and ambient light |
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Bringing down the house
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10/04/2008
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| The wind generation technology revealed in Eureka’s December 2006 issue has gone into production |
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