06/12/2019 The future of Ford Ford recently opened its design facility in Cologne to showcase some of its latest projects and innovations that include inventive storage solutions, human-centric and virtual design and even knitted ...
04/04/2019 The last ever SolidWorks World took place in Dallas in February. Eureka! was there to hear this and other announcements Perhaps the most striking announcement at SolidWorks World 2019 was that it would be the last event of its kind. Starting next year in Nashville, Tennessee, the event will become 3DExperience World. ...
04/10/2018 More and more companies are taking advantage of VR and AR technologies A new report by the Capgemini Research Institute has revealed that enterprises are increasingly using augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to enhance their business operations.
02/10/2017 Attainable virtual reality for all Though it has been used for over 25 years, virtual reality still seems unattainable to many design engineers. Here, Mike Leach takes the guesswork and fear out of the emerging technology.
02/05/2017 Is it time to reach for the goggles and haptic gloves instead of the mouse and screen? Hollywood has long played off the idea that we could one day live in virtual realities. From Total Recall to The Matrix, the theory is virtual realities will become so believable that it will be ...
06/03/2017 Are augmented and virtual reality about to become the next big computing application, creating new and disrupting existing markets? When it is reported that Apple has set about assembling a large team of specialists in virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) to look at building prototypes of headsets to rival the Oculus Rift or the ...
17/01/2017 Manufacturing technological transformation in 2017 We are in the middle of a technological revolution that is transforming how goods are manufactured. And this transformation is not just felt on the factory floor. Customers are demanding an ...
04/10/2016 Innovation in another dimension The Engineering Design Show caters for all aspects of engineering design under one roof in an easy to navigate, dynamic environment. The workshops and conferences will feature inspirational speakers ...
03/10/2016 Still king of the skies It’s an icon of British engineering prowess and ingenuity, and still turns heads 80 years on. Justin Cunningham finds out why they really don’t make them like they used too.
11/07/2016 Science behind the gold rush Great Britain had a phenomenally successful Olympic Games in 2012, winning 65 medals (29 golds). It was our most successful Games since London first hosted the event in 1908. But although the home ...
11/07/2016 Gaming drives automotive design The automotive industry is turning to video game companies to try to develop ways to design and manufacture vehicles. Tom Austin-Morgan reports on the launch of the Digital Engineering and Test ...
13/05/2016 Designed for a quiet life Design engineers, quite rightly, care about the workstations that they work on. Apart from making sure that it is capable of running your software, there are other factors that can be looked at when ...
15/04/2016 Heart of the matter To develop medical devices for better cardiac care, the best platform to work on is a beating heart. A project to simulate the heart is allowing just that.
10/02/2016 Embracing digital telepathy The digital twin creates a fully symbiotic relationship between the virtual and the physical across the product’s whole life cycle to bring hidden benefits that engineers never thought existed.
11/12/2014 View from the top: More reliance on virtual prototypes According to Dr Cris Emson, CEO, Infolytica Europe, computer simulation has only relatively recently matured as a 'must have' tool for designers.
14/10/2014 High performance couplings are plain sailing An innovative design of shaft clamp is delivering key benefits in a range of power transmission applications, not least in the highly challenging marine environment.
10/04/2014 How will the communications revolution affect the design engineer? Last month saw the 25th anniversary of the internet. During that quarter century, we have witnessed a communication revolution that is likely to be viewed by history with the same significance as the ...
17/10/2013 Cutting edge software drives automotive innovation World-renowned for its understated English styling and hand crafted design, Aston Martin has been making cars for the stars, and for a certain secret agent, since the 1960s.
16/09/2013 Simulator interrogates car design Cruden, the world-leading motion simulator company, has supplied Jaguar Land Rover with a 6-DOF (full-motion) simulator to be used as a virtual engineering tool by multiple design teams at the ...
11/07/2013 Meeting the challenges of virtual design They say hindsight is a wonderful thing. This is certainly true of design and engineering. Despite trying to predict how products will be used and testing against those conditions, it is impossible ...
12/06/2013 New crash simulation software launched for the rail industry While every possible precaution is obviously taken to avoid crashes in the rail industry, an understanding of what happens should such an event occur is crucial during the design process. Only by ...
13/09/2012 Robotics simulation made easy While the use of industrial robots has increased exponentially in recent years, creating and implementing efficient manufacturing lines is an expensive and time consuming process. For this reason, ...
17/04/2012 A sense of realism: How the virtual world is being increasingly exploited for engineering advantage Virtual engineering is becoming an increasing part of the design process. Engineers are spending more and more time in the virtual world, which is becoming ever more complex and realistic.
06/12/2010 Sponsored story: CAD and PLM – The next 30 years Tom Shelley gets a horse's mouth insight into the shape of CAD and PLM in the years to come.
13/07/2010 Are you trusting to luck? It is in the nature of things to go, wrong, but there are many ways to minimise the risk of a mishap turning into a major disaster.
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