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Industry Leaders Share PLM Insight

Anna Giangregorio — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:00:35 +0000

Some of the biggest names in industry—from high-tech and medical devices to industrial equipment—are using Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to get ahead of the pack. Their stories help us better understand PLM and how it can streamline the product lifecycle. Take a look at some of our favorite video highlights: AGCO manufactures sustainable, highly customized and built-to-order farming equipment for ...

Boston Hub for PLM Software

Nancy Pardo — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:51:15 +0000

When we think about high-tech, our minds naturally wonder to Silicon Valley. But in the 1950s through to the 80s, Route 128 in Greater Boston was the technology hotspot, with companies like Sun Microsystems, EMC Corporation and Raytheon calling it home. Today, Route 128 is the center for PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software, technology that manages the entire product lifecycle from conception ...

Engineering in the Intelligence Era – It’s Pretty Cool Stuff!

Nancy Pardo — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:00:02 +0000

There are some exciting things going on in Hampton, Virginia. The world of modeling, simulation and visualization engineering is getting a futuristic makeover using the latest virtual reality technologies. The Center for Advanced Engineering Environments (CAEE) at Old Dominion University is a NASA-funded research facility aimed at integrating computational, communication, networking and human performance technologies into the analysis, design, testing ...

5 Ways You Didn’t Know CAM Was Being Used

Jerry Fireman — Wed, 09 May 2012 04:00:16 +0000

Recently, I spent some free time discovering a new (for me, at least) world. I’m referring to CAM (Computer Aided manufacturing) and some of the fascinating ways that this technology is being used today. What surprised me most was the extent to which CAM is now utilized by those whose work involves personal craftsmanship and/or creativity. Here are just a ...

7 New Manufacturing Trends for the Next Decade

Nancy Pardo — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:00:14 +0000

A recent report by the World Economic Forum and Deloitte, points to some big changes ahead for manufacturing. Many factors will influence the manufacturing and supply-chain landscape over the next few decades. Increased innovation and manufacturing capabilities and rising wages will transform low-cost labor countries into wealthier consumer markets. And macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges—including exposure to currency volatility, debt pressures ...

One Billion Cars Worldwide, Search for Green Fuel Continues

Ann-Charlotte Ewerhard — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:53 +0000

Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 17th annual greenhouse gas inventory, and it doesn’t look good, with transportation emissions rising by 18 percent between 1990 and 2010 in the U.S. The demand for transportation will only grow in coming years, as emerging economies improve living standards and acquire more cars and the developed world remains slow ...

Bridging the Gap: Making Education Work for Industry

Nancy Pardo — Tue, 01 May 2012 05:43:49 +0000

At the Real World Design Challenge in Washington DC last month high-school teams from around the United States presented their eco-friendly aircraft and land transport designs to an impressive lineup of officials from industry, education and government. Projected on the podium backdrop was a personal letter from President Obama. It read: “America has always been a nation of discoverers, tinkerers ...

Hövding: The Inflatable Bicycle Helmet for Grown-Ups

Ann-Charlotte Ewerhard — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:00:43 +0000

I live in Lund, a town in the southwest of Sweden. The town is small enough to make it possible to bike everywhere. And approximately 42 percent of all the journeys within my town are by bicycle. The bicycle grid is well-organized and maintained. There are myriad reasons why biking is good for you, and society as a whole—health gains, ...

Why Do Women Matter in Engineering and Science?

Nancy Pardo — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:53:36 +0000

This week, a group of trailblazing women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields met for a roundtable at the White House to share their experiences and encourage young women to follow in their footsteps. The President has made STEM, and particularly STEM for women, a pet project. Take a look at the White House Science Fair in February, ...

Geek Chic: Popular Culture Celebrates Smarts

Jon Marcus — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:00:52 +0000

As a kid, Jaime Paglia hung around his father’s lab at UCLA. Then he’d see how smart people—like the ones he’d met on campus—were portrayed by popular culture. “I grew up with Revenge of the Nerds, which was a huge caricature,” he says. Paglia didn’t become an engineer or scientist, but he did go on to have a big impact ...