Engineering/Prototyping
Clean room monitoring solution
viewLinc 3-in-1 (temperature, relative humidity, and differential pressure) cleanroom monitoring system by Veriteq Instruments, Inc, Richmond, BC Canada, can be installed on any existing network via Ethernet...
FDA announces Medical Device Home use Initiative
Recognizing that more patients of all ages are being discharged from hospitals to continue their medical treatment at home, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an initiative to ensure that caregivers and patients safely use complex medical devices in the home...
Send ‘diamonds’ with caution
“Documents are like diamonds. They are very precious. And they (like hard-drive content) last forever...
Parkinson’s research results in new treatments
Many people think of Parkinson’s disease (PD) merely as uncontrolled shaking or tremors...
CAD validation and repair tool
NXdoctor by Elysium Inc, Southfield, MI, is a product data quality (PDQ) validation/repair tool for Siemens NX users...
Meeting Regulatory Requirements with FEA
I recently returned from a workshop on Computer Methods for Cardiovascular Devices sponsored by the Federal Drug Administration, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the National Science Foundation...
Development of ‘BANS’ expected to accelerate
The Center for Wireless Information Network Studies (CWINS) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, MA, has received a three-year, $1.2 million award...
Laser-sintering shifts DFM paradigm
Starting any medical design project with a traditional design-for-manufacturability (DFM) checklist can handicap innovation...
'Bright Minds' to be at RAPID 2010
More than half of U.S. manufacturers have significant shortages of highly skilled workers, according to a recent survey by Deloitte, Oracle, and the Manufacturing Institute. With half of the manufacturing workforce expected to turn over during the next decade as baby boomers retire, the need for future manufacturing engineers is great....
‘Bright Minds’ to be at RAPID 2010
More than half of U.S. manufacturers have significant shortages of highly skilled workers, according to a recent survey by Deloitte, Oracle, and the Manufacturing Institute...
Development of ‘BANS’ expected to accelerate
The Center for Wireless Information Network Studies (CWINS) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, MA...
Reform to impact R&D; Get engaged now
Pericles (496 – 429 BC), the legendary Athenian leader said, “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you"...
Industry aids Haiti
Many medical device OEMs and suppliers have provided aid to the Haiti earthquake relief efforts...
Former Microsoft Xbox exec to keynote Rapid/3D Imaging
Ed Fries, a former Microsoft vice president who led development of both Word and Excel before creating Microsoft’s Xbox video game group...
SME recognizes young leaders
Winners of the 2010 Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Richard E. Morley (inventor of the programmable controller) Outstanding Young Manufacturing Award have been announced...
