Author Archives: SOLIDWORKS UK
Need For Speed: The Race For the 300mph Road Car
109 years? It’s been a long time since Henry T Ford’s first mass-produced automobile rolled off the production line. Things have come a long way since then. Quite literally. Cars have developed substantially over the years. Today’s drivers don’t know
... ContinuedChanging the Perception of Engineers
Imagine an engineer. Who are they? What do they look like? What do they do? When prompted, most will picture a bespectacled white male grasping a pencil and a calculator. It’s a perception that’s got to change because it’s a
... ContinuedIs Augmented Reality the Future of Surgery?
Cheaper. Faster. Safer. When it comes to transforming medical surgery, those are the targets. Augmented reality has the exciting potential to tick all three boxes. Meet Rafael Grossmann… He’s a self-proclaimed healthcare futurist. He’s done multiple TEDx talks. Back in
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS Helps Product Designers Joseph Joseph Scoop Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Say congratulations to Joseph Joseph. The British product design company has landed a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise – with a little help from SOLIDWORKS. What are the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise? Good question. Well, it’s as prestigious as it
... ContinuedIs This the Future of Mass Transport?
Our planet’s population is increasing. People are everywhere – and they all need to be somewhere else. As a result, mass transport is becoming a problem, as big as the exceeding populations themselves. The question is less about where we
... ContinuedDriving the Future of Autonomous Vehicles with SOLIDWORKS
The vehicles of tomorrow are driverless. That’s the future and it’s coming faster than you may have thought. Just ask RDM Group, where talented engineers are using SOLIDWORKS to help create the UK’s first autonomous vehicles. The future is coming…
... ContinuedHow Cities are Driving Towards a Smarter Future
City driving is no fun. With gridlocked roads, multi-lane traffic and baffling one-way systems, it’s no wonder motoring in the metropolis is a hotbed of tension. To combat this, scientific evolution is manoeuvring into the fast lane. Hi-tech on the
... ContinuedThe Engineering of Paralympic Sports Technology
Here’s a question for you. What do deer antlers, fighter pilot helmets and elite sports cars have in common? The answer – because you give up, right? – is that they have all been used to inspire the next generation
... ContinuedPrinting Parts: How 3D Printing Has Gone From Gimmick To Medical Marvel
The technical marvel that seemingly performs miracles, 3D printing continues to make the news. Although it’s been around for longer than you might have thought, the process has only really started to make waves over the past decade. Ink and
... ContinuedConcorde 2.0: The Return of the Supersonic Jet
No matter how long it takes, a good idea will eventually resurface. Doctor Who brought his TARDIS back to television screens sixteen years after cancellation, the Mini trundles along Britain’s motorways again and the functional efficiency of the Nokia 3310
... ContinuedFancy a Night in the UK’s Most Luxurious Observatory?
Few sights capture the imagination like a star-filled sky. Here to put adventure-seekers in the box seat for taking in thrilling skyscapes, is an ingeniously built pop-up cabin in Wales. This is the story of how an ambitious SOLIDWORKS design
... ContinuedSpace: The Final Frontier for Passenger Planes
Why did humanity seek to visit the stars? Because they were there. Human scientific achievement has always been about conquering the seemingly impossible. Now, is science about to make space travel a reality for the masses? Since pioneers punctured the
... ContinuedHow MOEF is Bringing Us Images of an Alien Landscape…
We know more about space than we do the depths of our oceans. Deep sea diving can bring us the most fabulous footage and imagery of our submerged landscapes, but obtaining those images isn’t without its challenges. It’s taken for
... ContinuedThe Whirlwind Engineering History of the Bicycle
Stridewalkers, Boneshakers, Penny Farthings. The bicycle has been privy to some curious iterations. Fetch your helmet, here’s a whistle-stop tour of the bike’s 220-year history. Who needs nuclear power when you’ve got a bicycle? That’s what the nation’s listeners of
... ContinuedVisitech: Making Cricket Safer with SOLIDWORKS Simulation
Briefed with reinventing the best helmet in cricket, many product designers would be stumped. Visitech stepped up to the crease and knocked the challenge for six – with a little help from SOLIDWORKS Simulation…
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