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Smart Homes, Smart Cities: Is This a Glimpse of the Future?
The concept of home is intensely personal. For some it represents safety and security. For others it’s a place to escape from the rigours of modernity. Yet, while those definitions may prove timeless, the homes of the future look
... ContinuedPlantscrapers and Robotic Bees: Is This the Future of Food?
You didn’t think you’d be eating cheese sandwiches and steak forever did you? Population pressures mean the menu of the future may look very different – and new technologies are helping food scientists get creative. It’s impossible to predict
... ContinuedHow is technology influencing the 2018 winter games?
In 1924 in the French commune of Chamonix, the first winter games took place. Flash forward to today and the technology involved in the winter games has moved on spectacularly. Here’s a rundown of the some of the innovations that
... ContinuedNew Meets Nature: Can Modern Engineering Preserve the Natural World?
Yikes. Sometimes it feels like each technological innovation moves us further from our natural world. Yet exciting modern engineering projects are connecting the past and the future like never before… Temporal conundrums… The further we race
... ContinuedBest Foot Forward: Engineering the Sports Trainers of Tomorrow
From NASA-trained engineers to infrared cameras, designing modern sports footwear involves some serious attention to detail. Here’s how the top manufacturers use engineering to take bold strides in trainer design. What makes the perfect trainer? Sports trainers: they
... 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
... 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
... 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
... 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
... ContinuedSOLIDWORKS on Song For Premium Hi-Fi Manufacturer Bowers and Wilkins
Who said CAD software couldn’t surprise you? Elite hi-fi manufacturers Bowers and Wilkins needed a simple way to add product imagery and illustrations to its user guides. Then it realised that SOLIDWORKS Composer makes it a cinch. Result? Bowers and
... ContinuedTop Four Reasons to Use an Integrated Design and Manufacturing Process
Promotion of Integrating Design for Manufacturing eBook Chapter 1
... ContinuedYoung Kiwi Uses SOLIDWORKS to Design Home-Built Rally Car that Goes Zero-125 MPH in Seven Seconds
Alex Kelsey, a 22-year-old gearhead, lives in a small town on the North Island of New Zealand. His father, Richard Kelsey, was a successful rally car driver in his youth and shared his passion for going fast in cars with
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