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April 2013 - Motion Control & Automation - Welcome to My Nightmare
April 29, 2013 | by PD&D Staff | Comments
Welcome to My Nightmare: The heads of Distortions Unlimited started a business in horror-themed masks and props, but when they built an animatronic electric chair, they force monumental change in an unsuspecting industry.
April 2013: Fail Faster
April 3, 2013 5:08 pm | by PD&D Staff | CommentsDesktop 3D printers allow designers and engineers to fail more, and as a result, iterate quicker, innovate faster, and invent more. Also, the earth has upped its ante when it comes to proving that man has made alterations to the ecosphere.
March 2013 - Formula 1 on Water
March 11, 2013 10:20 am | by PD & D Staff | CommentsEverybody loves the style and lavish performance of high-end luxury vehicles like the Mercedes Black Series. Similarly, who doesn’t' like a really fast boat? As a company that has made itself synonymous with performance boats, it seems only fitting that Cigarette Racing share design concepts with the likes of Mercedes.
January/February 2013 - Rise of the Machines
March 8, 2013 3:27 pm | by PD & D Staff | CommentsAs robots are becoming more powerful and useful by the minute, design engineers struggle to make each new design more autonomous, fluid, and life-like. Still, others are simply designed for recreational purposes, such as Project Hexapod's 4,000-pound, six legged hydraulic robot, Stompy.
November/December 2012 - Amphibious Skiplane Shifts Shape, Industry
December 12, 2012 3:08 pm | by PD&D Staff | CommentsWhat happened to airplanes that simply landed and took off on solid ground, and occasionally on water? ICON Aircraft first caught our attention with the debut of its ICON 5 amphibious aircraft, which is capable of landing on land and water, while being able to cruise the seas like a jet ski. Enter Lisa Airplanes, the latest designer to wow us with the AKOYA amphibious skiplane.
October 2012 - Colonizing Mars by 2023
October 5, 2012 11:54 am | CommentsColonizing Mars by 2023: With the success of other privatized space organizations building interstellar utensils, the reality that Mars One will reach the red planet before NASA is more than likely.
September 2012 - iPurchase - 7 Ways that Additive Manufacturing is Changing How and What We Design
October 5, 2012 11:43 am | Comments7 Ways that Additive Manufacturing is Changing How and What We Design: Additive manufacturing is enabling new types of products to be created in new materials and with far more customization options.
September 2012 - Drones Take to the Skies
October 5, 2012 11:17 am | CommentsDrones Take to the Skies: The AR.Drone 2.0 is a high-tech quadricopter that can be controlled using a smartphone or tablet.
August 2012 - Aerospace - The World’s Next Generation Helicopter
October 5, 2012 11:02 am | CommentsThe World’s Next Generation Helicopter: Composite Helicopters International introduces the world’s first all-composite, frameless helicopter.
July 2012 - Motion Control & Automation - Real World Mario Kart
October 5, 2012 10:55 am | CommentsReal World Mario Kart: Waterloo Labs lives in the world of quirky, conceptual engineering. Their most recent project, Real Life Mario Kart, utilizes a CompactRIO controller on each cart so they can connect any type of input or output into their network.
July/August 2012 - The Motorized Unicycle
October 5, 2012 10:08 am | CommentsThe Motorized Unicycle: An all-electric mobility product that's been designed specifically to transport individual riders through, around, and in-between the obstacles that crowd dense urban landscapes.
June 2012 - Medical - Pimp My Prosthetic
October 5, 2012 9:53 am | CommentsPimp My Prosthetic: Bespoke Innovations uses 3D scanning to capture and recreate the unique contours of the body to produce custom prosthetics.
June 2012 - Underwater Airplanes
October 5, 2012 9:31 am | CommentsUnderwater Airplanes: Hawkes Ocean Technologies leads the way for deep sea exploration with its series of winged submersibles that fly through water.
May 2012 - iPurchase - How to Express a Brand Through Product Design
October 4, 2012 5:37 pm | CommentsHow Do You Express a Brand Through Product Design?: What makes your brand unique? How is it different than your competition? The brand is the most intangible element of any product or service.
May 2012 - Prepared for Launch
October 4, 2012 5:25 pm | CommentsPrepared for Launch: ATK designed key avionics and controls systems for NASA's Space Launch System booster.
April 2012 - iContract - Top Tips: Designing for Manufacturability
October 4, 2012 5:10 pm | CommentsBrainstorm: Top tips from industry elite for designing for manufacturability best practices. Robotics: Huge Potential: A PD&D Fireside Chat with Asteelflash Vice President of Business Development Chuck Thistle
