On March 11, 2011, the meltdown of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors was caused by a devastating tsunami brought on by magnitude 9 earthquake. Repairing these reactors was unsafe and virtually impossible due to the radioactive materials that was being released. In reaction to this event, DARPA, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,… Read more »
Onshape is a new and innovative cloud-based 3D CAD system that is receiving attention from the CAD Community. On July 29, Onshape held its first Bay Area user group meeting at Google’s Maxwell Tech Talk Room in Mountain View, CA. This event was attended by 75 people consisting of mechanical engineers, desi gners, drafters and CAD… Read more »
At the Design 2 Part (D2P) Show held at the Santa Clara Convention Center on May 20-21, SoloPoint was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to chat with local manufacturing service providers and see the latest advancement in Rapid Prototyping. There were several companies that showcased their Rapid Prototyping capabilities at the D2P Show and… Read more »
A breakthrough new material developed by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley can change color based on small amounts of force applied to its skin. By making small etchings on a super-thin silicon film embedded in a flexible membrane, the material’s producers can choose what colors were reflected depending on how the material… Read more »
Engineers need to stay up to date on the latest technological advances both in their fields and throughout the scientific community. But reading dry scientific journals all day can become boring and time consuming. Thankfully, we have podcasts. Presented in an entertaining format, podcasts are an effective way to keep informed on current events. Here… Read more »
On May 20, SoloPoint Solutions attended the Northern California stop of the Design 2 Part (D2P) Show held at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The D2P Show was originally started in the mid ‘70s by Ben Edwards to show USA’s capabilities in manufacturing innovation and technology. 39 years later, it still is the hub for… Read more »
For years, 3D printing has been heralded as the “next industrial revolution.” Now, the technology, which has promised to launch a new wave of decentralized, customizable manufacturing, might have its own version of the steam engine. A company called Carbon3D has developed a process called continuous liquid interface production – or CLIP for short –… Read more »
The Silicon Valley SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN) held its first meeting of 2015 on April 16th. This meeting marks the Hacker Dojo as its new home since moving the chapter from the Campbell Community Center. Chairman of the Silicon Valley Chapter, Brian Titus said, “This is a great place for users to come together… Read more »
When you think of a robot – what is the first thing that jumps into your mind? Most people would respond metal, high technology and numerous moving parts. Few would ever associate robotics with paper. And yet, this medium which has held the written word for centuries now has the potential to do much more…. Read more »
Manufacturing is an important step in an engineering production process. Over the previous decades, companies have outsourced their manufacturing needs to other countries to cut costs and fulfill mass volume orders. In the turn of the millennium, however, there was a new trend where manufacturing companies are moving their production facilities to the United States…. Read more »
