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Solar Impulse: aircraft design optimization using Femap with NX Nastran

The goal of Solar Impulse is to circumnavigate the world in a fixed wing aircraft that only uses solar power. The aircraft recently landed in Hawaii, the first port of call in the United States, afte...

Academic and Future Workforce

Awesome new Greenpower video from Silesian University of Technology in Poland

The Silesian University of Technology (Politechnika Śląska) in Glwice Poland have been a very succssful contender in the Greenpower finals over the last few years. Winning numerous awards a...

First in Flight: from Daedalus to the Wright Brothers

I was fortunate to attend an event with the famous American author David McCullough last month where he was talking about his new book “The Wright Brothers” at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit. If yo...

By DavidChadwick

Embedded Software

What size drink would you like?

I enjoy cooking and like to try new things from time to time, as well as preparing old favorites. Normally...

3D Design Best in Class Image for July

3D designs don’t have to be just of products, as this month’s Global Image Gallery contest winner proves. Jaguar Plasticos in Brazil created this winning mold design in NX. The company specializes in...

Verification Horizons

No to Know VIP - Part 2

Continuing on our journey on what is needed to get to productive verification with VIP, the first step is to...

By Pradeep Salla

Morris Medical Monthly: How to use RiskPack (Part 1 of 4)

Welcome back to Morris Medical Monthly: a monthly series for medical device development companies (and companies who are related to such companies), providing some useful information about Polar...

Calibre IC Design & Manufacturing

Custom Layout Designers Need New Tools for New and Expanding Markets

By Srinivas Velivala, Mentor Graphics New debugging capabilities in Calibre RealTime can help shrink your time-to-tapeout while still ensuring high-quality...

By Calibre IC Design & Manufacturing

Render a T-Bucket, Win Ticket to SEU15

For those who don't know, a T-bucket is an antique hot rod derived somehow from a Model T. I wanted to make a more exciting model this time, and everybody loves hot rods. This one has some exposed me...

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