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Friday, May 26, 2006

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Hoop Dreams for Young Engineers
Student inventors reflect on victory at FIRST Robotics Competition

By Kenneth Wong
Education
 

Deep inside Bucks County, Pennsylvania, behind the walls of Palisades High School, lurks Triple Threat, a 5-foot, 120lb mechanical menace. Once activated, it will scan the surrounding area with its cyclopean eye, the built-in camera. When it spots the target, its gun turret will move into position. Then, pivoted in the most efficient angle, its metallic cannon will bombard the target with as many as ten balls in a row. Afterward, it will graze the terrain for more ammunition before returning to discharge another volley. That, more or less, was how Triple Threat propelled its creators -- three scores of students -- to stardom.   Read more >>


Cadalyst Daily will take the day off on Monday, May 29, in observance of Memorial Day. The next issue will be Tuesday, May 30.

 

Report Names Largest CAM Software Developers
CIMdata releases NC Software Market Assessment Report, Version 15.  Read more >>

Survey Finds Engineers, Scientists Still Rely On Hand Calculations
Maplesoft reports that mathematical work is still often performed with paper and pencil.  Read more >>

New Dell Workstation Includes NVIDIA Graphics Board
Dell Precision 380 incorporates Quadro FX 3500.  Read more >>

Hardware: MicroScribe 3D Laser Systems
GHOST 3D releases laser scanner systems that can digitize 28,000 points per second in real time.  Read more >>

Hardware: Washable Wireless Keyboards
Unotron introduces wireless computer keyboards that withstand submersion in water and repeated disinfectant use.  Read more >>

General Software: CADVault v4.1
CADLock's digital rights management software now supports AutoCAD 2007. 
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General Software: CAD Import.NET Library
Soft Gold releases library for AutoCAD users and software developers programming in .NET environment.  Read more >>

Visualization: VTour v1.0.1
REALVIZ releases a software patch update that improves the creation of Web-compatible products and includes an updated Spi-V3d viewer.  Read more >>

Visualization: modo 201
Luxology introduces 3D modeling, painting and rendering software designed for 3D artists.  Read more >>

GIS: Designer
MWH Soft releases updated software module for designing water-distribution systems.  Read more >>

MCAD: OSLO v6.4
Lambda Research's lens design software can place multiple INT files on any optical model surface.  Read more >>

 

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