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Virtual Constructions in Real Space

September 5th, 2005 admin Comments off

Check out Installation for creating Virtual Objects in a Real Space.

Developed by Simon Greenwold at the Aesthetics and Computation Group at the MIT Media Lab.

http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/simong/installationNew/intro.html

Motion Simulation and Analysis Software

September 2nd, 2005 admin Comments off

Dassault recently acquired Virtools which provides software tools for developing interactive 3d content (motion simulation analysis and lots more).

http://www.virtools.com

In related news, Autodesk has acquired (22 August) Solid Dynamics who provide motion analysis and simulation technology.

http://www.solid-dynamics.com

A recent poll of Autodesk manufacturing customers showed that dynamic simulation was ranked as a key technology requirement in helping them achieve significant cost reductions and time-to-market improvements.

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Re-cycling waste electronic and electrical equipment

September 1st, 2005 admin Comments off

Collection and recycling of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) will be the responsibility of manufacturers and retailers of the equipment from June 2006 following a (UK) Government announcement (10 Aug 2005).

Do recycling/environmental concerns affect the design process ?

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