Techno Babble

Recently did a search on YouTube to find what was available.

Here are a couple I found interesting

ASSIST, from MIT, allows a user to sketch simple mechanical systems and see simulations of their drawings in a two-dimensional kinematic simulator.

Details of this and other projects available from Design Rationale at MIT.

Shares of Nvidia Corp., the world’s third-largest maker of computer- graphics chips, surged 9.8 percent yesterday (4th Oct) on speculation the company may be bought by Intel.

The speculation first started in July, when Intel competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc. agreed to buy Nvidia rival ATI Technologies Inc. for $5.4 billion. Tom Beermann, an Intel spokesman, said the company doesn’t comment on rumors or speculation.

Royal Philips Electronics is previewing some of its new potential products nearing market readiness that demonstrate its “sense and simplicity” brand positioning at the Philips Simplicity Event in London.

Here’s the Press Release or browse through some of the items at The Simplicity Event

Here’s just a couple of the items

Drag & Draw – the entire home becomes a virtual canvas for expression and play for young children, thanks to a magic brush, a magic eraser, a magic wand, and a laser projection bucket.

In Touch – an interactive touch-sensitive display as an alternative to voice mails and family messages stuck on the fridge

Yet another online 3D-Search-by-doodling application this one from imaginestics.

3D-Seek, introduced its service at the recent DEMOfall ’06. (Read more about DEMO – the launchpad for emerging technology )

Using http://3D-Seek.com , users can
simply doodle (draw freehand sketch) a shape of the desired part/product on
the doodle pad or upload a 2D drawing/3D model of a part/product as search
input to locate a supplier who produces that part or has the capability to
manufacture it.

Here’s a snap from their website,

Try it in action live HERE.

Dassault recently announced the integration of NVIDIA CgFX technology into CATIA V5.

This allows designers using CATIA access to advanced visualization capabilities in 3D, creating a seamless engineering and design environment, to increase productivity and reduce product development costs.

Our customers need to be able to collect and visualize information from multiple sources, to make effective business decisions. Real-time 3D visualization allows our customers to act at any stage of a project and review products virtually. Before this required a physical prototype,” outlines Philippe Laufer, project coordination leader for CATIA Research & Development.

“CgFX in Catia V5 delivers advanced interactive rendering by using the workstation’s graphics processing unit (GPU),” explains Jeff Brown, general manager of NVIDIA Professional Solution Group. “With Cg integration, Dassault Systèmes delivers interactive rendering into the PLM environment”.