Besides cost and quality, time-to-market is becoming a progressively critical factor for the success of a product. A key contributor to product development cycles is the time required to make ...

As the day passes, customers continue to value their uniqueness. It, then, becomes even more crucial to design products to meet the unique needs of every individual. As the development of technology, ...

Prototyping: With the use of CAD and massive amounts of digital simulation software available, it can often seem superfluous to make early appearance models, or even undertake early testing of new ...

Have a great idea for a new gadget and looking to move on it fast? You can—and I did—using rapid prototyping techniques. Rapid prototyping is the ability to quickly generate models using 3D computer ...

Ming Leu has seen the future of rapid prototyping, and it is very cool. Leu, the Keith and Pat Bailey Missouri Distinguished Professor of Integrated Product Manufacturingat UMR, has an idea for making ...

Rapid prototyping can be defined as a variety of techniques employed to quickly manufacture a scale model of a physical assembly or product. Usually three dimensional computer aided design, or CAD, is ...

In today's marketplace, medical device manufacturers, medical researchers, and health-care providers need to innovate quickly, put ideas into practice around the world, and precisely meet customer ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. More and more, we’re seeing novel ideas, products, and applications arise from enthusiast developer communities rather ...

The fields of microfluidics and additive manufacturing have converged to transform the design and fabrication of microscale devices. Microfluidics, which involves the precise manipulation of minute ...