http://blog.machinedesign.com/Machine_Design_Blogs Just another Penton Media weblog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of us who have encountered excellent engineers educated in India, the recent announcement of that country's rejected application to the Washington Accord comes as somewhat of a surprise. The Washington Accord is a recognition that a country's engineering courses meet international guidelines for accreditation. Being turned down for ... http://blog.machinedesign.com/Machine_Design_Blogs/2009/11/20/indian-engineering-schools-miss-out-on-accreditation/ The last two items on this blog discussed the Global Product Interoperability Summit currently being held in Mesa, Arizona (see http://tinyurl.com/yfa4jj8 and http://tinyurl.com/y9823vm). One of the most interesting discussions came from an engineer at a well-known manufacturer of high-end corporate jets. The company has moved completely to the 3D MBD ... http://blog.machinedesign.com/Machine_Design_Blogs/2009/11/11/more-on-interoperability-woes/ Amazingly, interoperability problems still plague large OEMs, especially those in aerospace and defense. That's why, a few years ago, Boeing and Northrup Grumann held a joint conference (closed to the "public" and the media) to see if getting together couldn't help them both iron-out their interoperability issues. Over time, vendors ... http://blog.machinedesign.com/Machine_Design_Blogs/2009/11/11/interoperability-woes-in-the-aerospace-and-defense-industries/ http://www.exosphere3d.com/pubwww/pages/project_gallery/cactus_1549_hudson_river.html The NTSB released the public docket for Flight 1549 on June 9, 2009. The docket contains a wealth of information that can be utilized in a full 3D reconstruction of the accident. K3 Resources, a Denver-based company that specializes in technical animation and accident reconstruction, did this video as a ... http://blog.machinedesign.com/Machine_Design_Blogs/2009/11/11/something-worth-watching-flight-1549-3d-accident-reconstruction/ I am in a packed airplane 35,000 feet up and headed to Mesa, Arizona for the Global Product Data Interoperability Summit taking place there November 9 to 12. The plane comes complete with a squalling baby, a guy next to me whose rolls of fat intrude into my seat area, ... http://blog.machinedesign.com/Machine_Design_Blogs/2009/11/10/live-from-the-global-product-data-interoperability-summit-mesa-arizona/ Long-time readers of Machine Design may recall one of our editorials wherein we pointed out that many kids at four-colleges probably don't belong there and, in fact, would be better off getting vocational training: http://community.machinedesign.com/forums/thread/1468.aspx Now comes a confirmation of that viewpoint from higher education experts. In a recent article on the ... http://blog.machinedesign.com/Machine_Design_Blogs/2009/11/09/too-many-kids-go-to-college/ Long-time readers of Machine Design will recall several of our editorials about the lack of training facilities for industrial workers. (One in particular that seemed to resonate with readers can be found here: http://community.machinedesign.com/forums/thread/1475.aspx) So we are heartened to see that another institution devoted to industrial training is getting into the ... http://blog.machinedesign.com/Machine_Design_Blogs/2009/11/06/how-to-create-industrial-athletes-of-the-future/ You have been able to create 3D models on your desktop with non-CAD tools such as SketchUp for awhile. Lately, the trend has users creating 3D in their browsers. The recent open-source Google O3D program is a good example. An “interiors” demonstration shows fairly complex 3D architectural models being displayed ... http://blog.machinedesign.com/Machine_Design_Blogs/2009/11/03/desktop-like-experience-in-your-browser/ There was a catch-phrase used by the staff of candidate Clinton running for his first term in office: It's the economy, stupid. It kept campaign workers from getting distracted from the main campaign issue. Well, we might be well served by a take-off on that phrase when it comes to ... http://blog.machinedesign.com/Machine_Design_Blogs/2009/10/28/surprise-we-have-plenty-of-mathscience-talent-coming-out-of-high-school-its-the-jobs-dummy/ Mashable, a "social media guide," says, "One of the sticking points with the otherwise highly convenient Google Voice service has been that you had a choose a new number to use with the service. If you had an existing number that everyone already knew and wanted to switch over, you ... http://blog.machinedesign.com/Machine_Design_Blogs/2009/10/27/how-to-use-google-voice-with-your-existing-phone-number/