February 2013 – Page 3

Vuzix races to meet Google in wearable computing market

February 17, 2013

Kathleen Maher

Vuzix is rapidly building products to meet a need the company believes will materialize in a short time -- heads up displays for wearable computing. The company is racing to complete development on its Smart Glasses line that are similar to the Google Glass idea.

“Fix It In Post”

February 13, 2013

Randall Newton

Too bad all commercials aren’t like this eight-minute video by filmmaker Jeremy Hunt, showing how Autodesk Smoke is used is ...

Researchers demonstrate advances in holographic microscopy

February 13, 2013

Kathleen Maher

Two researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have demonstrated their new technique for visualizing living cells in holographic 3D. Using their method cells can be observed over a period of time and the reaction of cells to stimuli can be seen without the use of artificial aids such as contrast dyes or fluorophores, which could distort the interpretation.

Femap update speeds analysis, graphic performance

February 12, 2013

Randall Newton

Superelement support and extended Nastran integration provide increased opportunities for structural analysis. Siemens PLM says its new release of Femap software for ...

8Tree delivers single-purpose FastCheck 3D scanner

February 12, 2013

Jon Peddie

3D scanning is combined with augmented reality to provide instant analysis of fuselage rivets. Started just a year ago by ...

Sunglass updates interface, adds 3D web embedding

February 11, 2013

Randall Newton

The well-funded start-up continues to build out its browser-based design collaboration site. Browser-based 3D design collaboration site Sunglass is rolling ...