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Book Review: In “Shaping Things” the Spime’s the Thing

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Randall Newton

Bruce Sterling has drawn the roadmap to the future of manufacturing, where digital modeling and 3D printing morph into Arfid ...

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Mass Customization, the 3D-literate consumer and the future of engineering software

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Randall Newton

What happens when everyone is a maker? By Randall S. Newton For years, those of us who are paid to ...

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SMBs and the rise of global product development

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GfxS staff

For several years debate has raged in product development over the benefits vs. drawbacks of outsourcing and/or offshoring. This article ...

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PTC delivers; now it’s up to the users

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Kathleen Maher

The message at PlanetPTC Live this week has been about the all-new PTC, ready to shake up manufacturing automation. Is ...

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Why are there so few stock image collections for Photoshop 3D?

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Randall Newton

Tutorials on how to create Adobe Photoshop 3D imagery abound, but professional stock markets specializing in Photoshop 3D are still ...

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The potential for growth in stereoscopic 3D

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Randall Newton

The recent Dimension3 stereovision conference in Paris was a meeting of doers and market makers, not hobbyists or fans. Jon ...

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PTC Creo 1.0: Breakthrough technology?

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Randall Newton

PTC revenue from desktop products, primarily Pro/Engineer, have been slow for almost a decade. Will Creo turn things around? By ...

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Just how many Windows are coming?

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Jon Peddie

Intel is wasting no time in talking about the future of its CPUs and Microsoft Windows. Microsoft wishes Intel would ...

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Intel coaxing workstation buyers to consider Sandy Bridge

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Randall Newton

The role of integrated graphics in workstations is very limited today, but it will inevitably grow over time. Commentary by ...

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Nvidia extends reach into mobile computing with Icera acquisition

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Jon Peddie

Icera’s programmable radio technology is a real coup. Nvidia is poised to be a major player in mobile computing on ...