Latest Prototype Stories
SYDNEY, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Altium has launched a new addition to its NanoBoard family of FPGA-based development boards. The NanoBoard 3000 is a programmable design environment, supplied complete with hardware, software, ready-to-use, royalty-free IP and a dedicated Altium Designer Soft Design license. Designers have everything they need to explore FPGAs "out of the box". They are no longer forced to search the web for drivers, peripherals or other software, and then have...
FREMONT, Calif. and TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Cable Connection, a premier manufacturer of custom cables, wire harnesses and PCB and Lorom Industrial Co., Ltd., a globally-recognized preferred supplier of high quality OEM/ODM products today announced a new private joint venture, creating one of the largest global providers of custom cables, wire harnesses, PCB, PCBA, and turnkey solutions. Under the new joint venture agreement, Cable Connection will become Lorom West, a...
Radical Entertainment's Highly Anticipated, Open-World Action Title Now Available to Consume and Absorb Gamers SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Radical Entertainment's highly anticipated video game PROTOTYPE has shipped to North American retail outlets, and additionally will be available at European retailers on Friday, June 12. With early critical acclaim, including a 9/10 review from PSW Magazine, the...
Student-built, fuel-efficient prototype vehicle achieves highest distance using least amount of fuel HOUSTON, April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Distance, not speed, was the goal this weekend on the track at the 2009 Shell Eco-marathon Americas(R), a challenge for students to design, build and test fuel-efficient vehicles that travel the farthest distance using the least amount of fuel. This year, more than 500 students from North and South America were on hand to stretch the boundaries of fuel...
New version of web-based collaborative prototyping tool allows teams to simulate rich Internet functionality in website wireframes and mockups. SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Site9, a leading developer of collaborative web development software, today announced at Web2.0 Expo the release of ProtoShare 3.0. The new version of the popular interactive development tool contains many improvements and upgrades to further the collaborative website prototyping process. ProtoShare 3.0 has...
ZPrinter 450 Quickly, Affordably Produces Physical Color Prototypes for Clients, Prospects and Internal Review BURLINGTON, Mass., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A design firm for many of the UK's leading retailers is using 3D printing technology from Z Corporation to win new business, speed prototyping and expand its service range. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040630/ZCORPLOGO ) Intent Design, a 1 million pound Sterling boutique firm in Cheshire, designs retail environments -...
New CompactRIO Controller and Five FPGA-Based Chassis are Ideal for Prototyping Renewable Energy, Medical and Robotics Applications AUSTIN, Texas, March 2, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced a new suite of prototyping hardware that makes it possible for engineers and scientists to prototype industrial and embedded projects faster, reduce time to market and lower development costs. The five new NI CompactRIO reconfigurable chassis feature a...
Approach significantly reduces CO2 emissions over the lifecycle of the vehicles MENLO PARK, Calif. and LONDON, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Automotive icon Gordon Murray, who headed up the design of supercars such as the McLaren F1 and the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, today announced availability of the T-25 City Car and licenses for his company's new iStream manufacturing process. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090227/AQF052) (Logo:...
Expanded Hardware-assisted Verification Offering Addresses Economics of Embedded Software Development and System Validation MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today introduced its expanded Confirma(TM) rapid prototyping platform. The addition of the recently acquired CHIPit(R) products, tools and technologies simplifies the implementation and deployment of rapid...
A grasshopper served as the inspiration for a new robot that has the ability to leap and roll, allowing for better mobility over obstacles.Designed by Rhodri Armour, a Ph. D. student at the University of Bath, the robot mimics the way grasshoppers store kinetic energy and release it at once in a quick burst that enables them to achieve high jumps.Jollbot is spherical, which allows it to roll in any direction without the need for wheels. Its spherical design also eliminates the possibility of...
