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Archive for the ‘Industry News’ CategoryLiving Furniture…Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Tiny houses and appartments won’t feel nearly as small with furniture like this. Watch the video and be awed by the very impressive designs found in this showroom. We found this inspiring to say the least. If I adopt some of these items, I may not need that addition after all. Enjoy! Cervelo and Christie Digital: Top Honours for InnovationWednesday, February 24th, 2010On Tuesday Feb.2, 2010, both Christie Digital and Cervelo were honoured at the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters’ innovation awards in Ottawa. Cervlo Cycles Inc. and Vroomen White Design Christie Digital CADmech congratulates both companies on this great accomplishement! Read the full article from the Toronto Star. Jason MacFarlane GM Provides Volt UpdateWednesday, February 24th, 2010Production delivery is still on track for the end of 2010. Read the article at Autogreen Blog.
http://green.autoblog.com/2009/11/17/gm-provides-update-on-volt-vehicle-and-battery-development/ Jason MacFarlane Javelin/SolidWorks “Cool” Design AwardsWednesday, January 6th, 2010CADmech is extremely pleased to announce a top three finish in this years “Cool” Design Awards that Javelin hosts annually. This year CADmech entered it’s Photon Aerobar design into the competition.
As always there were some fantastic design submissions. CADmech congratulates everyone with their entries. It’s exciting to see the wide variety of products people are working on. A special congratulations as well to CADmech’s designer Razvan Mitulescu for his creativity in creating the Photon Bicycle and Aerobar. To review all entries please visit the javelin website: Thank you Javelin/SolidWorks for holding the annual contest and for the fun prizes! Jason MacFarlane Ontario SolidWorks User Group MeetingTuesday, December 22nd, 2009
An excellent SolidWorks User Group Meeting was held on Tuesday December 8, 2009 at the Angus Glen Community Centre in Markham. The evening began with complementary pizza and drinks for the guests. Three very informative presentations followed. In the first one “Not just Mechanics: Interaction of SolidWorks and other technologies to take you even further”, Jairo Castellanos of CADmicro introduced us to a variety of complementary engineering tools. They included software from Labview and Maple Soft. He committed to research these tools further and suggested he may create a blog in order to communicate his knowledge as it is discovered. The second presentation included a joint discussion from Chris White and Alex Arevalo from Javelin Technologies whom shared with the attendees what steps should be taken in order to become a SolidWorks Certified professional. The final presentation was again joint and included Richard Matthews and Mark Remennik from Vroomen White Design. In their presentation Richard gave insight into the development challenges faced with creating the complex surfaces of the Cervelo bicyles. Mark, who is an industrial designer at Vroomen White Design, shared with us their creative processes used in developing new products. He also gaves us an overview of an exciting conceptual folding bicycle designed for the urban commuter.
For those of you who have yet to go to a SolidWorks User Group Meeting, these sessions are a good opportunity to network with other users and to learn some excellent tips. Chris White and Richard Matthews do a great job running the Ontario SolidWorks and Cosmos Group. This latest session was particularly interesting for the bike enthusiast but really interesting for all in attendance.
- by Jason MacFarlane
Dynacon releases Innova!Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Dynacon has successfully launched its completely re-designed automated microbiology specimen processor. This system has been designed from the ground up and incorporates years of experience in developing leading edge automated systems. CADmech congratulates Dynacon on this huge success! Jason MacFarlane Zero S MotorcycleMonday, April 13th, 2009
Good news for those green minded motorcycle enthusiasts. Zero Motorcycles has released a full electric motorcycle for the street. The Zero S packages a 4 kWh patent pending lithium ion array power source that is the smallest and lightest in the industry, it uses standard 110V or 220V input to charge in less than 4 hours and has a range of up to 60 miles. At a cost of $9950 USD it is placed in the price range of the Yamaha YZF-R6(S), but at a cost to recharge of less than $.01 per km it is certainly a worthwhile alternative to the 5.9 L/100km that you will get from the YZF-R6. Check it out on the track
For more demonstrations and interviews visit Jay Leno’s Garage and Autoblog Adam GM and Segway partner to create P.U.M.AThursday, April 9th, 2009P.U.M.A.: Personal Urban Mobility & Accesibility. This innovative experimental vehicle provides a fresh approach to personal mobility by expanding on the proven versatility of Segway’s existing transporters. Unlike the existing PT’s in Segway’s product line, the PUMA provides seating for two. Seating, being a key element as existing products are all operated while standing. The PUMA is a fully electric vehicle and exhibits the same manueverability and intuitive operation as Sagway’s signature products. The PUMA is simply another exciting contribution to the all electric vehicle market that is currently unfolding in front of us. In this writers opinion, this announcement shows the dedication and belief in what can be and what is in store for all of us as consumers. We won’t all fit the mold for this type of vehicle but like concept vehicles they are painting a picture of the possibilities for the future. Below you can see the experimental vehicle as well as the fully enclosed concept vehicle. Watch the video to see the PUMA in action.
Regardless of your opinion of the vehicle, you have to admit, it looks like fun! Jason | ||||
