Tom Kevan Editorial Contributor

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• Tools that Build Sustainable Products
  July 1, 2020
  Design solutions are emerging that can help integrate sustainability.
• Adapting AI to the Plant Floor
  June 15, 2020
  Smart technologies enable engineers to predict failures, detect suboptimal operations and identify quality problems.
• In Pursuit of Predictable 3D Metal Printing
  April 15, 2020
  Simulation software offers promise in the desire for repeatable, standardized 3D metal prints.
• Making Digital Thread Work for You
  March 1, 2020
  Digital thread initiatives may require a mix of on-premise and cloud-based compute resources.
• Tools that Build Sustainable Products
  July 1, 2020
  Design solutions are emerging that can help integrate sustainability.
• Adapting AI to the Plant Floor
  June 15, 2020
  Smart technologies enable engineers to predict failures, detect suboptimal operations and identify quality problems.
• In Pursuit of Predictable 3D Metal Printing
  April 15, 2020
  Simulation software offers promise in the desire for repeatable, standardized 3D metal prints.
• Making Digital Thread Work for You
  March 1, 2020
  Digital thread initiatives may require a mix of on-premise and cloud-based compute resources.
• AI Rewrites the Possibilities of Digital Twin
  January 31, 2020
  Developers of the virtual design tool see AI as providing the catalyst for a major shift in product development.
• Get the Most from Advanced Materials
  January 17, 2020
  The need for composite and customized materials grows within the product engineering realm, but multiscale modeling and simulation software still needs fine tuning.
• Robots Are Going Soft
  December 1, 2019
  Materials innovations are helping create less rigid, more compliant robotic structures.
• Making Sense of Industrial Connectivity Trends
  November 1, 2019
  Today, the industry sees M2M as a set of technologies that connect machines, devices and objects in a way that helps them exchange information without human intervention.
• Will Robots Find a Place in the Smart Home?
  November 1, 2019
  For developers and engineers, emerging “social robot” applications are still a work in progress.
• With UX, the User Drives Design
  October 1, 2019
  Market changes are causing engineers to redefine what UX design means.
• Designing Machines in the Age of the IIoT
  October 1, 2019
  To design equipment for the new digital age, engineers are reinventing the product design process.
• Is Mixed Reality Worth a Try?
  August 1, 2019
  The visual technology holds much promise for design review and collaboration, but still faces limitations in hardware and processing power.
• Can AR Enhance Design?
  August 1, 2019
  Though augmented reality brings benefits for collaboration and design review, hardware limitations make engineers wonder about its viability.
• NAND Flash Finds a Home in the IoT
  July 1, 2019
  Advances in the technology now let NAND flash memory offer faster throughput, greater flexibility and better price points per byte, opening the door for its use as primary storage.
• The IoT Processor Dilemma
  July 1, 2019
  Proliferation of Internet of Things connected devices has led to increased complexities in product design.
• Creating an Origami Sensor Array
  May 1, 2019
  The rise of the Internet of Things, the growing role of printed electronics and the increasing number of technologies that mimic nature have all shaped the system’s development.