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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Virtual Robotics Challenge with fischertechnik
This time, as promised, I want to share a little news with you about a recent event that showcased fischertechnik. Studica was involved in hosting the 3rd Annual Virtual Robotics Challenge at the Ontario Skills Competition in Waterloo, Ontario Canada in May of this year. Continue reading
Understanding LabVIEW for Education and applications with myDAQ and fischertechnik’s Robo TX Controller
LabVIEW is a powerful, graphical, drag and drop programming environment used MIT, NASA and other industry leaders, engineers and scientists around the globe. LabVIEW allows you to program like a professional, take open ended challenges and even reverse engineer. Continue reading
Posted in Brands, Educational Resources, fischertechnik, National Instruments
Tagged data, drag and drop, engineer, fischertertechnik, graphical, industry, inpiration, LabVIEW, lego mindstorm, MIT, myDAQ, NASA, National Instruments, open ended challenges, programming environment, reverse engineering, ROBO TX controller, robotics module, scientist, sensors, Tetrix, video
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Important Info RE: Autodesk Subscription and License Activation on Annual Lease Products
Renewal of your annual lease with subscription benefits on your Autodesk Education license does not automatically continue your existing license. Your currently installed license will time out and cease to operate if you do not follow through on one of the options below. Continue reading
News: Avid Bundles, T-Splines Design Contest, Avid Studio Webinar and Important Notice from Movie Magic for Mac Users
Get the latest news on product bundles from Avid, design contests, Avid Studio webinar and an important notice from Movie Magic. Continue reading
Posted in Brands, Competitions, Educational Resources, Webinars
Tagged 10.7, Avid, avid studio, bundles, design contest, free, Mac, media composer, media composer 5.5, movie magic, OS X Lion, prizes, Pro Tools, Pro Tools 9, rhino, save, sibelius, sibelius 6, Student, t-splines, tips, video editing, webinar
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National Instruments Hardware and Software in Ontario’s Energy SHSM
I was able to use hardware from the Fischertechnik Oeco Tech Renewable Energies Kit to construct the Solar Array, complete with DC Motor. The solar tracker is a part of this kit, and comes with graphical instructions for assembly and wiring. With this, I was able to add two Light Sensors and design a simple system for control using LabVIEW. Continue reading
Posted in Brands, Competitions, Educational Resources, fischertechnik, National Instruments
Tagged concepts, dc motor, energy, engineer, fischertechnik, graphical programming, hardware, k12lab, LabVIEW, light sensors, myDAQ, National Instruments, oeco, ontario, renewable energy, scientist, SHSM, Software, solar array, solar tracking, Specialist High Skills Major, station, virtual instruments, VIS
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Get Your Free Sculptris 3D Sculpting Software – It’s Easy!
Pixologic has released the newest version of Sculptris for Mac and PC. This software makes painting and 3D Sculpting and Painting simple. It allows you to use your imagination to sculpt 3D items in way that fits perfectly into the digital universe. Continue reading
Posted in Brands, Educational Resources, New Releases
Tagged 3d modeling, 3D Sculpting, artists, Barry Croucher, Bas Mazur, digital creation, free download, hobbyist, Mac, pc, pixologic, resources, sculpt, Sculptris, Zbrush
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Cloud-Based Rendering for Revit and AutoCAD
Autodesk created something called Project Neon a little while back. Project Neon is a cloud-based rendering service Autodesk is testing out. Basically, Neon is a plugin that you install into AutoCAD or Revit 2012 and you can use it within the program to send a drawing or a view up to Autodesk servers and have it rendered Continue reading
Posted in Autodesk
Tagged architecture, AutoCAD, Autodesk, cloud-based, project neon, rendering, Revit, servers
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Macworld UK Award Winners – QuarkXPress 9, Microsoft Office for Mac, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5
The Macworld 2011 Awards were announced in London last Thursday.
The winner of the “Macworld Grand Prix” which is give to the most ground breaking product of the year was the new QuarkXPress 9. This product also took home and award for Best Creative Design Software of the year. Continue reading
Posted in Brands
Tagged academic pricing, Afoeb, awards, best apple products, Best consumer software, Best Education, best software, best web and online software, Creative Design Software, CS5.5, Dictate, dictation, Dragon, dreamweaver, Grand Prix, london, Macworld, microsoft, Nuance, office for mac, Parallels, QuarkXPress 9, readers choice, student discounts, swtich to mac
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Fun with Physics, Universal 3 and Challenge!
Two much anticipated new releases from fischertechnik are due to finally hit our shelves in the coming month. The first is the new Profi Dynamic set. Subtitled “fun with Physics” , this great new set contains over 400 pieces and includes instructions for building six different coaster style models, all for learning about such physical phenomena as acceleration, inertia of mass, centrifugal force, the law of conservation of energy, the principle of linear momentum and laws of motion. Continue reading
Posted in Competitions, Educational Resources, fischertechnik
Tagged acceleration, ACTE, centrifugal force, challenge, contest, engineers, fischertechnik, inertia, marble sorter, Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio, Ontario Skills Competition, physics, profi dynamic, ROBO TX, Robotusmax, roller coaster, San Francisco, Univeral 3, virtual robotics challenge, win
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Discover Autodesk Simulation Tools – Register Now
Learn about the interesting process of simulating design in manufacturing. The purpose of the summit is to discover simulation tools and see how they can help optimize and predict product performance. Autodesk is hosting a Virtual Summit on June 22nd to discuss Autodesk Simulation. Continue reading
Posted in Autodesk, Webinars
Tagged Autodesk, cost reduction, design, june 22, manufacturing, optimizing, predicting, product performance, prototype, Simulation, tools, virtual summit, webinar
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