Designed is a thermally efficient phone case targeted towards users who care about battery life. There is a growing market for phone cases and an increasing need for users to save battery life and increase phone performance.
Achieving "Just Press Print" for Metal Additive Manufacturing
Next generation manufacturing innovation will be enabled by imitating biological systems in production environments. This white paper motivates new research in this biomimetic manufacturing arena through several examples. The expectation is that these illustrations will spawn follow-on discussions and a fundamental new direction in manufacturing research.
The Internet of Skills: Online Virtual Simulators for Skilled Trades
The Internet of Skills: Online Virtual Simulators for Skilled Trades
Distributed Decentralized Rural Agile Manufacturing
The University of Waterloo team investigated the redesign of a heat sink for cooling central processing units (CPUs). The new heat sink features an organic, branched fin design revolved around a circular base which is situated on top of the CPU. It will be part of an assembly with a fan mounted above the heat sink to facilitate forced convection, making it an active heat sink system.
Additive manufacturing/3D printing is changing the way things are made. From the rapid prototyping lab all the way to the manufacturing floor. Companies in the automotive, aerospace and consumer goods industries are leaning into an era of Industry 4.0, a technological playing field where additive augments other technologies like robotics to provide higher throughput.