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Engineering Students Create a Robotic Arm to help a Friend in Need
Rice University students use their skills to design and build a robotic arm These engineering students have done one of the coolest good-deeds we have ever seen. What began as an engineering assignment for a class, became much more when…
MoreEngineering a Hot Lap with Ken Block!
This post could have just as easily been called “How to ruin your clutch, brakes and tires in less than 5 minutes” but “Engineering A Hot Lap” will have to do. You think you know the best driver on…
MoreCADENAS PARTsolutions Intergalactic Snowman Configurator
Design Your Custom Snowman Now! As much as everyone dreads a snowy-blizzard (except those pesky school-kids and their snow-days), everyone loves a snowman. What if you could build a snowman in the comfort of your toasty home or office? What…
MoreFabtech 2013 – DESTACO goes 3D with PARTsolutions Interactive Tradeshow Package
PARTsolutions is excited to team up with DESTACO at FABTECH 2013. PARTsolutions has specially equipped the DE-STA-CO booth with the cutting-edge 3D “Tradeshow Entertainment” package. DE-STA-CO’s FABTECH 2013 booth #N1846 will feature an interactive demo area where attendees…
MoreSample Online Configurator Lets You “Test Drive” Digital Catalog Technology
Configure a wide variety of digital component parts, and experience the power a digital parts catalog can bring to your marketing plan It’s All About Product Research: Product research is a key element of the purchasing process for any product.…
MoreSwiss Jetman Conquers Mt. Fuji with a Carbon-Fiber Bat Wing
Swiss Jetman Conquers Mt. Fuji with a Carbon-Fiber Bat Wing If craziness were measured in nickels and dimes, this guy would be Scrooge McDuck. Yves Rossy is a Swiss dare-devil who you may know by his pseudonyms as “the Airman”,…
MoreLand Speed Towing Record– Setting the World Record for Camper Trailer Towing
We’ll be roastin’ weenies in no-time, dude! Ok, here’s the scenario. It’s 5 pm on the Friday before a big holiday weekend. You’re taking the Fam camping at the beach and have a laundry-list of things to do before…
MoreRed Bull Racing No Scream Challenge: How long could you last?
At PARTsolutions we love stuff which showcases engineering, speed and design talent, even better, when it’s used to scare the heck out of some innocent passengers! 10 lucky fans of GEOX shoes and Red Bull racing were given the…
MoreHuman Bullets Travel 800 Mph in Elon Musk’s Hyperloop
So, you need to go visit grandma for the weekend in New York, but you’re in LA. What’s the speediest way to get there on the cheap? Boats? So 1492. Cars? Too pedestrian. Planes? Eh, they charge too much for…
MoreEngineering The Wolverine – Building Real Adamantium Claws – Man At Arms
Grizzly blacksmith, armorer and all-around bad-dude Tony Swatton (aka “Man-At-Arms”) is up to the Wolverine challenge. You know when you’re trying to make yourself some cheese and crackers for a nice afternoon snack, but it’s taking way too long to…
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