This Week In Rapid Prototyping

NSWC Crane leads first virtual rapid-prototyping event to provide solutions to warfighters (Naval Sea Systems Command)

CRANE, Ind. – Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) led its first virtual Warfighter Driven Challenge (WDC) event to provide rapid prototype solutions for sailors and marines on August 10-14. This WDC was part of a larger Naval Research and Development Enterprise (NR&DE) Novel Modernization effort focusing on finding innovative approaches to solve future operational problems. Read more…

Faster Prototyping Means Faster Development (Federal News Network)

These days for the Defense Department, it’s all about speedy development of new capabilities. That usually starts with prototypes. Now an industry group, the National Armaments Consortium, has a new way of working with the Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium, a group sponsored by the Secretary of Defense. All aimed at better and faster prototyping. With more, the consortium’s executive director Charlie Zisette joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Read more…

The Key to Resilience And Sustainability: Interconnected Industries (Forbes)

If COVID-19 has taught businesses anything, it’s that the winners of tomorrow are resilient, and able to adapt in real-time during times of crisis. How have they achieved this success? Read more…

Digi-Key launches annual Back2School sweepstake (ElectronicsWeekly.com)

Digi-Key has launched its annual Back2School Prize Draw, giving students the chance to enter a sweepstakes or to submit their design ideas for chances to win an InstaLab home lab setup, as well as many other prizes and kits. Read more…

Challenging and Fun: Prototype Pathway Propels Forward-Thinking Medical Engineer (Morgridge Institute for Research)

“That was really cool,” says Ben Cox, a postdoctoral fellow in the BerbeeWalsh Prototype Pathway at the Morgridge Institute for Research.

Cox is reflecting on a novel medical device, a phantom for testing medical imaging systems, designed and developed in 2016. The phantom, which is now a patented WARF technology, was part of a project he and several colleagues developed to reduce the radiation needed to calibrate machines, making the process cheaper and safer. Read more…