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“If there’s one thing America loves, it’s power tools.” – Stephen Colbert Over 40,000 people visit the emergency room each year for table saw related injuries, and almost 4,000 of those people end up losing at least one finger. That’s a table saw accident every 9 minutes. 10 table saw amputations every day. Steve Gass, [...]
If you’re part of an organization that’s scaling to production, we’ve got you covered with our scalable cloud PLM solution. But what if you’re just starting out? You need to capture and document parts, but without changes and a supply chain to manage, you may not be ready to implement a full-service solution. You may [...]
What if you could download and print a physical component directly to your printer? The Pirate Bay (TPB) is confident that this will soon be a reality. The website just announced it is supporting a new type of file on its BitTorrent site—“physibles.” TPB uses this term to describe “data objects that are able (and [...]
Last week, I predicted that manufacturers would dramatically increase their adoption of cloud-based software as the benefits of cloud begin to outweigh any possible concerns. And upon further research, it appears that I am not the first to make this prediction. In 2011, Gartner released a report describing how heightened economic pressures and increasingly complex [...]
With 80% of people residing within 50 miles of a coast, it’s not surprising that efforts to better understand and protect our oceans get a lot of attention. Our customer, Liquid Robotics, has been all over the news lately with their Wave Glider, an autonomous ocean-powered robot that can travel long distances, hold station and [...]
Whether a 6 a.m. jog around your neighborhood sounds like an ideal start to your day or the furthest thing from it, most techies can agree that incorporating the year’s most innovative and well-engineered gadgets into a workout is a fun way to inspire healthier choices. Through my exposure to Arena’s customer base, which includes [...]
Liquid Robotics, an Arena customer and Bay Area startup, is on a mission to change the way we understand the ocean. Although oceans cover 71% of the earth’s surface, we know very little about their weather, currents, chemistry, topography or ecosystems. Liquid Robotics seeks to change all that with a fleet of robots that can measure [...]
I love a good opportunity to brag about Arena customers, and so I’d like to thank Lytro for giving me something to talk about. Last week, Lytro launched an ultra-compact light field photography camera that allows users to take pictures without having to focus the lens. (Or as TechCrunch reported, Lytro launched “a new type [...]
At Arena, we are lucky to have an interesting and knowledgeable customer base—ranging from high-tech electronics, clean technology and medical device startups, to established automotive and industrial manufacturers. Our customers have made unique contributions to the manufacturing landscape, and we’d like to highlight them—so we’re launching the Arena Customer Spotlight series. We hope this series [...]
It’s easy to make the assumption that a successful business requires robust infrastructure, surplus funds and a large amount of manpower. While that may be true in some cases, size and money are becoming less important than the ability to innovate, collaborate and see the big picture—especially for companies with products on the cutting edge. [...]
