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Lincoln Electric Virtual Reality Welding Training
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Lincoln Electric “uses VR to let young people test their welding skills around the country at career fairs, Boy Scout jamborees, farmer conventions and robot-building competitions," The Wall Street Journal says.

Comprehensive Guide to America’s Drone Laws
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

"There’s no really delicate way to say this, so I’m just going to do it: The vast majority of people have no idea what they’re talking about when they talk about drone law.

Major Upgrade to Off-Highway Truck Personal Simulator
Sunday, June 5, 2016

Significant improvements to the 3D Modeling, Driving Realism, Graphics, and Instructional Design

Simlog Inc., the pioneer and standard in affordable PC-based heavy equipment simulators for operator training in education and industry, is pleased to announce the availability of a major upgrade to the Off-Highway Truck Personal Simulator: Version 2.

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Intended for welding instructors, this instructional video introduces the user to the VRTEX® 360 virtual reality welding trainer user interface touchscreen controls, functionality, welding stand set up, virtual environment set up, welding procedure set up (WPS) and other issues.

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Students armed with MINDS-i Robotics kits get to program, format, invent, build, and design ― turning the robots in their imagination into real, moving machines. Mike Marzetta and his wife, Christy Marzetta, launched their Liberty Lake company to provide tools for a high-quality, hands-on STEM education. Also, they’re firmly in favor of fun.

Friday, April 15, 2016

U.S. President Barack Obama was 3D scanned with Artec Eva professional handheld scanner to make the first ever presidential 3D portrait, not an artistic intepretation, rather an accurate facial scan 3D printed.

3D printing a customized eye mask for a patient with Graves’ disease
Monday, April 11, 2016

Graves’ disease, a.k.a. Basedow’s disease, affects about 0.5% of males and 3% of females, with exophthalmos (protrusion of one or both eyeballs) being one of the common symptoms. The bulging and consequent immovability of the eye result in excessive lacrimation, photophobia and narrowing visual field.

CTE Pathway to Middle Class
Friday, April 1, 2016

Education reformers are obsessed with getting many more low-income students “to and through” four-year colleges. Understandably so, a bachelor’s degree is the closest thing we have to a guaranteed ticket to the middle class.

NIMS Certified Training
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

NIMS, Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT) – one of the new national manufacturing innovation institutes — and Ivy Tech Community College (Ivy Tech) are partnering to enhance and expand training to fill the largest number of open manufacturing jobs in states along the auto corridor.

NIMS to close ITM Skills Gap
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

New educational partnerships and workshops are ensuring high quality training for industrial technology maintenance workforce

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