For the foreseeable future Brock and I have decided to retire GoInnovate. As the lack of recent updates most clearly demonstrates we simply do not have the time to work on it. Our day jobs keep us plenty busy. During the time we worked on GoInnovate we learned a lot and enjoyed learning more about our customers and the SolidWorks community. It was fun while it lasted but now it’s time to close the book on that chapter. Maybe we’ll have the time and the engery needed to bring it back to life further on down the road, maybe not. But for now we just wanted to thank everyone for their support. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Sam Scholes
Brock Vasic

Episode 6 of “Let’s Go Design” was just released. In this episode Jeremy shows off the finished product, the chair we’ve all been waiting for, the Ultimate CAD Chair!

At first glance this machine looks like some sort of monster from a Transformers movie. In reality is the world’s largest digging machine built by Krupp of Germany. The machine took 5 years to design and manufacture at a cost of $100 million. It is nearly 2.5 football fields in length and weighs 45,500 tons. Amazing!

(via inothernews.tumblr.com)

I decided to start a new weekly feature called Random Video Friday! Every week we’ll find a random, weird, and probably hilarious video and share it with you. This week’s feature is Baby Monkey (Going Backwards On A Pig). Enjoy!

On this podcast we talk with Roger Johnson, the VP of Engineering and Tyler King, the CAD Systems Manager at Harman Music Group.

Based in Utah, Harman Music Group designs, manufactures and markets signal-processing equipment for professional musicians, recording studios and audio engineers. They are responsible for dbx, DigiTech, DOD, and Lexicon and other professional audio products. Harman Music Group is a subsidiary of Harman International, home to Harman Kardon, JBL, Infinity, and other brands.

During the interview we discuss their products, their design processes and manufacturing, and how SolidWorks and Enterprise PDM have allowed them to stay competitive and design innovate products.

Jorge Galeguillos rejoices after mine rescue in Copiapo, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (Chilean government/AP Photo/Hugo Infante)

After being trapped underground for nearly 3 months, the Chilean miners have finally been rescued! No one in recorded history has ever survived so long trapped beneath the Earth. In fact, some of the miners may soon find their names in the Guinness Book of World Records.

But why am I mentioning this on a blog about engineering? Well, two SolidWorks customers, Schramm and Center Rock, both based in Pennsylvania, were involved in the rescue effort. Schramm, a manufacturer of drilling rigs help drill the tunnel that was used to reach the miners and Center Rock makes the pneumatic-driven drill heads that were used to chip away the rock. Pretty cool. SolidWorks to the rescue FTW!

Read more about this story on the SolidWorks blog.

According to a new report from CNBC the Apple iPad is “the most quickly adopted non-phone electronic product” in history! It has outsold the previous record holder, DVD players, by millions of units. Pretty remarkable for a product many criticized when it was first released earlier this year.

(via SolidSmack)