Free 3-D CAD Tool

http://www.designspark.com/eng/page/mechanical

Design News 2013 Salary & Opinion Survey

http://www.designnews.com/lg_redirect.asp?piddl_lgid_docid=266476

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3-D Printing News

1.     eBay Unveils 3D Printing App:

 

a.     http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&doc_id=265622&dfpPParams=ind_186,industry_consumer,aid_265622&dfpLayout=blog

 

2.     Applications for Gradient Metal Alloys Fabricated Using Additive Manufacturing

 

a.       http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/17446

Swarms and Micro-robots

I-Swarm:

 

http://www.i-swarm.org/MainPage/Project/P_Overview1.htm

 

Institute for Process Control and Robotics

 

http://rob.ipr.kit.edu/english/

 

Harvard Microrobotics Lab

 

http://micro.seas.harvard.edu/

 

Maryland Microrobotics Laboratory

 

https://sites.google.com/site/microroboticslaboratory/

 

Berkeley Biomimetic Millisystems Lab

 

http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ronf/Biomimetics.html