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‘transformers are cool’

4 Rockin’ Cool Transforming Aircraft and Vehicle Animations? YES. For REAL.

15 Oct, 2009 by Josh Mings in ROCKIN'
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Transforming aircraft and vehicles? NO, surely, you must be kidding. That’s a phenomenal concept. You should run with it and make a movie or animated children’s series.

So, I came across one transformer done up in SolidWorks. It’s pretty much downhill from there and turns into pink bunnies and orange Nissans. But the best thing? The animations get cooler… and then make you sad that you are only flesh and blood… which would look disgusting if you tried to expose your innards by turning into a hibiscus or a baby squirrel.

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Chrysler Cooks Up a Mildly Interesting Knowledge-Based Engineering. Camaro Still Cooler.

15 Sep, 2009 by Josh Mings in NEWS

If you sneak in the back-door of just about any company you will find they have their own unique way of developing products. And why not, they’ve had engineering practices created over decades that would make most people slip into a paper-induced coma.

Chrysler has their own special mix as well. It’s a fancy phrase called ‘Knowledge-Based Engineering’ and helped them stretch a Charger into a Challenger and cut development time to 21 months. It’s all set up to take advantage of what they’ve already developed.

So what, you say? Well, let’s see the news, toss out some unrelated speculation and then watch their competitor’s car transform.

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