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Taking a giant step in growing artificial tissue, scientists have devised a fully automated process, which could revolutionize the production of the non-natural skin.Making use of such skin produced in the laboratory bioengineers and medical scientists can perform transplants more efficiently and that without taking much time.Alternatively, the tissue can be cryopreserved - that is, deep-frozen and stored for later use.

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Labels: Bio-engineering, Tissue Engineering

Ilog has announced the availability of Ilog Transportation Analyst 2.0, a transportation planning application. Transportation Analyst 2.0 enables companies to analyze many different strategies to determine the best way to deliver products and utilize transportation assets.Transportation Analyst 2.0 is tailored for supply chain analysts, consultants and planners in retail, consumer packaged goods, and third-party logistics providers.

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Labels: Logistics, Transportation Engineering

CRISPIN has launched a new version of its software for the design and manufacture of orthotic insoles. The most obvious change has been the division of the software into two programs – OrthoModel and OrthoMill for design and manufacture, respectively.The use of computer-based design and manufacturing techniques brings the engineers to manufacture products with accuracy and quality in the orthotics industry.

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Labels: Manufacturing Engineering, Software Design

Genetically engineered viruses could form a scaffold for nerve cells.Researchers working on tissue engineering hope to eventually be able to use a patient's own cells to grow replacement tissue for damaged hearts, livers, and nerves.Some biological engineers are using scaffolds made of polymers to try to mimic the supportive matrix of real tissue.

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Labels: Bio-engineering, Tissue Engineering

Test Devices Inc. (TDI),has achieved the first-ever thermal mechanical fatigue (TMF) dynamic test, which was conducted on a turbine engine bladed high compressor component. The test is the first of its kind in the industry, and was performed using TDI's exclusive Advanced Spin rotational testing platform.TDI's pioneering Advanced Spin thermal mechanical fatigue testing is able to conduct complex tests that simultaneously measure the combination of thermal and mechanical stresses on a component in a cyclic fashion.

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Labels: Fatigue Testing, Mechanical Engineering

The Cryogenic Institute of New England, Inc. announces a new cryogenic treatment service that is specially tailored for racing and other high performance enthusiasts.Cryogenic treatment of racing parts benefits the components in several ways. First, residual stresses from part fabrication are removed, greatly reducing distortion, warping and fatigue failures that are caused by crack propagation of stress lines. Second, steel components adopt a uniform grain structure, eliminating imperfections that improve thermal properties such as heat dissipation.

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Labels: Cryogenic Treatment, Metallurgical Engineering

The Spanish company SENER has recently launched the new CAD/CAM marine system FORAN release V60R3.0, with new developments in all disciplines that considerably improve performance during the ship design process.FORAN V60R3.0 has new functionalities regarding the ship structure definition, while the visualisation and performance has been considerably improved.New features for cable routeing in FORAN benefit the ship electrical design.

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Labels: Naval Engineering, Ship Design