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C.STEM - Turin, Italy | 2008 | Computational Design: from Digital Fabrication to Mass-Customization

C.STEM - Turin, Italy 2008 Computational Design: from Digital Fabrication to Mass-Customization

2008 Student Design Award - Association of Rotational Molders International

2008 Student Design Award - Association of Rotational Molders International

The Competition

The Association of Rotational Molders (ARM) International developed the Student Design Competition to encourage the use of rotational molding as a tool for design and engineering students. The competition is intended to promote the use of the rotational molding process through both competition and education. Designs must be for a rotationally molded piece.

Who is eligible?

The competition is open to all undergraduate students, from any recognized university or college, who are pursuing a degree in an industrial design or engineering-related field.How to participateSend your submission, along with a completed entry form to ARM International Headquarters. All submissions must be received by May 31, 2008 to qualify. Your submission must include printed drawings, developed on a three dimensional CAD program, with sufficient views to represent the design. Drawings must not exceed 11x 17 inches each. Color renderings and/or models are optional. All designs must be original and not have been previously entered in any other competition. All materials submitted shall become the property of ARM International except that the design rights remain the property of the student. ARM International reserves the right to publish or show all the works submitted.

Enter to Win Great Prizes and Awards!

• 1st Place $2,000 plus coach airfare, hotel accommodations for up to two nights, and free registration to the Association of Rotational Molders International 2008 Meeting, October 22-23 in Rosemont (Chicago), IL, USA. The winner will be recognized with a plaque during the meeting.


• 2nd Place $1,000 plus coach airfare, hotel accommodations for up to two nights, and free registration to the Association of Rotational Molders International 2008 Meeting, October 22-23 in Rosemont (Chicago), IL, USA. The winner will be recognized with a plaque during the meeting.


• 3rd Place $500 plus coach airfare, hotel accommodations for up to two nights, and free registration to the Association of Rotational Molders International 2008 Meeting, October 22-23 in Rosemont (Chicago), IL, USA. The winner will be recognized with a plaque during the meeting.

** Meeting registration will cover only the meeting and functions associated with it.

Judges will evaluate all of the following factors:

Design: Practicality; creativity; originality; ease of use; and unique features.

Manufacturing: Moldability; ease of assembly/secondary operations; projected cycle time; cost efficiencies.

Technical Merits: What technical challenges were overcome? What design considerations eliminated assembly? Are there any unique features that help make this part technically successful? Choice of polymers; knowledge of the rotomolding process.

Questions?Contact Patrick Dockins at patrickd@cmservices.com or 630-942-6589

Fog-Free Glass -- Materials Scientists Create Polymer Coating Against Fogged Glass

Instead of having to add a coating to glass to make it fog-free, processing it in a way that creates small holes in the surface can make it fog-free without the addition of material.

MIT's new coating is "superhydrophilic": it really loves water. It's made of a three-dimensional matrix of water-loving polymer chains mixed in with glass nanoparticles and tiny air bubbles. The edges of the tiny glass particles come in contact with many droplets of water and the water droplets flatten and join up to form sheets. The glass nanoparticles and air bubbles also can act like the holes in a sponge, sucking the droplets downward to wick away water.

Fog-Free Glass -- Materials Scientists Create Polymer Coating Against Fogged Glass

Samsung Turns ''TV into Art'' with the Availability of New ''Touch of Color'' Designed LCD HDTVs

An example of how a change in PROCESS reduces material. The color in the chassis of this TV is provided through refracting light by varying the density of the material, not by adding pigments. Its like a giant prism.

Samsung Turns ''TV into Art'' with the Availability of New ''Touch of Color'' Designed LCD HDTVs

Samsung is the first manufacturer in the HDTV industry to employ dual-injection technology commonly used in the design of premium automobiles, which embeds color not with paint or dye, but instead with material. By controlling the density of the transparent and opaque material used in the process, the resulting bezel mimics a natural sunset with distinct red and black gradation. Nature’s inspiration on the ToC bezel is also apparent in the effect that ambient light levels have on the red hue’s brightness, offering an ambience that is reminiscent of viewing a piece of art. The idea of ToC ultimately stems from Samsung's desire to give consumers a well-designed HDTV that fits into any home not only as an entertainment hub, but as a piece of functional art.

An example of how a change in PROCESS reduces material. The color is provided through the science of refraction by varying the density of the material, not by adding pigments.