Photography courtesy of Peter Rosso As a first line of defence against the spread of COVID-19 the facemask, a simple covering worn to reduce the spread of infectious agents, has affected the lives of billions across the globe. An estimated 129 billion facemasks are used every month, of which, most are designed for single use. […]
Brokering Additive Manufacturing officially started today (1st October 2021) with the team meeting physically! at Queen’s Building to set out the research agenda and plans of action.
Jennifer Johns is attending TCT this week to discuss AM and the opportunities for a networking and co-ordination of the UK’s AM capability.
Written by Adam McGlenaghan Throughout the summer, I have been completing an internship with the DMF lab focusing on the use of Electroencephalogram (EEG) in design. I have thoroughly enjoyed the summer and it has introduced me to many exciting areas of ongoing research, as well as working as part of a research group. Initial […]
Brokering Additive Manufacturing has published and presented their second paper entitled “Achieving responsive and sustainable manufacturing through a brokered agent-based production paradigm” at the International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM).
Written by Louise Larsson Summary of project and intended outcomes In my individual research project this term I investigated potential alternative user interfaces for computer-aided design, CAD, software and brain-computer interfaces in particular. That is looking into the prospects of making designing more intuitive and accessible by introducing brain control to the design process in […]
Ben and James attended the Southwest Infrastructure Partnership (SWIP) workshop on Digital Twins to help answer what a twin is and when to twin. Their presentation provides a potted history of the Digital Twin, examples from the mechanical, aerospace and manufacturing industries and some thoughts on motivations for twinning. If you want to learn more […]
Jennifer Johns has written an article discussing to the potential of distributed manufacturing for AM.
On Monday we officially welcomed a cohort of five summer interns to the DMF lab. These include Lousie Larsson, Oliver Shiffmann, Lloyd Cleary-Richards, Adam McClenaghan and William Murray. They will be working together on projects ranging from Brain Controlled Interfaces for Design; Gesture-driven CAD and Quantum-enabled configuration design tools. If you would like more information […]
How can your users understand how a product will work before it’s been made? How can they understand what it will feel like to use, and how can they tell you how they would like it to work? As part of our work on Augmented Prototyping – using immersive technologies to create the next generation […]