USER EXPERIENCE AND THE EMERGING USE OF HAPTICS

By SIGMADESIGN Electrical Engineer Image Credit: https://labs.wsu.edu/robotics-and-automation/haptic-gloves/  Photographer: Laura Dutelle The most impactful advances in technology are those which enhance the human experience and bring significant value to our lives. Our most valued technologies keep us warm, safe, connected with our loved ones, and enable us to learn, grow, and share our ideas. In recent decades, popular technologies provide us …

RAPID 3D 2016

Advances in 3D Printing

By Pam DeShon-Stepp 3D Printing isn’t new, but recent emerging technologies present exciting new developments that will transform the industry. Additive Manufacturing, commonly referred to as 3D Printing, is the printing of objects – building layer upon layer under automated control, starting with a virtual 3D model and ending with a dimensionally representative physical part. 3D printing has been used …

Global Trade in Vancouver, WA

Goods and Services valued at $28.5 billion were exported from Portland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in 2014. The MSA is made up of five Oregon counties and two Washington counties. In Oregon, these counties include Columbia, Washington, Yamhill, Multnomah and Clackamas. In Washington, these counties include Clark and Skamania. The MSA is one of the nation’s top areas for global trade. SIGMADESIGN …