A recent trip to Sweden, a hub of modular design, inspired this engineer to reflect on the pros and cons of modular design for medical devices. Modular design is a way of life in Sweden: it reflects ...

Modular design is reaching new audiences by letting users build systems that are suited to their unique needs and can evolve. The Fast Company Impact Council is an invitation-only membership community ...

As the multifamily space becomes more open to the idea of modular design, non-traditional building methods have become more popular. Despite the pervading conventional wisdom, modular builders are ...

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Proof” Advantage of Modular Design Fixed LED street lights, commonly known as “Cobra-head” designs, feature integrated components where the light engine and housing form a single, inseparable unit.

When considering the building blocks of your plant, imagine actual building blocks. “The principle of modularity is best explained by Lego building blocks,” said Jakob Dück, global industry segment ...

Develop a longer wind turbine blade that will produce more power output without increasing blade weight, the load on the turbine or the costs for transportation to and assembly at the wind farm site.

Do more, faster, and with fewer resources: this seems to be the current mandate for the manufacturing world. To help meet this challenge, many producers in the food and beverage industry have embraced ...

The Somic 434 SuperFlex features 57 decentralized servo drives, simplifying layout and troubleshooting. An innovative linear shuttle system replaces traditional collection chains. A modular design ...

In a bid to find a table that could fit the variety of tasks carried out at their studio, the team at Teenage Engineering has created the modular “Field Desk”, and has unveiled it at this year’s ...

Biological materials have the ability to sense, process, and respond to a range of dynamic environmental signals in real time. This capability allows biological systems to demonstrate complex ...