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Joe Grand to Guest Judge at West Point’s Projects Day
Joe Grand will be participating as a guest judge in the United States Military Academy at West Point’s Projects Day for the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) to be held on May 3, 2012. The purpose of the EECS Projects Day is for senior cadets to present … [ continue ]
Joe Grand Joins MakerBot Advisory Board
Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio has joined the Advisory Board for MakerBot Industries. MakerBot is a provider of open-source, consumer-grade 3D printers that allow users to print nearly anything they can imagine. Since November 2010, Joe has been assisting in the review of MakerBot’s electrical engineering designs and … [ continue ]
Laser Range Finder Licensed to Parallax
Parallax, Inc. has become the exclusive licensee of Grand Idea Studio’s Laser Range Finder module, a distance measuring instrument that uses laser technology to calculate the distance to a targeted object up to 8 feet away. Parallax provides technically innovative, unique, and economical products to the electronics industry and will handle all manufacturing, … [ continue ]
Joe Grand to Host Freescale’s Make It Challenge
Joe Grand of Grand Idea Studio will be hosting the Make It Challenge at the Freescale Technology Forum Americas 2011. This 36-hour design contest challenges participants to create a unique project based on Freescale’s Mechatronics Robot platform or Tower System modules. [ continue ]
Partnership with tool.
Grand Idea Studio has joined into a partnership with product design and development firm, tool., Inc. Grand Idea Studio will enhance tool.’s offering of industrial design and mechanical engineering services by providing electronics design expertise on selected projects. [ continue ]