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Autodesk’s battle against pirates will sadly not involve scenes like these

In an exciting morning that had us sat reading the news out in the sunshine (it counts as work, honest), we stumbled across a tale from across the high seas, where the good ship Autodesk is waging war on pirates.

Autodesk has launched an amnesty period for users of pirated software in Nigeria to move over to legal versions of AutoCAD and related software products. Legal AutoCAD-family software is being made available from as little as $199 (a massive 89 per cent discount when compared to US pricing) until July 15, as a pro-active move to curb illegal distribution.

The Nigerian economy loses roughly $500 million to software piracy each year, but is such a move by Autodesk going to have any great effect on this?

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51%‘s flatpack beehives, bird boxes and planters, made from leftover insulation linings of cars, fridges and insulation

Architectural practice 51% Studios’ ‘Habi Sabi’ concept to create urban wildlife habitats has triumphed over fellow finalists in the InMidtown Habitats competition.

Its easy-to-assemble, flatpack beehives, bird boxes and planters, made from leftover linings and fibres of cars, fridges and insulation will now be produced by InMidtown – who ran the competition with partners, The Architecture Foundation – and installed into 570 bee and bird friendly businesses across Bloomsbury, Holborn and Saint Giles that InMidtown represent.

Entrants to the InMidtown Habitats competition were set the challenge of creating designs suitable for the varying terrain across the district, including green spaces, rooftops, and terraces of businesses in the Midtown area. The designs were then assessed by a panel of experts including a beekeeper, an ornithologist, a cost consultant and a bat expert. 51% Studios won both unanimous jury support and the majority of the public vote for their competition entry.

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Mechanical Designer - Robrady Design

Job Type: Permanent
Software: Pro/E, Windchill PDM
Location: Sarasota, Florida. USA

Today we go international to bring you an exciting job from all the way across the Atlantic.

ROBRADY design is searching for a technically talented and very creative Mechanical Engineer / Product Engineer to join its collaborative design teams and solve the complex challenges posed by translating innovative research into the reality of next generation products.

Its multi-disciplined product design and development studio offers its multinational client base - including General Electric, Mercedes-Benz, Dell Computers, Parker Hannifin, AT&T, Merial, Vectrix, Polaris and Yamaha - progressive industrial design, mechanical design and product engineering, plus the whole package of everything else.

Job Requirements:
- BSc in Mechanical Engineering with FEA background preferred and 5 years or equivalent experience. Experience with product development desired.
- Utilising Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3.0 / Windchill PDM system
- Experience with advanced modelling techniques and surfacing preferred.
- Capable of developing 3D design models supported by Cosmos FEA analysis
- Working knowledge of product design using injection moulded plastics, castings, machining and sheet metal parts that meet functional requirements, suited for mass production.
- Support QC in test and evaluation of prototypes, tooling, and first articles.
- Actively participate in team ideation sessions with our clients and internal design team comprised of Industrial Designers, Engineers, prototypers and user researchers.

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ThinkStation E31 SFF: workstation class technology in a small form factor.

If you’re struggling to work out where on Earth you’d put the colossus of a machine that is the SuperWorkstation 7047GR-TRF, don’t fret. Lenovo has just introduced a much more manageable machine, the ThinkStation E31.

The ThinkStation E31 is actually two workstations in one – a standard mini tower version, available in June, and a small form factor (SFF) configuration, coming in July. Both machines feature the Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2 (Sandy Bridge) or 3rd Generation Intel Core i7 (Ivy Bridge) processors. Error Correcting Code (ECC) memory is also available.

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