NLS is Prototyping products today with 3D modeling software and 3D printing allows products to go from an idea to a reality faster than ever before. Many people are now asking the question, “Where do we go from here?” Thanks to the advancement of virtual reality systems, that question may soon be answered. A company […]
Research and Development spending has an eye on the future success of companies and industries. 2016 R&D spending for the year has just been released by Bloomberg and some interesting things are happening. Of the 9 industries that are tracked only 3 industries increased their R&D budget in 2016; Software and Internet, Healthcare and Consumer. The […]
Here at Northern Lights Solutions, we use Finite Element Analysis (FEA) nearly every day to develop better products faster. We hardly take a moment to think about the history of FEA and how it became such a vital tool to today’s engineers so we decided to do a little homework and here is what we […]
Northern Lights Solutions is excited to be attending the 2017 Tampa Bay Innovation Summit on January 24th. The goal of this event is to create a forum for Tampa’s accomplished industry pioneers, our growing ecosystem of Entrepreneur Service Organizations, and our Venture Capital community, to establish Tampa Bay as a recognized and welcoming entrepreneurial hub. […]
I am a recent convert to Model Based Definitions (MBD) as the best way to document a product and its specifications. I am old enough to have learned drafting on a table with pencil and paper so I was a reluctant believer until we printed our first part on our new 3D printer. This was […]