Rapid Design Through Virtual and Physical Prototyping

该项目正在使用互联网创建一个实验系统，使设计课程的学生能够使用快速原型服务。 有三个参与机构，即卡内基-梅隆大学、加州大学伯克利分校和斯坦福大学参加了该项目。 每个人都开发了虚拟和物理原型的单独技术，目前是独立的。 将这些技术结合在一起将产生令人兴奋的新功能。 预计还将与工业伙伴和联邦实验室建立伙伴关系。 该项目解决了原型设计中的关键问题，并正在创建一个互联服务网络，以支持机械，机电和电子产品的快速设计，测试和制造。

This project is creating an experimental system using the Internet that will allow students in design courses to use rapid prototyping services. Three participant institutions, Carnegie-Mellon University, the University of California at Berkeley, and Stanford University are participating in the project. Each has developed individual technologies for virtual and physical prototyping, which currently stand alone. Bringing these technologies together will result in exciting new capabilities. Partnerships with industrial partners and a Federal laboratory are also anticipated. This project addresses key issues in prototyping, and is creating a network of interconnected services to support the rapid design, test, and manufacture of mechanical, electro-mechanical, and electronic products.