ropbox has released a beta version of their cloud storage software. This new beta gives the unique feature of automatically uploading photos to the cloud direct from your phone, camera or alternate storage device. To get involved download the link in the first post and install it. Then plug in a device, using the windows [...]

   As an employee of Frostechnic there were many discussions about introducing a system to overlook and aid operations within the workforce. Many systems were looked at such as: Unfortunately the features that were available from these tools did not meet the companies requirements. Joint with the generally high costs of such systems it meant they [...]

A quick design that i brought into CAD a few weeks ago. The idea was to develop a toy storage solution for a children’s nursery garden. It’s just an initial design that i thought could be made using a laser cutter and a jigsaw like assembly. Did a couple of quick renders and an exploded CAD view [...]

s a nice big welcome into the new year I have been working towards the January Exams. I have been trying to keep myself sane whilst staying productive so I have been working on some CAD  and rendering the designs using Keyshot 3. The main purpose of these images was to give a functional illustration, therefore ultra realistic settings [...]

 Been back at Loughborough for a week now and work is piling up. Lots of new projects, work and people to get stuck in with. My final year project has been announced and we are to be looking at the RFID tagging of high value parts in Ford’s engine assembly line. The project seems interesting [...]

The fateful day has come, I have finsihed my summer placement and am moving back to loughborough to complete my final year for my masters degree. The summer has been extremely eventful and full of vital learning. I have enjoyed every aspect of the last few months. I hope that the opportunity arrives to return at [...]

Today has been a big day for me and has been very fast coming. Frostnet was effectively deployed across the company, well the address book functionality combined with the PCB software previously made. The day was spent sorting employee account details and showing how access to the Adress Book could be gained. A few bugs [...]

 Development has been fast so far and I am very quickly able to test basic functionality. A lot of time was spent gathering data from all the companies’ resources into the DB so that effective testing could be performed. Features such as user login, access rights, edit/update/delete and contact filtering have been implemented thus far [...]

It’s been a while since I have updated my blog but a lot has happened. So far I have managed to complete the PCB administrations software and so far it seems to be having some great results. PCB updating, creation and ordering have become very simple. The data is also very secure and can be [...]

 During development of the PCB Software I have made a few vital decisions to the direction of the software layout and deployment. After much research it was decided that a SQL database was needed to give the reliability, deployment options and flexibility required for a companywide software solution. As many users could be using the [...]