Raindrop Geomagic Business: Ping Fu, chairman, president and CEO of Geomagic, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc. magazine, the leading publication for American entrepreneurs. “Ping Fu and her company, Geomagic, are perfecting a technology that is already changing the nature of manufacturing,” says the introduction to the cover article in the December issue of Inc. Fu co-founded Geomagic in 1996. The company’s products enable designers and engineers to transform scan data from physical objects into highly accurate digital models for applications ranging from computer simulations of racing cars, to reconstruction of historic treasures, to new processes that speed quality inspection. This advanced technology delivers digital convergence, uniting physical and digital worlds, freeform and mechanical shapes, and discrete and continuous mathematics. These processes then provide technology for customizing products, automating processes, and increasing thought put. Website: www.geomagic.com |