Categories Autodesk

100 Days of GCC 2015

Autodesk participates in the Global Corporate Challenge (GCC) with hundreds of employee teams competing internally and against other companies and the perfect side effect of getting more fit. This GCC 2015 is my third year participating and last year our team made 11th place within Autodesk as Team…

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Categories Announcements

Worlds Oldest Tools Discovered

The oldest stone tools known to man were found in remote Northern Kenya. The tools date back 3.3 million years. My friend Dr. Louise Leakey documented the excavation and tools using Autodesk technology to share the discovery with the world. These historical findings are detailed in an article…

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Categories Autodesk

Autodesk’s Pier 9 Artist in Residence 2015 Reel

Autodesk’s Pier 9 is a SF office space where many resident artists and Autodesk employees make some amazing creations, products, and some teams do futuristic research. Check out Pier 9’s Spring 2015 Artist in Residence Reel Video, it’s truly amazing! Pier 9’s Spring 2015 Artist in Residence Reel…

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Categories Autodesk

Meet the Robot that Draws

  My Autodesk Office of the CTO colleagues Evan Atherton and David Thomasson were just featured in a Forbes story on research projects in robotics and teaching robots to draw.  It is fascinating to watch the robot in person interpreting the images and instructions. It is still safer…

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Categories Misc.

Be Safe This Weekend

It is Memorial Day weekend in the United States which kicks off Summer. Sadly it also is the start of more traffic accidents and many related to long holiday drives while tired. Please, if you are driving long distances this weekend stop and take resets and arrive alive.…

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Categories Misc.

High Tech Venus Flytrap

Today I received an update notice for the Adobe Flash Player (and I had thought Flash was dead and still look forward to that day) but I noticed something that could cause come serious system issues if you don’t pay close attention to what Adobe set as a…

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Categories Design

99% Invisible is 100% Awesome!

A Portland Oregon friend of mine turned me onto a great storytelling podcast named 99% Invisible by Roman Mars that centers on a unique and interesting way of talking about architecture, design, and technology. Imagine my surprise and delight to see Autodesk has partnered on a new flag…

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Categories 3D Printing

Autodesk Open-Source Ember 3D Printer Design Files

Autodesk posted the open-source design files under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license for the Ember 3D printer this week. You can freely download the complete assembly in Fusion 360, Inventor, DWG, STL and more formats to create your own 3D printer design or modifications for Ember. If you…

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Categories Autodesk

Autodesk Dynamo Studio and FormIt 360 Pro Announced

Autodesk announced this week at the AIA show the new Dynamo Studio and FormIt 360 Pro releases of new products. For more on these conceptual Architectural design tools check out the announcement posted on the Autodesk PR blog In the Fold. Autodesk Launches Dynamo Studio and FormIt 360…

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