Autodesk has released a new eBook on the future of design. Disrupting giants of industry: The advantage of small engineering teams Future of design Smaller engineering teams have the advantage of being more agile, due to necessity. Their lack of resources require maximum efficiency. With today’s technology, these…
Read MoreHave you ever struggled to look at ways to innovate and used the same old process or the lack of a process? The Innovation Genome is used by Autodesk and many others and may be just what you are looking for teaching you how to ask the right…
Read MoreThe United States is facing an infrastructure crisis as our roads and bridges are aging and exceeding capacity. “Last December, US Dept. of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Foxx launched the Smart City Challenge in response to the Beyond Traffic draft report, which revealed that our nation’s aging infrastructure is…
Read MoreI wanted to share and highlight one of our amazing tech previews for Revit users that is getting great feedback in our Autodesk Feedback Community where Autodesk pre-release alpha/betas and Autodesk Labs projects are managed. Project Expo brings Revit models to life in an interactive real-time environment on…
Read MoreAutodesk colleague Maurice Conti the Director of Strategic Innovation recently visited my special Pacific Wonderland of Portland Oregon to speak at the TEDx Portland event on “The Future of Human Augmentation.” Maurice explains how design and interaction with computational systems and AI will greatly impact all of us.…
Read More“Computer-gaming pioneer Arthur Samuel once defined “machine learning” as “a field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed.” But for some people, the meaning takes a negative turn—as in what happens in dystopian movies after computers have conquered humanity. But the future…
Read MoreLast week on May 3rd, 2016, Autodesk Chief Technology Officer Jeff Kowalski presented at the re:publica 2016 conference in Berlin Germany.https://re-publica.de/16/session/shape-things-come “We humans co-evolve with our tools. This is an ongoing dynamic with key inflection points throughout history, such as the move to agriculture, and the Industrial Revolution.…
Read MoreThis weekend over 600 teams of high school students competed in St Louis Missouri for the FIRST Robotics 2016 world championship. FIRST 2016 Winning Teams: Team 120 – Cleveland’s Team Team 330 – The Beach Bots Team 1086 – Blue Cheese Robotics Team 2481 – Roboteers Congratulations to…
Read MoreAutodesk is celebrating Makers at SFMade Week. SFMade Week is a celebration of local manufacturers, their products and their people May 9th-15th. Attend the event for factory tours, pop-ups, demos and more. Come meet with a host of maker-entrepreneurs who use Autodesk® Fusion 360™ 3D design software and/or…
Read MoreAutodesk sponsored the recent Pacific Northwest FIRST Robotics Championship for high school students held from Thursday to Saturday last week at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in sunny and unseasonably warm Portland Oregon. There were 64 high school teams participating from the Pacific Northwest states of Alaska, Oregon, and…
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