This 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…
Read MoreThis past weekend the FIRST Robotics PNW district 8 playoffs were held in Oregon City, Oregon. The alliance of teams 1540 Flaming Chickens, 2471 Team Mean Machine, and 5468 Retro-bots won the event. Congratulations teams! There were so many amazing teams and their robots in the event and…
Read MoreOver 30 teams of high school students with robots have descended on Oregon City, Oregon. The event is the FIRST Robotics PNW district 8 playoffs. I have worked with Team 1540 the Flaming Chickens from Catlin Gabel who will be competing this week. You can watch the competition live:…
Read MoreYesterday was the fist of two days for the REAL 2016 conference in it’s second year. Being held at scenic Fort Mason there are about 900 attendees networking, attending presentations, and looking at exhibits and vendors.Autodesk was periscoping several of the presentations yesterday (https://www.periscope.tv/autodesk) and I was tweeting…
Read MoreI have been involved with one of the most amazing group of young humans (High School students) as a mentor. Team 1540 Flaming Chickens of Catlin Gabel are now entering the 2016 FRC competition season and just created their robot reveal video. http://oregonfirst.org/events/pnw-frc-championship/ Team 1540 Reveal Video 2016…
Read MoreMattel and Autodesk partner to create a childs very own imagination powered toy factory with the ThingMaker Design app and a $299 3D printer. The 3D printer goes on pre-sale on Amazon today and ships this Fall. autode.sk/1Qcbu0k
Read MoreThis is such a great story and well worth spreading far and wide. I remember speaking with one of the volunteers working on this and just humbled by the use of simple 3D printed parts making a difference and creating so many smiles. Autodesk and Bay Area non-profit…
Read MoreTeachers, you can help empower the next generation of innovators. We have Ready-to-go lessons & projects, just for you and your students. Project Ignite enables learners of all ages to gain practical hands-on experience with new software and hardware to build literacy in design, 3D, electronics, programming and…
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