Evan Atherton of the Office of the CTO (OCTO) and a teammate of mine has made a fun great movie. Evan is probably one of the most ardent Star Wars loving fans I know. Evan has created a movie about Star War's loveable droid R2-D2 called "Artoo in…
Read MoreOur good friend and a smart innovative marine scientist Sly Lee of The HYDROUS had a nice online piece covering his work in Wetpixel.com. Sly uses Autodesk Memento to generate 3D textured models of coral from photos he and teams take underwater in coral reef locations around the…
Read MoreLast week I was invited by NASA to visit the remote Orbital ATK facility at Promontory Utah to witness the test firing of a new SLS rocket motor DM-1 Static Test. The DM-1 rocket is one of the two solid fueled rockets that will lift the Space Launch…
Read MoreWould you like to win a airborne UAV or a underwater OpenROV submersible robot to go exploring with? You have the chance to with a recent Explore Science contest being held by Instructables and OpenExplorer. "Scientific breakthroughs make the world a better place. After all, where would we…
Read MoreThe past two days almost a thousand have attended the REAL 2015 event here in San Francisco California at the historic Fort Mason. The conference covered everything dealing with Capture Compute and Create. There was everything from laser scanning systems, structured light scanners, infrared, photogrammetry, software like point…
Read MoreCurrent scientific evidence indicates the dinosaurs as we know them are all gone, but they left fossilized bones, tracks, and other traces behind telling the story. Last week I was working on a project in Northern Arizona and found an exhibit of a sandstone that had actual dinosaur…
Read MoreI always backup my data on multiple online and physical drives as even a backup can go bad. It is always a good plan to make sure those sources are healthy and move the data around regularly as storage media can degrade and corrupt over time. Don't just…
Read MoreMade In Space recently installed and setup up the AMF Zero-G 3D printer with NASA MSFC on the International Space Station (ISS), and you can get the rare opportunity to print on the same printer and see the one that is currently on Earth. Autodesk has had a…
Read MoreWhat if a CAD system could automatically generate tens, hundreds, or even thousands of design options that all meet your specified high-level goals? It’s no longer what if: it’s Project Dreamcatcher, and it’s the next generation of computational design. Project Dreamcatcher http://autodeskresearch.com/projects/dreamcatcher Dreamcatcher is a goal-directed design (GDD)…
Read MoreMark this day down in 3D Printing and Manufacturing history! Made in Space has successfully unpacked and installed the first 3D Printer in space with NASA on the International Space Station. Having the ability to 3D print objects on the ISS will be a huge leap in 3D…
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