{"id":3019,"date":"2018-02-23T09:32:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T14:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autodesk-news.torpedo.agency\/?post_type=picks&#038;p=3019"},"modified":"2019-08-27T09:51:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T13:51:21","slug":"like-week-designing-olympic-glory","status":"publish","type":"views","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/views\/like-week-designing-olympic-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Like This Week: Designing Olympic Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the athletes go for gold in PyeongChang, we find ourselves interested in the technology and design work that made the Winter Olympics possible. Check out this week\u2019s picks: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Immerse yourself.\u00a0<\/strong>Catching the Olympics on a flat screen? That\u2019s so 2014. Strap on your goggles and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/adventure\/sports\/a16760764\/2018-pyeongchang-winter-olympics-technology-vr\/\">check out<\/a>\u00a0the first live VR broadcasts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meaningful gestures.\u00a0<\/strong>From the star-and-pillar event logo to the cute mascots and altitude-inspired torches,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designweek.co.uk\/issues\/5-11-february-2018\/pyeongchang-winter-olympics-2018-designed\/\">Design Week has the rundown<\/a>\u00a0of design choices for this year\u2019s event, while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/monocle.com\/radio\/shows\/section-d\/on-design-78\/\">this podcast<\/a>\u00a0from Monocle surveys the best of Olympic design through history. Meanwhile, Bustle\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/the-2018-winter-olympics-medal-design-has-incredible-meaning-7909785\">goes deep<\/a>\u00a0on this year\u2019s medal design.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2494\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/02\/medal-nocredit-DesignWeek1-2.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"351\" \/> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The makers behind the magic.\u00a0<\/strong>Check out how the U.S. luge team is getting an edge using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/us-luge-team-in-winter-olympics-uses-3d-printing-technology-by-stratasys\/\">3D printing to customize their sleds<\/a>, learn how\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/winter-olympics-could-plastic-ldquo-ice-rdquo-help-overcome-bias-toward-colder-countries\/\">plastic might one day replace ice<\/a>\u00a0in the bobsled track, and how\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/posts\/73316\/How-Snowboard-Halfpipes-are-Made\">snowboard half-pipes are carved.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Skywriting redux.\u00a0<\/strong>Did you see the record-setting 1,218 drones flying in formation to create Olympic-related images during the Opening Ceremonies?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/olympics-opening-ceremony-drone-show\/\">Wired explains<\/a>\u00a0how Intel\u2019s Shooting Star platform powered the display.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3650 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/intelolympicdrones1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/intelolympicdrones1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/intelolympicdrones1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/intelolympicdrones1-1024x577.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> Credit: Wired <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hot ink.\u00a0<\/strong>It\u2019s so cold in PyeongChang, even the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/sports\/wind-ice-and-cold-are-making-this-olympics-too-wintry-1.3799510\">Canadians are complaining<\/a>. So Ralph Lauren\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/olympic-clothing-designers-try-to-beat-the-cold-with-technology\/\">built heating systems<\/a> directly into the jackets worn by American athletes. The best part? They use special silver-and-carbon ink printed on the inner lining to conduct the heat.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nothing to see here.\u00a0<\/strong>The Hyundai Pavilion made its debut at the games.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/11\/15\/world\/vantablack-blackest-black-material\/index.html\">Covered in a new substance<\/a>\u00a0called Vantablack VBx2, which absorbs 99.96% of visible light, looking at it is like staring into the void <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3651\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Black-Pavilion1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Black-Pavilion1.jpeg 876w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Black-Pavilion1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/> Credit: Asif Khan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the athletes go for gold in PyeongChang, we find ourselves interested in the technology and design work that made the Winter Olympics possible. Check out this week\u2019s picks: Immerse yourself.\u00a0Catching the Olympics on a flat screen? That\u2019s so 2014. Strap on your goggles and\u00a0check out\u00a0the first live VR broadcasts. Meaningful gestures.\u00a0From the star-and-pillar event [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"adsk_tags":[],"class_list":["post-3019","views","type-views","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What We Like This Week: Designing Olympic Glory | Autodesk News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/zh-hans\/views\/like-week-designing-olympic-glory\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What We Like This Week: Designing Olympic Glory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While the athletes go for gold in PyeongChang, we find ourselves interested in the technology and design work that made the Winter Olympics possible. 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