{"id":3579,"date":"2018-08-10T10:39:37","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T14:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=picks&#038;p=3579"},"modified":"2019-08-27T09:51:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T13:51:08","slug":"like-week-rocks-robots-recovering-vets","status":"publish","type":"views","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/views\/like-week-rocks-robots-recovering-vets\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Like This Week: Rocks, Robots, and Recovering Vets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New challenges require not just new solutions, but new approaches to how we solve problems. This week\u2019s picks focus on new ways to build on other planets, new ways to make cars, and new ways to make sure that injured vets can still go swimming with their kids. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mars or bust.\u00a0<\/strong>While Autodesk and NASA are working together to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90210735\/heres-our-first-glimpse-at-martian-architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">automate the 3D-printing of structures on Mars<\/a>\u00a0using local materials (via Fast Company), JPL is making\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/automaton\/robotics\/space-robots\/explore-new-worlds-with-jpls-open-source-rover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an open-source planetary rover<\/a>\u00a0available to schoolkids right here on Earth (via IEEE Spectrum).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plan ahead.\u00a0<\/strong>Dezeen drops by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2018\/08\/07\/prefabricated-syshaus-hom-studio-arthur-casas-brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Brazilian home<\/a>\u00a0that\u2019s redefining what\u2019s possible in the world of prefab. And Architect Magazine\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectmagazine.com\/technology\/the-netherlands-will-soon-be-home-to-a-self-sustaining-eco-village_o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduces us to a planned community<\/a>\u00a0that\u2019s designed to be entirely self-sustaining in terms of food and energy. Future of architecture, here we come.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3580\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Credit_ReGenVillagesHolding_NetherlandsVillage1-768x513.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Credit_ReGenVillagesHolding_NetherlandsVillage1-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Credit_ReGenVillagesHolding_NetherlandsVillage1-768x513-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Land of the best sand.\u00a0<\/strong>Better sand makes for a better computer chip, and some of the best in the world comes from Spruce Pine, North Carolina.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pure-silicon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WIRED takes us for a visit<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New cars, new ways.\u00a0<\/strong>From new ways to make\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/roadshow\/news\/toyota-fuel-cell-mass-production\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hydrogen-cell cars work at scale<\/a>\u00a0(via CNET) to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2018\/08\/07\/ford-exoskeletons-eksovest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new exoskeletons<\/a>\u00a0that help auto workers\u00a0do more with less effort (via Engadget), things are changing inside the auto plant.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Swim limb.\u00a0<\/strong>6% of injured war vets come back missing a limb. 3D Printing Industry shares a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/3dprintingindustry.com\/news\/3d-printed-artificial-limb-returns-amputees-to-water-137827\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new amphibious prosthetic<\/a> that helps them move both in and out of the water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dan&#039;s Story: Reimagining Prosthetics for Veterans\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iD1F5JHbDpI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New challenges require not just new solutions, but new approaches to how we solve problems. This week\u2019s picks focus on new ways to build on other planets, new ways to make cars, and new ways to make sure that injured vets can still go swimming with their kids. Mars or bust.\u00a0While Autodesk and NASA are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"adsk_tags":[],"class_list":["post-3579","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: Rocks, Robots, and Recovering Vets | 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\/en\/views\/like-week-rocks-robots-recovering-vets\/\" \/>\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: Rocks, Robots, and Recovering Vets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New challenges require not just new solutions, but new approaches to how we solve problems. 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