{"id":3769,"date":"2018-08-24T15:55:18","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T19:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=picks&#038;p=3769"},"modified":"2019-08-27T09:51:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T13:51:08","slug":"what-we-like-this-week-082418","status":"publish","type":"views","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/views\/what-we-like-this-week-082418\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Like This Week: Batteries, Brackets, and a Better Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your local park is now multi-tasking and your car has lost weight. See what\u2019s ahead for the future of making and building in this week\u2019s picks. <strong>Light the way. <\/strong>How much something weighs, how it works, and how you make it\u2014it all matters. Wired takes us into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/general-motors-auto-industry-3d-printing-additive-manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GM\u2019s process for making a better seatbelt bracket<\/a> using generative design and additive manufacturing. And Autodesk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineering.com\/DesignSoftware\/DesignSoftwareArticles\/ArticleID\/17411\/Autodesks-Massimiliano-Moruzzi-Mad-Max-or-Visionary.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Moruzzi talks to Engineering.com<\/a> about all the things he wants to do with carbon fiber. <strong>Batteries not included. <\/strong>German auto makers have dozens of electric cars hitting the market in the next few years. Why didn\u2019t they make the batteries that go in them? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/8\/15\/17685634\/germany-car-industry-battery-cells\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Verge explains<\/a>. <div id=\"attachment_3773\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3773\" class=\"wp-image-3773\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/featured_art_cu100_042.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/featured_art_cu100_042.jpg 750w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/featured_art_cu100_042-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bangkok&#8217;s Chulalongkorn Centennial Park increases the city&#8217;s resilience against flooding and heavy storms&#8211; both of which are on the rise because of global warming. Image credit: Landprocess<\/p><\/div> <strong>Cities get smart. <\/strong>Bangkok is breaking up its paved infrastructure with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90219984\/this-new-park-is-designed-for-a-future-of-flooded-cities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crowd-pleasing parks<\/a> that also reduce flooding (via Fast Company). Speaking of aquatic engineering, Quartz has <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1353828\/dams-and-reservoirs-cant-save-us-this-is-the-new-future-of-water-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a guide to the future of water infrastructure<\/a>, because dams and reservoirs aren\u2019t cutting it anymore. And the proposed Quayside neighborhood in Toronto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2018\/08\/15\/quayside-sidewalk-toronto-sidewalk-labs-waterfront-canada-smart-city-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">looks great in illustration<\/a> and is good news for Canadian lumberjacks (via Dezeen). <div id=\"attachment_3777\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3777\" class=\"wp-image-3777\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Quayside-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Quayside-1024x531.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Quayside-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sidewalk Labs is exploring how to use local Canadian timber for buildings in the Toronto&#8217;s new Quayside neighborhood. Image courtesy of Sidewalk Labs.<\/p><\/div> &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your local park is now multi-tasking and your car has lost weight. See what\u2019s ahead for the future of making and building in this week\u2019s picks. Light the way. How much something weighs, how it works, and how you make it\u2014it all matters. 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