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NASA JPL’s concept lander was cast with aluminum and other materials that can withstand the rigors of space travel.<\/p><\/div>\n
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- Good talk. <\/strong>Whether on the phone<\/a> with Fortune, talking stock<\/a> with Barron\u2019s, or on the main stage at AU<\/a> (via Architosh), Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost has some big ideas to share about the future of making.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Anagnost gave the opening keynote at Autodesk University in Las Vegas.<\/p><\/div>\n
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- Additive evolution. <\/strong>Additive manufacturing (AM) started as a fun way to make small things with plastic. But it\u2019s come a long way. Forbes takes us to formnext<\/a>, the AM conference in Germany, to see what\u2019s possible today. And Digital Trends shares news<\/a> about a promising new idea to combine AM and robotics to\u00a0custom-print metal building components on the construction site\u2014and it all fits inside a shipping container. They call it a \u201csupply chain in a box.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
https:\/\/autodesk.wistia.com\/medias\/0peieph64a <\/p>\n
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- Forging a new path. <\/strong>Engineering.com talks to Autodesk\u2019s Sam Ramji about the Forge platform<\/a>\u2014what it is, how it works, and why you should care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Autodesk’s VP of Cloud Platform, Sam Ramji, explains what the Forge platform means for developers.<\/p><\/div>\n
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- ConTech context. <\/strong>How is technology changing the way we build? Forbes gives a nice overview of the state of \u201cConTech\u201d today<\/a>, and ZDNet explains how Autodesk\u2019s acquisition of PlanGrid<\/a> fits in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Whether it\u2019s buildings, products, or media, at the end of the day, we\u2019re all making stuff. And we can do it better. Check out this week\u2019s picks: Land it. Putting a lander on Mars is hardly easy, but putting one on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn? That\u2019s an even bigger challenge. Fast Company shares […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[3,29,295,8],"adsk_tags":[],"class_list":["post-4506","views","type-views","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories-aec-bim","categories-our_company","categories-people_and_culture","categories-product_design_and_manufacturing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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- ConTech context. <\/strong>How is technology changing the way we build? Forbes gives a nice overview of the state of \u201cConTech\u201d today<\/a>, and ZDNet explains how Autodesk\u2019s acquisition of PlanGrid<\/a> fits in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
- Forging a new path. <\/strong>Engineering.com talks to Autodesk\u2019s Sam Ramji about the Forge platform<\/a>\u2014what it is, how it works, and why you should care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Additive evolution. <\/strong>Additive manufacturing (AM) started as a fun way to make small things with plastic. But it\u2019s come a long way. Forbes takes us to formnext<\/a>, the AM conference in Germany, to see what\u2019s possible today. And Digital Trends shares news<\/a> about a promising new idea to combine AM and robotics to\u00a0custom-print metal building components on the construction site\u2014and it all fits inside a shipping container. They call it a \u201csupply chain in a box.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n