{"id":4820,"date":"2019-02-15T14:52:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T19:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/?post_type=picks&#038;p=4820"},"modified":"2019-08-27T09:50:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T13:50:50","slug":"what-we-like-this-week-room-for-improvement","status":"publish","type":"views","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/views\/what-we-like-this-week-room-for-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Like This Week: Making Room for Improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A focus on the future can fuel innovation, but it\u2019s the things we do today that keep us moving forward in the world of making. Check out this week\u2019s picks. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sharpen Up.\u00a0<\/strong>Re-skilling isn\u2019t just for people who are pivoting in their careers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/02\/12\/current-trends-in-the-tech-industry-are-fueling-new-types-of-skills.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This list<\/a> of in-demand tech talents might have you signing up for a MOOC before you know it.\u00a0Plus, a <a href=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/news\/why-were-opening-a-generative-design-field-lab-in-chicago\">new workshop space<\/a> in Chicago where visitors can learn about generative design is open for business, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/autodesk-opens-generative-design-field-lab-in-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ZDNet<\/a> has the scoop.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Material over Matter.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/welding-aa7075-aluminum-alloy\/58449\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Atlas reports<\/a> on a revolutionary metal alloy that was useless for 70 years until UCLA scientists developed a new welding technique. At the neighboring University of California, researchers have made <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-02-d-self-repair.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new 3D-printable rubber<\/a> that repairs itself in a matter of hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_4823\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4823\" class=\"wp-image-4823 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/welding-aa7075-aluminum-alloy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/welding-aa7075-aluminum-alloy-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/welding-aa7075-aluminum-alloy-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/welding-aa7075-aluminum-alloy-1-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: UCLA<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Can-do attitude.\u00a0<\/strong>The construction industry has a productivity problem, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/angelicakrystledonati\/2019\/02\/13\/seven-areas-to-tackle-poor-productivity-in-construction-with-contech\/#271f43324288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a> has a few ideas for fixing it. At Autodesk&#8217;s BUILD Space in Boston, architecture firm Perkins+Will thinks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/architects-anticipate-robots-on-construction-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">robotic construction could be the answer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joy Ride.\u00a0<\/strong>We devoured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/airbus-mobile-alabama-factory-tour-a320-american-delta-jetblue-2019-1#jetblue-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this visual tour<\/a> through Airbus\u2019 new Alabama manufacturing plant, courtesy of Business Insider. Meanwhile in South Korea, <a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/wavegarden-largest-surfing-lagoon\/58362\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">someone\u2019s building the world\u2019s largest manmade surfing lagoon<\/a>, and we\u2019re totally on board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_4821\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4821\" class=\"wp-image-4821 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/5c50c9922bdd7f7536198032-750-563.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/5c50c9922bdd7f7536198032-750-563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/5c50c9922bdd7f7536198032-750-563-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/app\/uploads\/2019\/02\/5c50c9922bdd7f7536198032-750-563-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Benjamin Zhang\/Business Insider<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pressing Pause.\u00a0<\/strong>Lunar New Year festivities are still underway, but <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dragoninnovation.com\/blog\/chinese-new-year-2019-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-affect-your-manufacturing-plans?mc_cid=f5b153f469&amp;mc_eid=7daf30b782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dragon Innovation explains<\/a> how the holiday brings some factories to a grinding halt.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Computer Chip Cookies.\u00a0<\/strong>How do you combine the joy of baking with the joy of making? Cookies, obviously. We\u2019re pinning this cookie perfection machine to our \u201ckitchen of the future\u201d mood board (via <a href=\"https:\/\/theprepared.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Prepared<\/a> newsletter).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cookie Perfection Machine\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8YEdHjGMeho?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> &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A focus on the future can fuel innovation, but it\u2019s the things we do today that keep us moving forward in the world of making. Check out this week\u2019s picks. Sharpen Up.\u00a0Re-skilling isn\u2019t just for people who are pivoting in their careers. This list of in-demand tech talents might have you signing up for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[],"adsk_tags":[],"class_list":["post-4820","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: Making Room for Improvement | 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\/de\/views\/what-we-like-this-week-room-for-improvement\/\" \/>\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: Making Room for Improvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A focus on the future can fuel innovation, but it\u2019s the things we do today that keep us moving forward in the world of making. 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