Soon we won’t know the difference When augmented reality (AR) was first introduced isn’t clear. (Damn, that’s such a great pun.) But seriously folks, the idea of AR is pretty old, and can be traced back to L. Frank Baum’s short story, The Master Key, written in 1901, in which he introduced the idea of AR, I give you the … Read more
A leading researcher on 3D printing has accepted an appointment at Harvard University to run a new lab and design studio exploring how to bring a more diverse set of materials into additive fabrication. Jennifer A. Lewis will work on the integration of multiple platforms for materials synthesis, assembly and characterization. The goal is to design novel inks and high-precision … Read more
Organovo is teaming up with Autodesk to create CAD tools that will let Organovo’s scientists design specific organic structures such as blood vessels, liver tissue and other parts for implantation. 3D printing technologies are used to build 3D scaffolds. Cells can be placed in the structures as it is being built by the printer. Read more about the new collaboration … Read more
Want a prediction? Just touch the web. The future is clear as day to me so I've decided that in 2013, I will just stay home. I know that mobile is going to be big, Samsung will rule, the losers will continue to lose, and startups, often funded by Kickstarter, will surprise us. I also know AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, … Read more
The holidays are a big movie season, and often that’s literal—the moviesare big, expensive, and long. The studios have always reserved movies they expect to be big box office affairs for the seasons with the biggest audiences: the holidays and summer. But that doesn't mean those movies actually are good, and in fact, sometimes the Christmas and summer releases are … Read more
3D Systems today announced it will acquire Geomagic, Inc., provider of 3D authoring products,Geomagic made news recently with the announcement of Spark, a new scan-to-CAD program that combines elements of Geomagic Studio with SpaceClaim 3D CAD software. 3D Systems stock is up 2% to 56.99 on the news. Read about the acquisition on GraphicSpeak.
Today Penguin releases “Bend, not Break”, the personal story of Geomagic CEO Ping Fu. Penguin is planning a major book tour/media blitz for early 2013, which means you can expect to see Ping Fu on your favorite news-talk program soon. “Bend Not Break” will soon be featured on Bloomberg News, BBC World News and many more media outlets in the … Read more
The year is drawing to a close, and as it goes out, it takes with it the nasty US election, and hopefully this persistent recession—hopefully. Before I make my useless new year’s resolutions (I vow to stop smoking, gaining weight, buying plaid pants and white shoes, and kicking homeless people and cats), I like to lean back and contemplate the … Read more
Like the PC market, the market for workstations has also seen its shares of ups and downs in the last four years, but in 2012 we’re seeing some clear separation in the contrasting fortunes of these two sister platforms. Shipments of workstations, like that of PCs or virtually any other discretionary product, will rise and fall with the tempo of … Read more
Intel Futurist, Brian David Johnson speaks with author Jon Peddie about his story contribution to the Tomorrow Project Anthology, Imagining the Future and Building It. Listen to the conversation HERE. Check out Intel’s Tomorrow Project.
Too bad about that PC dying and all that—I guess it just outlived its usefulness or maybe lost its sex appeal, or maybe—the emperor isn’t wearing any clothes. But with the PC being dead and all (I still use one, but I was always a slow learner), I’m curious as to where in the world all those add-in boards (AIBs) … Read more
Workstation vendors had to be relieved by third quarter market results, as the industry found some sorely-needed footing, yielding some positive — and very welcome — gains. All told, workstation vendors shipped about 932 thousand branded workstations, representing an increase of 5.5% over Q2’12. Download the new Q3 Workstation Market Quarterly HERE.
