{"id":2487,"date":"2018-02-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2018-02-15T23:37:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T04:37:23","slug":"what-we-like-this-week-021618","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/what-we-like-this-week-021618\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Like This Week: Designing Olympic Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the athletes go for gold in PyeongChang, we find ourselves interested in the technology and design work that made the Winter Olympics possible. Check out this week\u2019s picks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Immerse yourself. <\/strong>Catching the Olympics on a flat screen? That\u2019s so 2014. Strap on your goggles and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/adventure\/sports\/a16760764\/2018-pyeongchang-winter-olympics-technology-vr\/\">check out<\/a> the first live VR broadcasts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meaningful gestures. <\/strong>From the star-and-pillar event logo to the cute mascots and altitude-inspired torches, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designweek.co.uk\/issues\/5-11-february-2018\/pyeongchang-winter-olympics-2018-designed\/\">Design Week has the rundown<\/a> of design choices for this year\u2019s event, while <a href=\"https:\/\/monocle.com\/radio\/shows\/section-d\/on-design-78\/\">this podcast<\/a> from Monocle surveys the best of Olympic design through history. Meanwhile, Bustle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/the-2018-winter-olympics-medal-design-has-incredible-meaning-7909785\">goes deep<\/a> on this year\u2019s medal design.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/medal-nocredit-DesignWeek1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2494\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/medal-nocredit-DesignWeek1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/medal-nocredit-DesignWeek1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/medal-nocredit-DesignWeek1-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The makers behind the magic. <\/strong>Check out how the U.S. luge team is getting an edge using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/us-luge-team-in-winter-olympics-uses-3d-printing-technology-by-stratasys\/\">3D printing to customize their sleds<\/a>, learn how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/winter-olympics-could-plastic-ldquo-ice-rdquo-help-overcome-bias-toward-colder-countries\/\">plastic might one day replace ice<\/a> in the bobsled track, and how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/posts\/73316\/How-Snowboard-Halfpipes-are-Made\">snowboard half-pipes are carved.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Skywriting redux. <\/strong>Did you see the record-setting 1,218 drones flying in formation to create Olympic-related images during the Opening Ceremonies? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/olympics-opening-ceremony-drone-show\/\">Wired explains<\/a> how Intel\u2019s Shooting Star platform powered the display.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2491\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/intelolympicdrones1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2491\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2491\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/intelolympicdrones1-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/intelolympicdrones1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/intelolympicdrones1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/intelolympicdrones1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/intelolympicdrones1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Wired<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hot ink. <\/strong>It\u2019s so cold in PyeongChang, even the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/sports\/wind-ice-and-cold-are-making-this-olympics-too-wintry-1.3799510\">Canadians are complaining<\/a>. So Ralph Lauren <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/olympic-clothing-designers-try-to-beat-the-cold-with-technology\/\">built heating systems<\/a> directly into the jackets worn by American athletes. The best part? They use special silver-and-carbon ink printed on the inner lining to conduct the heat.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nothing to see here. <\/strong>The Hyundai Pavilion made its debut at the games. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/11\/15\/world\/vantablack-blackest-black-material\/index.html\">Covered in a new substance<\/a> called Vantablack VBx2, which absorbs 99.96% of visible light, looking at it is like staring into the void.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2493\" style=\"width: 886px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/Black-Pavilion1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2493\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2493\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/Black-Pavilion1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/Black-Pavilion1.jpeg 876w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/Black-Pavilion1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/02\/Black-Pavilion1-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Asif Khan<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the athletes go for gold in PyeongChang, we find ourselves interested in the technology and design work that made the Winter Olympics possible. Check out this week\u2019s picks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immerse yourself. Catching the Olympics on a flat screen? That\u2019s so 2014. Strap on your goggles and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/adventure\/sports\/a16760764\/2018-pyeongchang-winter-olympics-technology-vr\/\">check out<\/a> the first live VR broadcasts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":2488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-future-of-making-things"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What We Like This Week: Designing Olympic Glory - In the Fold<\/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:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/what-we-like-this-week-021618\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Autodesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-021618\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-021618\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Autodesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2fe6071949598957391b579ca67e73a9\"},\"headline\":\"What We Like This Week: Designing Olympic Glory\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-16T14:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-021618\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":282,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-021618\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/71\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/Olympic_Drones_Featured1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Future of Making Things\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-021618\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-021618\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.autodesk.com\\\/inthefold\\\/what-we-like-this-week-021618\\\/\",\"name\":\"What We Like This Week: Designing Olympic Glory - 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