{"id":2592,"date":"2018-04-20T13:36:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T17:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2018-04-20T13:37:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T17:37:11","slug":"what-we-like-this-week-042018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/what-we-like-this-week-042018\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Like This Week: Big Boats and Better Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Mouncey Ferguson<\/p>\n<p>Minds are expanding, cruise ships are getting\u00a0(even more)\u00a0massive, and 3D-printed homes\u00a0are\u00a0reaching new levels of\u00a0swankiness.\u00a0Check out this week\u2019s picks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More Moore\u2019s Law?\u00a0<\/strong>AI, 3D printing, IoT,\u00a0blockchain\u2014these are just a few of\u00a0the\u00a0technologies\u00a0that\u00a0will\u00a0see\u00a0exponential\u00a0growth\u00a0over the next 5 years, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.deloitte.com\/content\/dam\/Deloitte\/us\/Documents\/manufacturing\/us-mfg-advanced-manufacturing-technologies-report.pdf\">a new report from Deloitte<\/a>.\u00a0And companies that invest in these technologies\u00a0can\u00a0also\u00a0see\u00a0some\u00a0non-linear growth.\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/louiscolumbus\/2018\/04\/15\/the-future-of-manufacturing-technologies-2018\/\">Forbes has a nice summary<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>A first resort.\u00a0<\/strong>Cruise ships have been getting not only bigger, but also better through the\u00a0power of design.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/article\/ms-symphony-of-the-seas-royal-caribbean-largest-cruise-ship\">The Symphony of the Seas<\/a>\u00a0is the state of the art, according to\u00a0Wired\u2014the largest passenger\u00a0ship\u00a0ever built.\u00a0(nod to\u00a0one of our favorite\u00a0newsletters,\u00a0<u>The Prepared<\/u>,\u00a0for the link).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>\u201cIt can carry nearly 9,000 people and contains more than 40 restaurants and bars; 23 pools,\u00a0<\/em><em>jacuzzis<\/em><em>\u00a0and water slides; two West End-sized theatres; an ice rink; a surf simulator; two climbing walls; a zip line; a fairground carousel; a mini-golf course; a ten-<\/em><em>storey<\/em><em>\u00a0fun slide; laser tag; a spa; a gym; a casino;\u00a0<\/em><em>plus<\/em><em>\u00a0dozens more shopping and entertainment opportunities.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Wired UK<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mind matters.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2018\/04\/02\/the-mind-expanding-ideas-of-andy-clark\">The New Yorker has a nice profile<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Andy Clark,\u00a0the philosopher of our Augmented Age. His central premise:\u00a0the human mind\u00a0isn\u2019t limited by its brain\u00a0case, but\u00a0extends to the tools and devices that enable it\u00a0to create,\u00a0imagine,\u00a0calculate (and design!)\u00a0better.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Print to live.<\/strong>We\u2019ve\u00a0talked quite a bit\u00a0about\u00a0efforts to 3D-print\u00a0houses recently, but this\u00a0one\u00a0is different\u2014it\u2019s\u00a0so\u00a0fancy!\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/home-3d-printer-robot-construction-branch-technology-2018-4\">Business Insider shares the work<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>(Re-)Capturing history.\u00a0<\/strong>Earthquakes,\u00a0bad weather, and\u00a0bad\u00a0people put some of the world\u2019s great historical sites in jeopardy.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/4\/16\/17241710\/google-cyark-partnership-vr-virtual-reality-preserve-historical-sites\">Google and\u00a0CyArk\u00a0are working to preserve them<\/a>\u00a0through reality capture and virtual reality\u00a0technologies.\u00a0At\u00a0Autodesk, we\u2019ve\u00a0been\u00a0doing the same, from\u00a0our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/sunken-pearl-harbor-battleship-uss-arizona-scanned-in-3d\/\">scan of\u00a0the\u00a0sunken\u00a0USS Arizona<\/a>\u00a0to our efforts to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/preserving-volterra-how-drones-lasers-are-documenting-3000-years-italian-history-1588637\">preserve history in the Italian town of\u00a0Volterra.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2593\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/04\/bagan_VR.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2593\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2593\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/04\/bagan_VR.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Google<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mouncey Ferguson<\/p>\n<p>Minds are expanding, cruise ships are getting\u00a0(even more)\u00a0massive, and 3D-printed homes\u00a0are\u00a0reaching new levels of\u00a0swankiness.\u00a0Check out this week\u2019s picks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More Moore\u2019s Law?\u00a0AI, 3D printing, IoT,\u00a0blockchain\u2014these are just a few of\u00a0the\u00a0technologies\u00a0that\u00a0will\u00a0see\u00a0exponential\u00a0growth\u00a0over the next 5 years,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":2596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[266,149,641],"class_list":["post-2592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-future-of-making-things","tag-3d-printing","tag-manufacturing","tag-the-augmented-age"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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