{"id":2679,"date":"2018-05-25T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T19:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2018-05-25T15:08:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T19:08:47","slug":"what-we-like-this-week-52518","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/what-we-like-this-week-52518\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Like This Week: Electric Weddings and Robot Chefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Mouncey Ferguson<\/p>\n<p>This week, the royal wedding got electric, robots are taking over the cooking line, and cities are bringing humans back into the urban design process. Check out our picks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Royal electric. <\/strong>In case you missed it, the UK\u2019s new royal couple drove off in an all-electric Jaguar after the ceremony. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadandtrack.com\/new-cars\/car-technology\/a20871236\/electric-jaguar-e-type-royal-wedding-details\/'\">Road &amp; Track gives us a glimpse under the hood<\/a> of the classic roadster and talks about the partnership that made it possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2687\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/05\/cm27882v1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2687\" class=\"wp-image-2687 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/05\/cm27882v1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/05\/cm27882v1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/05\/cm27882v1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2018\/05\/cm27882v1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: Jaguar<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>City smarts. <\/strong>What\u2019s the best way to design a city? Check out Savona, Italy, Europe\u2019s first to receive LEED Gold certification (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.architectmagazine.com\/technology\/savona-becomes-europes-first-leed-goldcertified-city_o\">via Architect Magazine<\/a>). Or talk to the folks behind a new London program that\u2019s placing designers and urban planners into 17 public authorities to boost inclusiveness, speed outcomes, and add some style to things (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citylab.com\/equity\/2018\/05\/londons-big-push-for-better-design\/561014\/\">via Citylab<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Automating atomic accuracy. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ualberta.ca\/science\/science-news\/2018\/may\/atomic-scale-manufacturing-now-a-reality\">Atomic-scale manufacturing is now a reality<\/a>, thanks to a team of researchers at the University of Alberta. We\u2019ve had the tools to arrange atoms for some time\u2014and as you can imagine, it\u2019s been a tedious, painstaking manual process. Now it can happen at scale, thanks to AI and automation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/scientists-are-using-ai-to-painstakingly-assemble-single-atoms\/\">Wired has a good take.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Overcoming uncanny. <\/strong>How do you make a virtual assistant that\u2019s relatable but still clearly artificial? The CEO of Soul Machines <a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2018\/05\/18\/how-autodesks-assistant-ava-attempts-to-avoid-uncanny-valley\/\">talks to VentureBeat<\/a> about the creation of Autodesk\u2019s AVA digital assistant.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Computer-aided dining. <\/strong>What happens when four MIT grads team up with famed chef Daniel Boulud? Spyce, a new fast-casual restaurant in Boston where robots handle the cooking. <a href=\"https:\/\/theoutline.com\/post\/4657\/please-welcome-the-humanity-free-grain-bowl-lunch?zd=1&amp;zi=uq5ie4ed\">The Outline<\/a> has the download, or watch the video from NY Mag:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In Boston, These Robots Are Now Serving Up $8 Salads and Bowls\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rfMZfxgbuCw?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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mouncey Ferguson<\/p>\n<p>This week, the royal wedding got electric, robots are taking over the cooking line, and cities are bringing humans back into the urban design process. Check out our picks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Royal electric. In case you missed it, the UK\u2019s new royal couple drove off in an all-electric Jaguar after the ceremony.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":2686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[626,447,607,188],"class_list":["post-2679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-future-of-making-things","tag-automotive","tag-robotics","tag-smart-cities","tag-sustainability"],"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: Electric Weddings and Robot Chefs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week, the royal wedding got electric, robots are taking over the cooking line, and cities are bringing humans back into the urban 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