There’s a very interesting news video report on NECN with Terry Bennett about how Autodesk is contributing to the states’ stimulus funded infrastructure improvement effort. The news report outlines how 3D design software helps prevent errors from […]
As I blogged in the middle of May Recovery.gov is reporting on a weekly basis the stimulus funds that are available and the amount actually paid out. The amount of funding available continues to rise […]
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a report based on a survey of commercial buildings in the US that shows how electric power is used in commercial buildings. The types of end use of […]
Specialists in Business Information (SBI) have released a report Smart Grid Technologies, Markets, Components and Trends Worldwide that estimates that the current U.S. smart-grid market will grow from the current $6 billion annually to $17 billion […]
And now for something completely different. If you’re interested in advanced animated film production techniques, you would have heard of the National Film Board (NFB) and Norman McLaren in particular, who developed early animation technology […]
I just saw this in a Tweet by Matt Ball of Vector1Media. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado has just published an interactive map on Google containing geographic data for flex fuel, hybrid, […]
This is pretty interesting. There is an Autodesk Labs project called Dragonfly, which is a Web-based application for home improvement projects targeting beginning “home designers” like the typical homeowner. Dragonfly provides on-line design tools to […]
One of the challenges facing utilities and telecommunications firms worldwide is an inefficient paper-based process for managing engineering design information. The challenges associated with a paper-based information flow includes poor data quality, low productivity, multiple […]