The rosy future of drafting software
I often hear the word “legacy” or the phrase “legacy data” to describe the use of drawings for engineering work. Yet 17 years after Autodesk bought Revit and 22 years […]
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Coin Analyst wants to be crypto’s Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg became a billionaire selling access to information. The Bloomberg Box has become the Colt 44 of Wall Street traders, the must-have weapon of success. Today’s crypto marketplace has […]
Industrial cryptocurrency applications at Hannover Messe
Hannover Messe is one of the world’s largest trade shows for industrial automation. In late April more than 200,000 attendees made their way to Hannover, Germany to shuffle through 23 […]
A second mortgage without a bank
A simple example of how blockchain technology can change the world Why is blockchain technology — the tech behind Bitcoin — so important? Pretend you own your own home, and […]
NIST Releases Blockchain Report for Business Beginners
New document seeks to guide IT managers who may be asked to use the technology. The US agency National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a public draft […]
Bringing real-time visualization simulation into engineering collaboration
The human element remains at the center of any emerging engineering collaboration technology. By Randall S. Newton Advances in computing speeds are allowing engineering software vendors to rapidly innovate in […]
CorelCAD 2018 extends the reach of CAD for the rest of us
The office is filled with people who only occasionally need to work with CAD data or create technical drawings. CorelCAD is now also available on mobile devices. This week Corel […]
Recent metal 3D printing advances improve usability
If the exhibits and announcements at formnext 2017 in Frankfurt this month are any indication, 2018 will be the year of metal for 3D printing. There is nothing new about […]
Speculating Onshape growth
The history of SolidWorks and SpaceClaim hold lessons for estimating the number of paying Onshape users. Next month Onshape will celebrate two years as a commercial product. The CAD-in-a-browser startup […]
Bringing Design Thinking into product development: An interview with Chris Cheung
Former lead designer/product owner at Alias/Autodesk and Entrepreneur identifies the challenges and opportunities inherent in bringing Design Thinking into the enterprise. By Randall S. Newton Product design processes have been […]