How will we design sustainable communities in the future?
Debuting this November, take a first look at the new interactive exhibit from Autodesk and Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building “Future Communities” highlights the benefits of automation in how we work.
http://autode.sk/32KLSkR
Quote from Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost
“Proud to be part of an experience that highlights the benefits of automation in how we work”
”Design shapes billions of lives. What if we could invite everyone to create, together, almost every aspect of their own communities? The Co-Lab is a first-of-its-kind opportunity to engage with other FUTURES visitors and an artificial intelligence (AI) partner to solve complex design problems. Build skyscrapers and parks, get carbon-neutral, increase public services, or create more jobs while the AI partner solves conflicts for you in ways you may not expect, faster than the human brain can process.
This collaborative design experience developed with Autodesk, a leading provider of 3D design software, is housed in the first large-scale public structure in a museum designed with generative AI. At 22ft tall, the structure is unique, lightweight, and assembled with entirely sustainable materials.”
https://aib.si.edu/futures_unite_autodesk/
It’s been 4 years. Did you make it out alive? I have been wanting to travel to the Amazon for quite some time now, and I will have the means to do so shortly, but i wanted it to be a more independant adventure rather than a guided tour. Can you shoot me an email with some info regarding this? Many thanks,
Gabriel
It’s been 4 years. Did you make it out alive? I have been wanting to travel to the Amazon for quite some time now, and I will have the means to do so shortly, but i wanted it to be a more independant adventure rather than a guided tour. Can you shoot me an email with some info regarding this? Many thanks,
Gabriel
I certainly survived the trip to the amazon and have a ton of photos. 😉
When I last checked my local indian guide Antonio (the absolute best and honest) was unreachable but I will try again this Spring. In my opinion after seeing many of the many tourist traps in Manaus for jungle lodges, I would be very very selective and hire a real guide not one of the lodges or tourist packages where they rush you around the tourist loops. Guides will take you to the really beautiful places for about the same place but you define your itinerary and time table at the places and go much further and get the real experience instead of a sanitized version. The only lodge I found to be a distance from Manaus and a real jungle lodge was the Eco Lodge up the Rio Negro as I stayed some nights there and most of the best guides stay there a night or two.
It is always best to stay at the Hotel Tropical the night before and night after your trekking as it is the best local and historic hotel in Northern Manaus. You will want a nice hot shower after your trek into the jungle and some real food. I had to eat spider monkey one day for lunch to be courteous to the local tribe when invited to eat with them.
You can email me directly at shaan@autodesk.com as I am planning another trip soon as I have a Brazil VISA and now know the Manaus and Rio Negro fairly well and am looking to take others to the deeper jungle reaches before they are gone due to soy farming encroachment or locked out.
My last trip was cancelled due to my grandmother getting sick and having to return from Brazil in December 2007 but I was excited to go to the Peru upper side of the amazon.
Happy traveling,
Shaan
I certainly survived the trip to the amazon and have a ton of photos. 😉
When I last checked my local indian guide Antonio (the absolute best and honest) was unreachable but I will try again this Spring. In my opinion after seeing many of the many tourist traps in Manaus for jungle lodges, I would be very very selective and hire a real guide not one of the lodges or tourist packages where they rush you around the tourist loops. Guides will take you to the really beautiful places for about the same place but you define your itinerary and time table at the places and go much further and get the real experience instead of a sanitized version. The only lodge I found to be a distance from Manaus and a real jungle lodge was the Eco Lodge up the Rio Negro as I stayed some nights there and most of the best guides stay there a night or two.
It is always best to stay at the Hotel Tropical the night before and night after your trekking as it is the best local and historic hotel in Northern Manaus. You will want a nice hot shower after your trek into the jungle and some real food. I had to eat spider monkey one day for lunch to be courteous to the local tribe when invited to eat with them.
You can email me directly at shaan@autodesk.com as I am planning another trip soon as I have a Brazil VISA and now know the Manaus and Rio Negro fairly well and am looking to take others to the deeper jungle reaches before they are gone due to soy farming encroachment or locked out.
My last trip was cancelled due to my grandmother getting sick and having to return from Brazil in December 2007 but I was excited to go to the Peru upper side of the amazon.
Happy traveling,
Shaan