Category Science

The Hydrous Maldives 2015 Expedition

Such a visually stunning story with a very important educational angle about the ocean by Sly Lee and the 501 (c)3 non-profit organization The Hydrous. The  Hydrous do what they proclaim by “communicating science beautifully.”  They were recently in the…

3D scanning Apollo 11 at the Smithsonian

  Smithsonian and Autodesk employees conduct a 3-D scan of the spacecraft. (Matt McFarland/The Washington Post) Some of my Autodesk colleagues and the Smithsonian laser cowboys are capturing the Apollo 11 lunar module in 3D this week. Current Reality Capture…

DNA Origami in the Shape of the Autodesk Logo

Autodesk Bio/Nano/Programmable Matter Group Team member Aaron Berliner published an Instructable on how he and colleague Joseph Schaeffer created a 2D Autodesk logo from M13 Bacteriophage DNA. Having met Aaron and seeing him programming the DNA in our Pier 9…

Finding and Curing Cancer – Research at Autodesk

One of the most surprising things people find when l;earning about Autodesk and some of the projects we are involved in are the Bio/Nano research projects. Most expect Autodesk to have the cutting edge design related technology and research, but…

Share 3D in the New Autodesk Memento Gallery

In the past 24 hours Autodesk has launched a new Memento Gallery where you can publish your Autodesk Memento 3D models for others to view or even download. I published models up there to test it and it works very…

WTH Wednesday – 3D Sea Cockroach

Recently I visited Colleen Flanigan an artist working to save the Mesoamerican reef and some marine biologists at the UNAM University in Puerto Morelos Mexico. While there I saw a skeleton of what was called a “sea cockroach” or “sea…

Wind Flooding Crocodiles Corals Training – Amazing

I have been traveling a fair amount recently and about to enjoy some Summertime with my young daughter. I just returned from a work project in Mexico helping to train artists and scientist using Autodesk Memento to digitally capture corals…

Worlds Oldest Tools Discovered

The oldest stone tools known to man were found in remote Northern Kenya. The tools date back 3.3 million years. My friend Dr. Louise Leakey documented the excavation and tools using Autodesk technology to share the discovery with the world.…

Corals in 3D for SCIENCE

Our good friend and a smart innovative marine scientist Sly Lee of The HYDROUS had a nice online piece covering his work in Wetpixel.com. Sly uses Autodesk Memento to generate 3D textured models of coral from photos he and teams…

NASA DM-1 Rocket Test was a Blast

Last week I was invited by NASA to visit the remote Orbital ATK facility at Promontory Utah to witness the test firing of a new SLS rocket motor DM-1 Static Test. The DM-1 rocket is one of the two solid…