engineering

DC: Two amazing items re: architecture! I don’t know how they build/engineer these things!

On 02/16/2021, in architecture, Canada, design, engineering, mathematics, by Daniel Christian

Frank Gehry reveals latest design for supertall skyscraper in Toronto — from dezeen.com by India Block

Excerpt:

Frank Gehry has released visuals of a pair of twisting shiny skyscrapers, one of which will be over 300 metres, for King Street West in Toronto.

Currently named the Gehry Project, the plan is to build a 289-metre-high supertall and a 262-metre-high skyscraper at the intersection King Street West and Ed Mirvish Way.

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Richard Rogers balances his final building over Provence vineyard — from dezeen.com

Equipping Youth to Change the World [Vander Ark]

On 02/06/2021, in collaboration, creativity, education, education reform, engineering, health, heutagogy, ideas, innovation, K-12 related, project-based learning, real-world assignments, vendors, web-based collaboration, workplace, youth, by Daniel Christian

Equipping Youth to Change the World — from gettingsmart.com by Tom Vander Ark

Excerpt:

Through self-directed learning and impact projects, participants build stronger mindsets, develop real-world skills, learn to code, and expand their social capital. TKS’ teachers hail from leading companies in every sector.

The TKS team works with big companies to see what problems they are facing. This creates a bank of problems students can choose to work on. “[TKS] is as much about problem finding as it is about problem-solving,” says Navid.

How Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther inspired this Black engineer [Zelik]

On 01/19/2021, in career development, change, computer science, engineering, programming, society, sociology, workplace, by Daniel Christian

How Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther inspired this Black engineer — from fastcompany.com by Karl Zelik
The best superheroes are those that inspire real people to make the world a better place.

Excerpt:

On Twitter, Black in Engineering was launched in the week leading up to Boseman’s passing in August 2020, and Black in Computing was launched two months earlier. The same cathartic experience of seeing Wakandan scientists and engineers on the big screen is how I felt reading all the posts tagged #BiERollCall—Black engineers and scientists across STEM disciplines introduced themselves and their work, their passions, and their expertise.

[Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images]

Predictions and trends for Bio and Digital Healthcare in 2021

On 01/14/2021, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, engineering, health, innovation, telemedicine / telehealth / virtual health, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, wearables, XR - extended reality, by Daniel Christian

It’s Time to Heal: 16 Trends Driving the Future of Bio and Healthcare — from a16z.com by Vineeta Agarwala, Jorge Conde, Vijay Pande, and Julie Yoo
It’s Time to Heal is a special package about engineering the future of bio and healthcare. See more at:

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5 Predictions for Digital Healthcare in 2021 — from wearable-technologies.com by Cathy Russey

Excerpts:

Remote patient care and telemedicine
Virtual Reality
Wearables
Artificial Intelligence
Advancements in Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Digital Trends Top Tech of CES 2021 Awards — from digitaltrends.com

Excerpt:

CES 2021 proved that the technology industry is uniquely suited to carry on in an all-digital environment. These are the companies that invented half the tools, after all. Press conferences went off without a hitch, companies shipped us prototypes to play with, and Digital Trends’ unique CES Experience Center made it possible to virtually come together as an editorial team and share our impressions with you, even from afar.

Oh, and the gadgets. Companies rose to the occasion with the usual spate of outrageous concepts, COVID-fighting devices to meet the moment, and new technologies we’ve been waiting ages for. So naturally, we had to pick the best of the best. Here they are.

6 Key Themes Driving Headlines At CES 2021 — from forbes.com by Daniel Newman

2021 Trend: Pandemic Tech — from web-strategist.com by Jeremiah Owyang

CES 2021: Home health havens — from intelligence.wundermanthompson.com by Emma Chiu

Addendums on 1/18/21:

Lessons For Legal: 2021 CES — from legaltechmonisotr.com by Stephen Embry
11 of the Most Memorable Quotes From CES 2021 — from interestingengineering.com by Donovan Alexander
From mobility to laptops, CES gave us a lot of insights into the future of technology.
Robotics trends at #CES2021 — from robohub.org by Daniel Carrillo-Zapata

5 very creative posts/items — one is an incredible, award-winning illusion

On 12/27/2020, in 3D, animation, art, creativity, design, digital audio, digital photography, digital storytelling, engineering, Europe, graphics, photography, story, storytelling, trends, visualizing information, by Daniel Christian

Mind-Bending 3D Staircase Wins the Best Illusion of the Year Contest — from interestingengineering.com by Loukia Papadopoulos
The winner’s work is a mesmerizing take on the classic Schröder Staircase.

Coming Home for Christmas — from 500px.com by Arnd Kolleck
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Animation Trends in 2021: Popping and Intriguing Animation Ideas — from graphicmama.com by Lyudmil Enchev

Excerpt:

Before we dive in, a quick list of the 9 animation trends in 2021:
1. 3D style
2. Live-Action and Animation Mix
3. Use Textures
4. Don’t Underestimate Sound FX
5. Unique Characters and Illustration styles
6. Realistic Expressions
7. Glow and Shine Effects
8. Retro/Vintage Style Animations
9. Storytelling

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Meet Texas A&M graduate Cheyenne Chapel, a CG artist behind Pixar’s new animated film ‘Soul’ which premieres this Christmas on Disney+ — from victoriaadvocate.com by Joe Friar, with thanks to Keesa V. Johnson for posting this on LinkedIn

Cheyenne Chapel is photographed on January 21, 2020 at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, Calif. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)

Impressive Moving Dunes Optical Illusion — from fubiz.com

Impressive Moving Dunes Optical Illusion

Sony to reveal all new Direct-View Display tech in January [Antunes]

On 12/22/2020, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, collaboration, communications, design, emerging technologies, engineering, future, multimedia, platforms, productivity / tips and tricks, tools, visualizing information, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Sony to reveal all new Direct-View Display tech in January — from provideocoalition.com by Jose Antunes

Excerpt:

Sony will start 2021 unveiling “the next Sony breakthrough in premium Direct-View Display technology to faithfully bring content to life as the creator intended”, announced the company.

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Sony Spatial Reality Display: 3D without glasses for creatives — from provideocoalition.com by Jose Antunes

Amazon’s Zoox unveils electric robotaxi that can travel up to 75 mph [Korosec]

On 12/15/2020, in Amazon, change, corporate / business world, emerging technologies, engineering, robotics, society, by Daniel Christian

Amazon’s Zoox unveils electric robotaxi that can travel up to 75 mph — from techcrunch.com by Kirsten Korosec

23 Greatest Engineering Highlights from 2020 [McFadden]

On 12/15/2020, in 21st century, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, digital photography, emerging technologies, engineering, entrepreneurship, future, game-changing environment, Google, health, photography, robotics, science, society, STEAM-related, telecommunications, by Daniel Christian

23 Greatest Engineering Highlights from 2020 — from interestingengineering.com by Christopher McFadden
These are some of the greatest engineering highlights from 2020.

Railroad-journal.com: For those folks who love trains and photography!

On 12/10/2020, in art, creativity, design, digital photography, engineering, Michigan, photography, United States, vendors, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
My brother-in-law, Bob Bender, captures a lot of great trains out at railroad-journal.com. He has an artistic way of capturing the scenes and he provides a lot of interesting background/information for each picture. If you like trains, you should check his site out!

From DSC:
I saw this item out at:

AI is delivering a growing share of earnings, says McKinsey — from which-50.com by Andrew Birmingham
Excerpt:
Some companies are generating an increasing share of the profits in a way that is directly attributable to AI, and the best performers are likely to increase their investments setting up a world of algorithmic leaders and laggards, according to a new paper from McKinsey & Company. Called The State of AI in 2020, the report notes that we could start to see a widening divide between AI leaders and the majority of companies still struggling to capitalise on the technology.

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Scale, which helps companies improve their A.I. capabilities, is now worth more than $3.5 billion and breaking even — from cnbc.com by Jordan Novet

For the Engineering students out there who like working with car designs!

On 11/21/2020, in 21st century, creativity, design, engineering, future, history, ideas, science, society, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

17+ Futuristic Car Designs from Visionaries of the Past — from by Christopher McFadden
Here are 17+ interesting futuristic car designs from the past that will bring a smile to your face.

“Virtual 5K” and “Virtual Marathon” [Christian]

On 11/17/2020, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, Blockchain, engineering, health, machine-to-machine communications, robotics, social learning / networks, society, technologies for your home, telecommunications, telemedicine / telehealth / virtual health, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
In the future (or is it already here!?), I wonder…will we see more 5K runs/races/walks, as well as marathons and half-marathons be done virtually?

If a secured network/solution could be leveraged, such machine-to-machine communications would be interesting. Each time a runner/walker gets to the 5K mark, their machine submits their time to a Global Time Keeping System. Who knows, maybe this will run on a blockchain-type of environment.

From DSC:
Now I just need to get *some type of exercise!* Geez.

And speaking of emerging technologies, also see:

MODI: Create Anything You Want with Robotics of Things
MODI is a modular device for DIY IoT, and robotic creations. Just Connect and Build with MODI module.

Addendum on 12/19/20:

#CYBATHLON2020GlobalEdition winners of the functional electrical stimulation bike race (with interview) — from robohub.org by Daniel Carrillo-Zapata

Addendum on 1/15/21:

Social connections are key for fitness apps — from adigaskell.org by

Learning Ecosystems

DC: Two amazing items re: architecture! I don’t know how they build/engineer these things!

How Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther inspired this Black engineer [Zelik]

[Photo: VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images]

The top trends and themes of the 2021 Consumers Electronics Show (CES)

5 very creative posts/items — one is an incredible, award-winning illusion

Sony to reveal all new Direct-View Display tech in January [Antunes]

Amazon’s Zoox unveils electric robotaxi that can travel up to 75 mph [Korosec]

Railroad-journal.com: For those folks who love trains and photography!

For the Engineering students out there who like working with car designs!

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