Advancements in computing and research are making AI applications for engineering more feasible. My new feature article at Digital Engineering Magazine, Artificial Intelligence Beyond the Hype.

From Big Data to Bioinfomatics, the future of personalized medicine depends on data and the high performance computing resources needed to analyze it. My new article for HPC Leading Edge, published by

The research literature on creativity in engineering can be summarized simply: creativity is notoriously hard to objectify, quantify, qualify, and otherwise manage. Randall Newton takes a look at new ways

AEC Magazine has released my feature article, "What does Blockchain really mean for Construction?"

The Takeaway Dell transformed the computer industry by shrewd use of commoditization. Now they are a force in the supercomputer industry. The details Sometimes news is not about the event can be found

The takeaway “Autonomous” is one of the keys to the next wave of innovation Consilia Vektor describes as the iROAD stack: intelligent real-time operational autonomous decentralized. This research is one

The takeaway The SPEC workstation benchmark is updated. It is free to use unless you sell computers for a living. The details An all-new version of the most popular benchmark software for testing Windows

The Takeaway Placing cashier’s checks on the blockchain is a smart move to combine traditional banking with digitization. The Details Swiss blockchain developer Liquineq AG is making “digital cashiers

The Takeaway Hexagon sells a top design tool in the Process and Power Plant Space. Bricsys gave them an alternative to AutoCAD as a CAD engine two years ago; now Hexagon owns Bricsys. This gives a level

The takeaway Supercomputer deals are like a constant race between vendors; every lap has a new leader. This time Dell steps ahead, with the first supercomputer to run the new InfiniBand 200 gigabit per

The takeaway For industrial applications, augmented reality will be bigger than virtual reality. Onshape moves to the front of the line with this revolutionary advancement in collaborative design. The

The takeaway Magic Leap and HoloLens get the headlines, but Varjo is farther along in creating useful Augmented Reality for professional applications including manufacturing and construction. Unlike

The takeaway: Graebert continues to prove 2D CAD is not a legacy technology but remains a living, relevant solution for design-based industries. The details Amazon Web Services (AWS) has granted “Industrial

Every major technical innovation requires society to respond to new ideas. Eleven years after the launch of the iPhone, we are still trying to understand how smartphones influence behavior. When today's

3D CAD is a powerful design technology. It is used to create everything large and small, from transatlantic jets, huge cruise ships, and skyscrapers, to delicate jewelry and complicated surgical implants.

3DPrint.com has a nice article summarizing recent research into the use of blockchain technology to manage 3D Printing processes. A quote: Blockchain is thought to be one of the more important technologies

According to CG market research firm Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the computer graphics hardware market was worth $130.2 billion in 2017 and is expected to drop slightly to $129.6 billion by 2021, as refresh

2D CAD is here to stay, BIM is more than modeling, and more engineering software trends which may surprise you in my new guest blog article for the Synergis Software blog:

photo credit Pina Messina from Unsplash.com It looks like advertisers are rediscovering an old trick — free money — to gain attention. This time the ad message arrives as an EOS transfer memo. Four time

Sphere has added support for SolidWorks models to its Virtual Reality content creation platform. The new connection, currently in beta, uses glTF as an export format. Sphere is specifically designed for