Wearables for the built environment: Smart Hard Hats and Smart Glasses

Back in June of 2015, a relatively unknown company by the name of Daqri introduced an augmented reality-enabled hard hat that they dubbed the Smart Helmet. While there clearly is not yet massive adoption among the trades for a more than $1,000 hard hat, that doesn't mean Daqri has ceased innovation. In fact, as Construction … Continue reading Wearables for the built environment: Smart Hard Hats and Smart Glasses →

Is a Design Degree Really That Important Anymore? | talkcontract

This is a controversial subject that challenges some of the most sacred artifacts of any architectural or engineering firm's walls: the university degree. Stacy Straczynski of talkcontract posted a question on the site's facebook page that prompted the...

Autodesk to Reintroduce AutoCAD for Apple Macs | NYTimes.com

When Autodesk rolled out a great app for the iPad, I was shocked. But I wasn't prepared for this news: In the latest sign of that comeback, Autodesk plans to announce on Tuesday that it is bringing its flagship AutoCAD design and engineering software t...

CAD on the iPad | AEC Magazine

So will tablets impact the design space? Most certainly. The first design-related application was Sketchbook Pro from Autodesk, which enhanced its iPhone conceptual design application for the iPad. It doesn?t take too great a leap to see how these de...