Advanced Computer-Aided Design Seminar

Congrats Felicia!

2011-03-05T09:23:00.000-08:00

We recently got to know that Felicia's entry has made it to top ten in the 2011 3D Extreme Redesign Challenge. She will receive $2500 scholarship if she receives the first place. In the meantime, she will receive her design, a snap-on handle for wine glasses for people with arthritis or other issues affecting grasp, in the form of an ABS plastic model printed by a Dimension 3D Printer in the mail in the coming weeks!

Teleportation? Not Yet, But These Guys Are On It

2011-03-05T07:27:00.000-08:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/nyregion/05about.html

a D.I.Y. 3-D printer!

Google’s Chrome OS: Putting Everything in the Browser Window

2011-01-19T18:18:00.001-08:00

http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/googles-chrome-os-putting-everything-in-the-browser-window/?ref=technology

What do you think about it? Do you think it's a good idea?

Christopher Alexander: An architectural theorist who has inspired smart-growth advocates, counterculture DIY-ers, and computer programmers

2010-02-04T14:36:00.000-08:00

http://www.slate.com/id/2237109/

This article briefly refers to the influence of Christopher Alexander's work on computer-aided design.

Apple's new iPad tablet

2010-01-28T08:44:00.001-08:00

I Love the iPad. Apple's new tablet is the computer I've always wanted.

With Its Tablet, Apple Blurs Line Between Devices

See the links above. What do you think?

Field Trip to DiVE, Duke Immersive Virtual Environment

2009-03-04T05:23:00.000-08:00

DiVE is a six-sided virtual reality theater. The class visited the DiVE on February 25.

Field trip to the Furniture Manufacturing and Management Center, NCSU

2009-02-16T19:49:00.000-08:00

The Curious Case of Reverse-Aging Brad Pitt

2009-02-06T08:57:00.000-08:00

Here are some images of the process used for the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, as per our discussions this week.

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/multimedia/2008/11/pl_screen?slide=6&slideView=2

Virtual Reality Trip to Duke University's DiVE facility

2008-03-06T03:57:00.001-08:00

The Computerized Artist

2008-02-11T07:06:00.000-08:00

The article, the computerized artist, features art created through the use of computers, along the lines of Joshua Davis's work (as shown by Seth Ellis in the last class).

Addressing sustainability with computer-aided design tools

2008-02-04T10:16:00.000-08:00

Energy Analysis with SketchUp
http://sketchupdate.blogspot.com/2007/11/demeter-new-energy-analysis-tool-for.html

Energy Analysis with Revit
http://aec.cadalyst.com/aec/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=99883
http://aec.cadalyst.com/aec/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=417408

3D Modeling

2008-01-29T13:42:00.001-08:00

Volume Visualization from the Visible Human Project
http://anatquest.nlm.nih.gov/AnatQuest/AwtCsViewer/aq-cutaway.html

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

History of Design Computing and Computer Graphics

2008-01-28T12:06:00.000-08:00

The Sketchpad, created by Ivan Sutherland in 1962, is regarded as the first computer graphics system, inspiring technological developments in the decades that followed.

[Image from Digital Media: An Introduction by Lewis and Luciana]

Also check out this news article on Chips passing two billion milestone (Remember Moore's law?)

Advanced Computer-Aided Design and Research Seminar

2008-01-16T09:12:00.001-08:00

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