Autodesk's Innovation Genome Project tried to quantify what worked about the 1,000 greatest innovations of all time. With that data in hand, the company then turned to what needs innovation today: building with sustainable materials.READ»
Too often, innovative thinkers at large companies are written off when their ideas involve making the company cleaner or more efficient. A program from the Aspen Institute is helping empower these intrapreneurs to effect change in ...READ»
Since national governments seem unable or unwilling to act, cities may end up being at the forefront of the fight against climate change. This map shows what the world's largest cities are facing, and what they're going to do about it.READ»
Remember that scene in Mission: Impossible 3 where a spy walks around a bad guy at a party, surreptitiously snapping photos, which the IMF team then uses to make a 3-D mask of the bad guy's face? If you've ever wished you could do ...READ»
If you hear "maker culture" and instantly think of grease-stained weirdos who drone on about steampunk and "screws not glue"... well, you wouldn't be wrong. But when a giant software company like Autodesk throws its weight behind ...READ»
An emerging theme of the TED conference, which started today in Long Beach, CA, is the value of the tactile & embodied. Virtual reality has become a commodity; real reality is at a premium. READ»
Autodesk is known for its CAD software. Less well known are its Media & Entertainment tools, which have been used in every Visual Effects Oscar-winning movie for the last 15 years.READ»
This Bay Area-based startup manufactures ultra-slick bikes that look like nothing you've seen before. But that recycled aluminum arch wouldn't have happened without cheap prototyping technology.READ»
It's hard to think of a more daunting job than succeeding Jerry Yang as CEO of Yahoo after the company's stock dropped from $33 to $12 during the last year of his tenure. But Carol Bartz has done it before.READ»
On Tuesday, IBM CEO and chairman Sam Palmisano unwrapped the second phase of its already-ubiquitious "Smarter Planet" campaign, pronouncing the 2010s "the decade of smart." His premise: this is the decade in which everything will ...READ»
Autodesk, a popular architecture design software company known for its AutoCAD software, is no stranger to green building techniques. But its new methodology for tracking corporate carbon emissions, dubbed C-FACT (Corporate Finance ...READ»
The IT industry has long enjoyed a reputation as a "clean" industry, representing significant GDP growth relative to its greenhouse gas footprint (for example, see "Earth Calling: The Environmental Impacts of the Mobile ...READ»
We stand at the cusp of a significant paradigm shift.
We have been building towards a transformational tipping point, where natural capital will eventually be valued alongside financial capital. While progress has been steady and ...READ»
An occupational hazard of working in sustainable design is the constant reminder that everything has impact. For everything in your field of view, materials and energy were wrestled from the ground and shipped around the earth in ...READ»
Environmentally conscious vernacular architecture is making a comeback, says Autodesk's John F. Kennedy--and there are hundreds of millions of existing buildings on the planet that need to become energy- and resource-efficient.READ»
To hear experts tell it, cloud computing is “the new dot-com,” the “biggest shift computing shift in two decades” or even technology era’s “Cambrian explosion.” But it's also a way to address the enormous need for energy ...READ»
Although we've made great strides in sustainability--Wal-Mart, for example, has taken a huge step forward by setting a new standard for green manufacturing with its Sustainable Product Index--the majority of products, buildings, and ...READ»
Art nerds know that Autodesk's SketchBook Pro is the go-to animation for illustrators, but what they'll learn tomorrow morning is that it's also a powerful tool on the go. SketchBook Mobile is the handheld edition of its popular ...READ»
Autodesk, a popular architecture design software brand, is best known for its AutoCAD software. But the company, which we designated as one of the World's Most Innovative Companies last year, is betting that upgraded versions of its ...READ»
