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Embracing the Future of Construction: Technological Advancements with Autodesk

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This quote by Knut Ramstad from the Nordic Office of Architecture encapsulates the seismic changes we have witnessed in the development of architecture projects over the last few decades. Image Cortesia de Autodesk "In just one generation, we have gone from the pencil to AI.”

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Drexel University researchers develop AI-guided robotic structural inspection system

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Researchers based at the Drexel University College of Engineering have devised a new method for performing structural safety inspections using autonomous robots aided by machine learning technology.

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University of Toronto researchers develop a fluid-based light filtering technology to help with heating, cooling and lighting in buildings

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The technology is based on principles derived from animal biology and was developed by recent mechanical engineering master’s graduate Raphael Kay with the help of Associate Professor Ben Hatton and his team over a period of years, including Ph.D.

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University of Maryland researchers develop 'cooling glass' that can redirect a building's heat into space

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Researchers aiming to combat rising global temperatures have developed a new 'cooling glass' that can turn down the heat indoors without electricity by drawing on the cold depths of space. The new technology, a microporous glass coating, can lower the temperature of the material beneath it by 3.5

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Researchers develop user-friendly interface for creating complex material designs

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Researchers from MIT and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria have developed a computational technique that makes it easier for a user to quickly design a metamaterial cell from any of those smaller building blocks, and then evaluate the resulting metamaterial’s properties.

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NASA funds ICON to develop lunar 3D-printing construction technology

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Space agency NASA has awarded construction company ICON a $57 million contract to develop 3D-printing technology to build roads, launchpads and homes on the moon 's surface. Pushing this development forward with our commercial partners will create the capabilities we need for future missions.". The contract, worth $57.2

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China is building a massive new hydroelectric dam with AI-controlled robots and 3D printing technology

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The Yangqu dam project is set to finish in two years and is being overseen by Tsinghua University ’s Liu Tianyun, who recently argued that developments in 3D printing have made the technology “identical to nature.”