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New York Times puts headlines on a mirror

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Randall Newton

Reveal is an R&D experiment that uses voice and gesture recognition to put the morning’s news on your bathroom mirror. ...

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Update: Gehry Technologies says October funding was $10 million

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Randall Newton

Autodesk was the primary investor of the Series B financing, but Dassault Systèmes and unnamed private investors also participated. Gehry ...

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Industry-academic partnerships key to accelerating 3D simulation use in factories

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Randall Newton

In partnership with leading manufacturers and Dassault Systèmes, Ohio Northern University prepares students to use the latest technology to solve ...

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Autodesk intends PLM global domination with Nexus

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Randall Newton

Autodesk 360 is a cloud-based suite for product lifecycle management that represents a new strategic direction and a significant about-face. ...

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Autodesk’s AEC division regroups

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Kathleen Maher

The surprise move put the AEC division under an unscripted spotlight at last week’s Autodesk University. It is a good ...

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Jon Peddie Research releases Worldwide CAD Market Report 2012

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Randall Newton

Alive and well after the recession, the CAD industry will hit $7 billion in revenue by the end of 2011. ...

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AEC CAD pioneers launch SmartBIM Access Suite

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Randall Newton

The suite provides a web-based way to organize, store, manage, and display Revit data. A team including two AEC technology ...

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EDA consolidation: Synopsys to acquire Magma Design

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Randall Newton

Synopsys will pay $735 million and gain two product lines it covets. Electronic design will soon have one fewer vendor, ...

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Autodesk acquires Horizontal Systems for cloud BIM technology

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Randall Newton

Horizontal Glue is web technology to allow use of BIM data from competing products. We believe existing users have nothing ...

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Autodesk University Day One: Presenting Heroes of the New Revolution

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Randall Newton

In the opening day presentation, Autodesk The Toolmaker cast a vision of empowered makers harnessing The Internet of Things. I’m ...