BUILTR.IO https://www.builtr.io Innovation in the Built Environment | Innovation in AEC | Innovation in Architecture | Innovation in Engineering | Innovation in Construction Thu, 10 Mar 2016 07:45:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.2 Apple’s New Campus – The Spaceship Rises + Turning CO2 Into Solar Batteries + Stunning Prefab Project + Construction’s Robot Revolution + More https://www.builtr.io/apples-new-campus-the-spaceship-rises-turning-co2-into-solar-batteries-stunning-prefab-project-constructions-robot-revolution-more/ Wed, 09 Mar 2016 16:49:36 +0000 https://www.builtr.io/?p=16197 DAILY LogoThe spaceship rises: A first look at Apple’s new campus | @ElrondBurrell Perhaps the most stunning addition is its roof, which Apple believes is the largest freestanding carbon-fiber roof ever made. Created by Dubai-based Premier Composite Technologies, it’s a massive statement piece, in addition to a design feat. GE Is Working On A Way To Turn CO2 …

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]]> Vision Of A Vertical City + JE Dunn’s Construction Web Portal + Does Your Company Need An Innovation Lab + Video Games To Solve Arch Challenges + More https://www.builtr.io/vision-of-a-vertical-city-je-dunns-construction-web-portal-does-your-company-need-an-innovation-lab-video-games-to-solve-arch-challenges-more/ Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:44:34 +0000 https://www.builtr.io/?p=16175 DAILY LogoVisionary! Video of Vertical City premieres in New York | @demagazine It is a controversial vision; some consider it unrealistic and techno-utopian. But the more one looks at it, the more sense it makes. It’s much more efficient to move people vertically, where there is perhaps ten feet between units, than it is horizontally, where you need …

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]]> SKUR: Aiding the Construction Industry by Visualizing Variance + World’s Lightest, Most Accurate LiDAR Solution for UAS + Bigdata and Cities + More https://www.builtr.io/skur-aiding-the-construction-industry-by-visualizing-variance-worlds-lightest-most-accurate-lidar-solution-for-uas-bigdata-and-cities-more/ Mon, 07 Mar 2016 16:45:28 +0000 https://www.builtr.io/?p=16150 DAILY LogoSKUR – Aiding the Construction Industry by Visualizing Variance | @BUILTRFEED Imagine being able to compare 3D models with reality and knowing exactly how the two differ. It could probably clear up a few misunderstandings, right? It is all about quality control. Visit SKUR at REAL2016, starting tomorrow. Yellowscan claim to have made the world’s lightest and …

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]]> SKUR – Aiding the Construction Industry by Visualizing Variance https://www.builtr.io/skur-aiding-the-construction-industry-by-visualizing-variance/ Mon, 07 Mar 2016 15:00:01 +0000 https://www.builtr.io/?p=15178 slider001Imagine being able to compare 3D models with reality

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]]> How Video Games Became Design And Construction Tools + Rethinking Urban Landscapes To Adapt To Rising Sea Levels + Hacking Power Grids + More https://www.builtr.io/how-video-games-became-design-and-construction-tools-rethinking-urban-landscapes-to-adapt-to-rising-sea-levels-hacking-power-grids-more/ Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:44:33 +0000 https://www.builtr.io/?p=16100 DAILY LogoHow Video Games Became Design and Construction Tools | @enr The construction industry has widely adopted 3D tools such as building-information models, but BIMs are still experienced in a flat, 2D environment when rendered on a screen or a piece of paper. Video games are taking these models to a new level of immersion. Rethinking Urban Landscapes …

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]]> Self-Assembling Structures + Mapillary Raises $8M Series A + Xinaps Apps For BIM + Big Data Based Urban Design + 3D Printed House Off The Grid + More https://www.builtr.io/self-assembling-structures-mapillary-raises-8m-series-a-xinaps-apps-for-bim-big-data-based-urban-design-3d-printed-house-off-the-grid-more/ Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:45:13 +0000 https://www.builtr.io/?p=15378 DAILY LogoSelf-Assembling Structures: Imagine If Buildings Were Made by Swarming Robotic Creatures | @randydeutsch This research recasts architects not as form makers but as programmers and system designers—setting the table and context for robots to determine form. Mapillary Raises $8 Million Series A to Democratize Maps by Connecting the World’s Photos | @xyHt Mapillary is connecting millions of photos …

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]]> Xinaps: Constructing Better Buildings One App at a Time https://www.builtr.io/xinaps-constructing-better-buildings-one-app-at-a-time/ Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:23:17 +0000 https://www.builtr.io/?p=15268 architecture_design_by_fajrul19Making BIM easier

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]]> Tech Is Rebuilding The Construction Industry + Why Virtual Reality’s Democratization May Lead The Way + Inside The Lab Turning Poop To Energy + More https://www.builtr.io/tech-is-rebuilding-the-construction-industry-why-virtual-realitys-democratization-may-lead-the-way-inside-the-lab-turning-poop-to-energy-more/ Wed, 02 Mar 2016 16:44:34 +0000 https://www.builtr.io/?p=15267 DAILY LogoTechnology Is Rebuilding the Construction Industry | @DanielBurrus The building industry is notoriously slow when it comes to adopting and utilizing technological solutions. However, Google’s Project Tango could be about to change all that if its self-3D mapping software becomes impossible to ignore, as expected. Daqri acquires 1066 Labs to power its augmented reality smart helmet | @techcrunch …

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]]> Your Computer Can Build A City From Scratch + Zipper Truck Builds Tunnels In 24 Hours + Geospatial Tech And The Future Of Cities + More https://www.builtr.io/your-computer-can-build-a-city-from-scratch-zipper-truck-builds-tunnels-in-24-hours-geospatial-tech-and-the-future-of-cities-more/ Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:44:42 +0000 https://www.builtr.io/?p=15228 DAILY LogoYour computer can build a city from scratch | @wired It’s called procedural cities, a computational method used by videogame designers, architects, and computer hobbyists to create on-the-fly urban landscapes. Crazy “zipper truck” snaps LEGO-like bricks together to build a tunnel in 24 hours | @inhabitat Lock-Block Ltd. has eliminated the need for mortar and slashes construction time …

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]]> MIT Gives Us Virtual Superpowers + The Urbanpreneur Spiral + Li-Fi 100X Faster Than Wi-Fi + Kickstarter For AEC Coworking Space + Cities & IoT + More https://www.builtr.io/mit-gives-us-virtual-superpowers-the-urbanpreneur-spiral-li-fi-100x-faster-than-wi-fi-kickstarter-for-aec-coworking-space-cities-iot-more/ Mon, 29 Feb 2016 16:44:46 +0000 https://www.builtr.io/?p=15176 DAILY Logo@MIT gives us virtual superpowers! | @keanw A new project called PsychicVR, by MIT’s Fluid Interfaces Group, allows you to can pull off superheroic feats in VR across a series of scenes—seeing through walls like Superman, or igniting fire in your hand like the Human Torch. “The Urbanpreneur spiral”: 3 forces driving #entrepreneurship in cities | @icicorg The …

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