How do bits and bytes feel on your fingertips? Like your controller’s gravelly rumble when a video game football player gets tackled? Like bubbles of turbulence on an airliner simulator control wheel? Like the rubbery resilience of 3D digital clay? Like the hairline cracks on a fragile archaeological find?
Yes.
On May 12, 2013, I was the commencement speaker at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Engineering, were I received my MS in Computer Science in 1990. It was a great honor to take part as about 1,300 graduates attended this wonderful event, celebrated and received their diplomas.
Here in North Carolina, it looks like the weather is going to be drab and gloomy all weekend. So while everyone is hunkered down indoors, here are yet more new articles and links from the world of Geomagic and 3D Systems to keep you entertained and informed.
It’s been a big week for us with a lot of news and some exciting announcements. And as always, there are a lot of amazing 3D things and people in the world. Happy reading.
I am writing a monthly blog for MAKE, it is called The 3D Alchemist. This blog will be written in the voice of a spiritual musing and love letter to all things 3D and the wondrous things we make. Hopefully, it’s also a source of inspiration for you, a place from which makers apply their imaginations. Beginning today, it will run the third Thursday of the month.
Click here to see the first blog: Game On, Creating a Custom Foosball Table with 3D Technology
One of the great things about our industry is that the innovations, news, developments and ground-breaking uses keep on coming. Here are a few of this week’s interesting news items from the world of 3D and technology. Enjoy.
It’s the weekend again, and here we are with another list of stories about amazing, compelling, futuristic and otherwise cool people and projects. Click the links below. Have a great weekend. Happy reading.
Every week, well most of them, we send round new and interesting articles to the 3D Systems Geomagic team. Some are about our products, but some are also just interesting industry links. We thought you might like to be part of this too. Happy reading!
Worlds are converging. Fundamental differences, once blind to each other, are crystalizing clean and true.
In this, we play a part. We live in both worlds. We move in and out, using the memories of our past to paint the contours of the convergent future.
I am shocked, heartbroken and deeply saddened by the smear campaign that is taking place against me personally and my book, Bend, Not Break (www.bendnotbreak.com), which was published on December 31, 2012.
It took six years of personal exploration and encouragement from friends to summon up the courage to publicly share my life story. It is a story about a life lived in two worlds: China and America. It tells of one person’s journey from nobody to somebody. It reflects how my past experiences influenced who I am today and how I make decisions as an entrepreneur. It is a story about resilience.
