Monthly Archives: January 2012

Do you remember the sketch-o-graph?

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Shaun Farrell

This came up on a social networking site. Firstly as a question, do you remember the real name for the gadget for copying drawings/diagrams and scaling up or down. This was an invaluable tool to me in my school days … Continue reading →

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3D Printing a disruption to manufacturing or the next industrial revolution?

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Shaun Farrell

I have been a fan of 3D printing ever since I saw my first demo of light sensitive resins and powder/super glue hacks of HP printers. It was brought to the fore last year when I saw the keynote address … Continue reading →

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Multi Tasking is a Myth

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Shaun Farrell

I often see people open mutliple design files or emails or word docs. When you query them about this they say they are working on all of them. Now apart from a computer performance hit, the anti social behaviour of … Continue reading →

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The Innovation Curve

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Shaun Farrell

When do you get on the innovation ladder/curve? When it’s Impossible? When it is merely Impractical? When it is newly Possible? When it’s expected? When it is now required? If you pick the wrong time you become a follower but … Continue reading →

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Connecting the dots by 2015

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Shaun Farrell

“Trends suggested that by the year 2015, desktop computers as we know them today, will be relics of the past. Rapid advances in screen technology and the diminishing size of microprocessors will make it possible to invent new archetypes for … Continue reading →

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Preview of M-SIX’s VEO™ Platform

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Shaun Farrell

One to watch http://www.architecture-tech.com/2012/01/preview-of-m-six-veo-platform.html

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Robotic Construction

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Shaun Farrell

I thought I had already blogged about this but it appears I am mistaken. This is a fascinating exercise in robotic construction, even more impressive that the robots are flying! flying-robots-build-20-foot-tower-in-france But then when you track it back to the … Continue reading →

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The Structural Form by Luca Frattari

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Shaun Farrell

FRATTARITHE STRUCTURAL FORM TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION IN ARCHITECTURE AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN View more presentations from Altair Engineering Full credit to luca.frattari@unicam.it for this excellent paper.

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What does a BIM Manager Do? – Knowledge Capture #3

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Shaun Farrell

With a full on competition entry completed it is time to capture the lessons learned. So here are the tasks for this stage. Capture all relevant communications by email in the Document Management System (DMS) Transfer all submitted images to … Continue reading →

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Pomodoro Technique

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Shaun Farrell

From the previous post about 31 ways to make your brain smarter. I always wonder what I do with my time at the end of the day. As long as I help one person a day do something they were … Continue reading →

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