We research the intersection of bio/nano/programmable matter and the design spaces currently supported by Autodesk software such as manufacturing and the building industry. Equally important, we explore and drive the emergent design spaces enabled by bio/nano/programmable matter such as synthetic biology.
Today, the design paradigm behind programmable matter is one that can be gradually applied to concrete projects across a range of domains and metric scales. The cross-pollination across projects will help create a robust scale-free body of knowledge.
Project Cyborg is a cloud-based meta-platform of design tools for programming matter across domains and scales. Project Cyborg provides elastic cloud-based computation in a web-based CAD shell for services such as modeling, simulation and multi-objective design optimization.
We collaborate with researchers around the world to co-envision the design paradigms and tools needed to understand and exploit the intersection of design and life & materials sciences.
The Autodesk® IDEA Studio is a residency program for designers, engineers, artists, and scholars who are pursuing innovative projects that push design technology to its limits to solve real-life problems.
Cities Of The Future, Built By Drones, Bacteria, And 3-D Printers (Fast Company)
4D-Printing: From Self-Assembling Chairs to Cancer-Fighting robots (Guardian UK)
The Prefuture of Synthetic Biology (Volume)
TED 2013: 4D Printed Objects 'Make Themselves' (BBC News)
Yogurt Is Probiotic, Why Not Your Steering Wheel? (Forbes)
If You Thought 3D Printing was Cool, Wait Until You Hear About the 4D Variety (The Blaze)
Autodesk Debuts Nanodesign Software at TED Conference (Patch)
For Autodesk, a Step Into a Nanoscale World (New York Times)
Autodesk expands San Francisco Offices (again) as 3D Printing Blossoms (SF Chronicle)
Design Software For Organ And Tissue Printing Is On Its Way With Autodesk, Organovo Partnership (TechCrunch)
A 3-D Printer Will Soon Print You New Organs (Fast Company)
Human Organ 3D Printing Gets a Helping Hand From Autodesk (CNET)
The Bioweathermap Sees The Germs Around Us — Forbes (Forbes)
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