Totally OT: Tang myth, busted

Totally OT: Tang myth, busted

I wrote earlier this week about the Apollo 11 anniversary and mentioned that the space program had given the world Tang. Turns out that wasn’t true. The space program made my family aware of Tang –go advertisers!– but Tang actually pre-dates the moon...
Hexagon’s race to the Smart Factory

Hexagon’s race to the Smart Factory

What if you could reimagine your product design and manufacturing processes? Start from scratch, rather than have to deal with legacy thinking, work processes and tools? Come up with new ways of working in all areas of your business? That’s what Hexagon wants us all...
Look to the moon, thank an engineer

Look to the moon, thank an engineer

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. We all know about the incredible bravery of the astronauts to risk everything to go there and (perhaps not) come home–but amidst all the hoopla, spare a thought for the engineers who made...
AspenTech acquires IoT and AI companies

AspenTech acquires IoT and AI companies

Artificial intelligence, AI, means many different things, depending on the industry, use case and technological sophistication of the user. AspenTech, which makes chemical process design software as well as solutions that help process plants manage their assets more...
Autodesk invests in actual construction startup

Autodesk invests in actual construction startup

You know that Autodesk invests in tech startups. Did you know that they also invest in makers of actual, physical things? Apparently, they do! Autodesk just announced that it has increased its investment in Factory_OS, a “volumetric modular construction...
AspenTech acquires IoT and AI companies

AEC Quickie: NEMT sells, RIB buys

You might remember that Nemetschek co-owned a company called DocuWare, which is focused on document management and the AEC workflows that surround project documents. The companies have been intertwined for at least a decade but now DocuWare is being acquired by Ricoh...
Schnitgercorp.com update!

Schnitgercorp.com update!

Hello — and thanks for checking in. We apologize if you experienced errors when using the website earlier today; we were working behind the scenes to make the site load faster, search more quickly and be more secure. We think we’ve squashed all bugs and...
Hexagon preannounces, cites weakness in China

Hexagon preannounces, cites weakness in China

And so it begins. Hexagon announced today that “the impact of increased geopolitical uncertainties on global trade, especially within the electronics business of the Manufacturing Intelligence” (MI) leads Hexagon to believe total revenue for the June...
Super-quick: Hexagon’s Rollén acquitted — again

Super-quick: Hexagon’s Rollén acquitted — again

Hexagon just issued this announcement: Ola Rollén acquitted from all charges for the second time 2019-06-26 20:15 GMT+02 Ola Rollén, Hexagon’s President and CEO, was today acquitted for the second time from the insider trading allegations by the Norwegian economic...
AspenTech acquires IoT and AI companies

Carbon raises another $260 million to advance 3DP

And one more bit of 3D printing news: Carbon, a company that’s billed as a “3D printing poster child” by Venturebeat says it has raised $260 million in venture round led by Madrone Capital Partners and Baillie Gifford, with other partners Sequoia...