The way everyday items - from chairs to cars to power tools - are made is being reimagined through a new process called generative design. Using artificial intelligence (AI) software and the compute ...

Humans are capable of great things when it comes to design. But nature, many would agree, is the greatest designer of all. Evolution has, over billions of years, perfected the animal and plant species ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

The spotlight on generative AI has gotten brighter than ever in recent months, and it’s sparking both excitement and fear among designers because of what it means for the future of creativity.

Generative design has been used in limited capacity in architecture and engineering in the past, but Autodesk now offers the ability to run generative design iterations within Revit, using its Dynamo ...

New production materials and methods have begun to revolutionize how we make things. If we look at individual manufacturing innovations in areas like the use of carbon fiber in passenger aircraft, ...

Generative and agentic AI are mainstream these days. Many solutions are available for free but with limits, while paid access ...

It’s easy to see machine learning as a creativity-killing, bubble-inducing agent invading our Facebook News Feeds and dumbing-down our Netflix habits. But increasingly, machine learning is finding a ...

Those involved in product development understand it is a deeply iterative process driven by strict timetables, and the path is riddled with trial-and-error ...

We have been shaping the organisms that live around us for a long time. Take as an example the changes we forced on wolves to become our best friends. Traditionally, we accomplished it by selecting ...