Bikes have seen a lot in material and design changes, think about how mountain bikes have changed in frame design, material choices etc. But what about crank arms - they have looked very much the same for ages (maybe a century!) - Sean showcases how generative design1 and additive manufacturing2 was used in collaboration with the company SRAM3. With the new methods the future of making is allowing for new shapes, cloud computing (extremely fast results) and collaborations are taking new forms in terms of the creation of meeting places and innovation ecosystems, which are helping companies with agile and better decision making.
Customer wants “bigger - faster - lighter - stronger”: as a service provider you have to use the tools and have the customer as your co-designer.
Autodesk Generative Design Fieldlab4 in Chicago is located at the MxD5 (Manufacturing x Digital), a 100,000 squarefoot innovation center.
Automation is helping to leverage product creation and improving processes - listen further to understand how this is part of defining the future of work and the future of making.
A big thanks for the amazing insights Sean, looking forward to a keeping in touch.
Generative design, wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_design
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing
https://www.sram.com/en/sram
https://adsknews.autodesk.com/news/why-were-opening-a-generative-design-field-lab-in-chicago
https://www.mxdusa.org/
S2E11 The Future of Making - Human x Digital