The Architech Show

This week Joe, Greg and Willis about the Leica BLK, the smallest imaging laser scanner, its applications which leads into discussions about drones, modelling from aerial imaging and surveyors. Joe gives a quick 3 takeaways from BILT2017 which was held in Adelaide last week.

This week Willis, Joe and Greg talk about WannaCry, the ransomware that has been spreading like a wildfire in the past week and the importance of patching and keeping your systems up to date. As the car industry tries to catch up with better user interfaces for their systems, is this something that can be solved purely through software?

This week Joe, Willis and Greg discuss the Raspberry Pi and some of the cool things you can use them for. Want to automate your home? The Raspberry Pi can do it! Want a media centre? Get yourself a Raspberry Pi! Need a new microwave? Raspberry Pi it!

 

Top 10 Raspberry Pi projects for beginners

Home Assistant for Raspberry Pi

Belkin Wemo

Flirc remote

Raspberry Pi microwave

This week Willis, Joe and Greg talk more about technology than architecture specifically the DJI Mavic Pro drone that Willis bought recently, how it compares to the Phantom series and 360 cameras.

This week Joe, Greg and Willis discuss hardware specs and whether they matter anymore or are they fast enough to perform the tasks sufficiently.

Joe 'Johnny 5' Pro brings up a discussion this week about automation, what it means to us in the AEC space and how it doesn't necessarily mean that you will be left unemployed as a result. We also talk about some of the jobs most likely or least likely to be replaced by automation.

Short Circuit 2 trailer

"Creep" - Prince at Coachella 2008 (Uploaded via Permission from Radiohead & NPG Music Publishing)

Three Major Reasons Automation Won’t Leave You Unemployed

Leonardo DiCaprio and Elon Musk in Gigafactory 2016-10-27

Giant Robot duel Megabots

Frinkiac

IBM's Watson Supercomputer May Soon Be The Best Doctor In The World

MelBIM

Joe gives Willis and Greg the run down at BILT Asia 2017. What he found interesting, who he caught up to and how he got lost at the Marina Bay Sands.

Joe was in Singapore last week presenting 3 sessions at BILT Asia 2017. Along the way he managed to score some interviews with Thomas Schander from Enscape and Anthony Buckley-Thorp from Flux.

Hello - after a bit of an extended break, The Architech Show is back. We catch up a little bit on what's been happening we last spoke. Joe is going to BILT 2017 in Singapore next week and gives a bit of a plug on the talks that he will be presenting. Thanks for keeping us on your subscribe list!