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The Future of Tools
Nick Pinkston

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Why care about tools?

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Acceleration of Tech Adoption

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How do we get better at
solving problems?

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# Iterations by Field

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Why is hardware
so slow?

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High Complexity

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Low Leverage Tools - Running 80’s Code

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CAD: High Lock-in → Low Competition

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Automation is Highly Manual

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Manufacturing: A Complex Ecology

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Idea Prototype Pilot Mfg. Setup Scale
CAD (Autodesk)
Outsourced Design (IDEO) Outsourced Manufacturing (Foxconn)
ERP (SAP)
Automation Integrators (Grohmann)
Production Equipment Builders (Haas)
MES (Hydra)
Raw Materials (Kaiser)eComm Raw Materials (OnlineMetals)
eComm Components (McMaster) Component Sourcing (Omnex)
Product Testing (UL)
Short-Run Manufacturing (Plethora)

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Hardware
is not an
iPhone
app!

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Software Analogies
→
Hardware Problems

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Design
Debug
Compile
Run
Test

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Design + Debug

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Compile

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Run

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Test

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What’s the point
of all this?

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The Future

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Design:
Shape Creation

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Shapr3D

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Ford’s Gravity Sketch

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VR Product Testing

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Design:
Augmentation

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Generative Design

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Automated front-end development using deep learning
(Ashwin Kumar)

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Generating custom photo-realistic faces using AI
(Shaobo Guan)

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Design:
Shape Search

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Design:
Complex Systems

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Simulation +
Testing

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Finite Element Analysis

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Manufacturing

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Full-Stack Marketplace

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VR Training

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Self-Programming Automation

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Engineering Superpowers

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Thank you!