Welcome to The Re/Cap Podcast with Ellis Malmgren! This week’s ‘cappenings:
A major auto manufacturer’s decade-old, whole-factory digital twin
Volvo calls on Gaussian splatting for safety
The world’s first 100%-AI architectural project
A consumer goods titan rethinks product shoots with digital twins and NVIDIA Omniverse
Laser & structured light scanning thrill manufacturers
An AEC Error of the Week in the 1960s at the height of high-rise craze
Quick caps:
[Article] NVIDIA Open Sources 3D Gaussian Ray Tracing and 3D Gaussian Unscented Transform https://radiancefields.com/nvidia-releases-3d-gaussian-ray-tracing-and-3d-gaussian-unscented-transform
[Podcast] Scaling Global Land Rights through Geospatial Innovation https://www.gim-international.com/content/article/scaling-global-land-rights-through-geospatial-innovation
[Use Case] Digital Twin Consortium: Digital Twin-Enabled Microfactory for Smart Manufacturing https://www.digitaltwinconsortium.org/initiatives/technology-showcase/micro-factory/
[Article] In the Age of AI, Idea Curation Will Eclipse Creation https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/innovation-article/age-ai-idea-curation-will-eclipse-creation-032025.html
[Case study] Public Works Pioneers Drones-as-a-Service Program for Salem, Oregon https://lidarmag.com/2025/03/14/public-works-pioneers-drones-as-a-service-program-for-salem-oregon/
[Article] Inside Red Bull Racing: How 3D Printing and Scanning create a winning advantage in Formula One https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/inside-red-bull-racing-how-3d-printing-and-scanning-create-a-winning-advantage-in-formula-one-237590/
Timestamps
0:00 Intro: a 100% AI architecture project in historic Slovenia
0:25 A whole-factory virtual twin…in 2016
2:37 What’s cappenin’ this week + quick caps
3:24 Volvo Is Making Fewer Things Splat, With Gaussian Splatting and Virtual Worlds
5:26 Archificial Intelligence: Behold the World’s First 100% AI Architecture Project
7:58 Deodorant Duet: The $150B Consumer Goods Company Using Digital Twins for Content Creation
9:47 Lighten Up: Laser & Structured Light Scanning, and the Twilight of Traditional Part Inspection
12:55 AEC Error of the Week: East London’s Ronan Point Collapse of 1968
Main Re/Cap sources:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-44498608
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIvD2agDBnM
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