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The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute has revealed the winners of its 5th Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge.

The 2017 James Dyson Award is now open for entries. Each year James and his team of engineers and scientists hunt for solutions to real world problems. The brief is simple: design something that solves a problem, big or small.

The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute has announced the winners of the 4th Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge.

The 10th Fuller Challenge will open for applications January 13, 2017. A $100,000 prize will be awarded to support the development and implementation of one winning strategy.

The 5th Additive World Conference will be held March 15-16 at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven. The Conference aims showcase the latest on industrial additive manufacturing from a broad perspective and offers a platform to exchange visions, knowledge, applications and experiences.

The 10th Computex d&i Awards is now open for registrations in the following categories: Artificial Intelligence & Robotic; Internet of Things; AR / VR Devices + Content; Gaming Devices & Content of Games; Cloud Communication + Storage; Systems + Mobile Communication; (Computer) Hardware + Components; Audio / Video; and Peripherals + Accessories.

Seebo has announced a partnership with Autodesk Forge, extending its ability to help product designers transform their traditional non-connected products into smart products.

Submissions are now open for the second annual TechSAge Design Competition. The two-phase global competition, designed to foster highly creative and impactful concepts, seeks to inspire talented students to develop innovative technology-enabled design solutions for the aging population, especially considering the varied abilities and disabilities of older adults.

The 3rd edition of the Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge is now open for entries, inviting professionals and students to (re)design products dedicated for 3D metal printing.

Alison Brooks Architects has collaborated with The American Hardwood Export Council, Arup, and the London Design Festival to present 'The Smile,' a cross-laminated tulipwood structure.

Engineered by Arup, Torre Reforma, in Mexico City, is an instant architectural icon, a three-sided high-rise that offers a new model for concrete construction in earthquake zones.

DVVD recently completed the Claude Bernard Overpass, a linking structure on the Boulevard Périphérique between Paris and Aubervilliers.

The 2016 James Dyson Award is now open for entries. The competition provides university level design and engineering students with a platform to launch their ideas.

Mixer delivered groundbreaking industrial design, electronic product design and a revolutionary cooling system to demonstrate the blazing speed of AMD's latest Radeon graphics processors.

The team led by Ney & Partners - with emerging UK-based architectural practice William Matthews Associates - has won the Tintagel Castle: Bridge Design Competition.

Autodesk has launched Forge, an initiative to accelerate a cloud connected ecosystem in support of the future of making things. The initiative consists of three major components - a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering, a robust developer program, and a $100 million investment fund - all geared toward advancing the next wave of innovative technologies that will transform how products are designed, made and used.

The 3rd Edition of the 3D Printing Materials Conference will be held January 26-27, 2016 at MECC Maastricht, in The Netherlands. The conference offers attendees a platform on the crossroads of science, technology & business in 3D printing materials.

The 2nd edition of the Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge is now open for submissions. Competing in two categories, both professionals and students are encouraged to redesign an existing conventional part of a machine or product for 3D printing.

The 2016 Fuller Challenge opened for applications on January 15. Each year, The Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) invites scientists, designers, architects, activists, entrepreneurs, artists, students, and planners from all over the world to submit solutions for addressing humanity's most pressing problems.

English Heritage announced the six finalist teams who will proceed to the second stage of the Tintagel Castle: Bridge Design Competition.

The Buckminster Fuller Institute announced the Semi-Finalists for the 2015 Fuller Challenge. Now in its 8th annual cycle, The Fuller Challenge invites scientists, designers, architects, activists, entrepreneurs, artists and planners from all over the world to submit their innovative solutions to some of humanity's most pressing problems.

The Institution of Structural Engineers has released the shortlist for the 2015 Structural Awards. The awards celebrate the extraordinary achievements of structural engineers around the world.

Autodesk has launched Within, a new set of generative design software solutions to help engineers create and 3D print lightweight designs for automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment and medical implants.

eVolo Magazine has launched the 2016 Skyscraper Competition, open to architects, students, engineers, designers, and artists from around the globe. Established in 2006, the annual Skyscraper Competition is one of the world's most prestigious awards for high-rise architecture.

Autodesk Exchange Apps, a web-based design and engineering app store created for the Autodesk community, reached its one-millionth app milestone this week with a customer download of the coolOrange threadModeler for Autodesk Inventor.

The ninth annual R+D Awards are now open for entries. The competition seeks and celebrates the most innovative building research, materials, and technologies at every scale-from design strategies and building systems to must-have products and digital tools.

Today, James Dyson has announced the opening of Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. The school will teach a four year course in design engineering, developed in partnership with Dyson engineers, which unlike most engineering courses, will teach design engineering from the get-go.

The 2015 James Dyson Award, an international design competition that challenges students to design something that solves a problem, is now open for entries.

G2 Crowd has released its Winter 2015 rankings of the best building design and building information modeling platforms, based more than 180 reviews from real business and engineering professionals.