The Podcast Roundup – Episode 094 – Oct. 20th – Oct. 26th, 2019.

The BIMsider’s favourite Podcasts, Vodcasts and Videos from the world of AEC and BIM – for the week of Oct. 20th – Oct. 26th, 2019.

I’m going to start this week’s Podcast roundup off with a new podcast from the Built Revolution Podcast.

BUILT REVOLUTION (EP. 34) | VIRTUAL REALITY IN CONSTRUCTION

2) Podcast – From the AEM Thinking Forward Podcast

EP. 23 – TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE THAT MULTI-TASKS, WITH ALLIE KELLY FROM THE RAY

Summary from the Podcast website:

“In the U.S., around 13 million acres of land are used as roads and rights-of-way in the interstate highway system. That’s a lot of real estate, and all it does is provide a surface on which to operate cars and trucks.

But a pioneering new experiment in Georgia, known as The Ray, is reimagining what roads could look like if they multi-tasked. Allie Kelly, the executive director of The Ray, says their 18-mile stretch of highway is using IoT technology to communicate with smart cars, generating solar power, and even growing crops.

In this edition of the podcast, she explains how their project could mean new opportunities for the manufacturers of construction and agriculture equipment.”

3) Video – From the SF Computational Design Institute YouTube Channel

SFCDI October 2019 | Connecting the DOTS

Summary from the YouTube Channel:

“On October 16th (6:00pm PST) , SFCDI welcomes Nirvik Saha and Sanjeev Tankha. This month’s meeting will be hosted at the WRNS Studio #501 2nd St #402, San Francisco, CA 94107.”

4) Podcast – From The ConTechCrew Podcast

The ConTechCrew 192: The Hugh Jackman of Construction Safety with Peter Grant of Safesite

Summary from the Podcast website:

“This week’s construction tech news with James Benham (@JamesMBenham), and Rob McKinney (@ConAppGuru)

Featuring:
– Interview with Peter Grant from Safesite
– Construction Tech News of the Week”

5) Video – From the Aussie BIM Guru YouTube Channel

Twinmotion Crash Course!

Summary from the YouTube Channel:

“As of November 2019, Twinmotion will no longer be free – get your hands on it quick! For those not aware of what it is, it essentially allows you to render and animate your BIM models – jam packed with amazing features! I’ve put together a video to demonstrate most of the features you can use in the free version, as well as show what can be achieved using the tool in a short amount of time (a lot!).”

6) Podcast – From The IoT Podcast

Episode 239: Tuya, toilets and Twinklys

Summary from the Podcast website:

“This week Kevin and I start with an update on Tuya full of a variety of news the company announced at a conference held this week in Shenzen, China. From there we discuss two updates with the maker of Philips Hue light bulbs that means you won’t need a hub with ~~SmartThings or~~ Google Home devices. On the Google front, we chat about builders ditching Nest, missing Google Actions, a new hack, and an updated machine learning board. Nvidia hits our radar this week with machine learning at the edge, as does Shine’s smart toilet device. Kevin shares his review of the Nest Mini and we answer a listener’s question about smart holiday lights.”

7) Video – From THAT BIM GIRL YouTube Channel

REVIT + PYTHON – An Introduction with RevitPythonShell

Summary from the YouTube Channel:

“In this video I explain how to use Python within Revit via the RevitPythonShell addin. I show how to use variables in Python, form if-statements and for-loops. Then I explain how to load Revit libraries and use them in your script to load Revit elements and manipulate them.”