It was May. AU passes went on sale. Things were balmy. October 16 seemed like a far-off moment. You had every intention of getting the early-bird discount for your AU passes, but not yet. Not yet. So you waited. June and July came. Summer. Not even close to October. Hot now. Things to do, vacations to take. We get it. You waited some more. Then on August 9 it got real. Not only could you get your AU passes at the early-bird discount, but registration was open. You could register for classes and set your schedule. But you waited. September came and went. And still you didn’t purchase your ... READ MORE >

AU is all about the future of making things. Usually that means taking a look at how the fields of architecture, construction, design, manufacturing, and media & entertainment will be changing in the next 3-5 years. This year at AU, we’ll also be looking a bit further down the line—to the year 2049, to be exact—to explore the future of making synthetic humans. That’s right, people: as part of AU 2017 in Las Vegas, we’ll have a special screening of Blade Runner 2049! READ MORE >

[embed]http://gph.is/2wO5p5u[/embed] With the recent hurricanes hitting the U.S. and the Caribbean, disaster recovery is on everyone’s mind. READ MORE >

“Hi, my name is Frank, and I’m an introvert.” [crowd response] “Hi, Frank!” Okay there’s no real support group for introverts that I know of (not that we’d get together for it anyway), but it is a personality trait shared by a large percentage of the population. I started to research the numbers, and the best I can say is, it’s probably less than half. For those of you who are not blessed with our condition, it doesn’t mean we’re antisocial, awkward, or shy. In a nutshell, it means that we don’t draw our energy from other people like extroverts do. We draw it from within. Given that, forced ... READ MORE >

The hottest piece of swag at AU this year will not be an Autodesk backpack (as awesome as they are). It will be your own one-of-a-kind portable speaker that you have designed and fabricated yourself on Tuesday at the conference. That’s right, we have a new program at AU this year called the Product Innovation Platform. READ MORE >