Great innovation begins with inspiration, which can strike at any time. We all know iconic inventor stories like Sir Isaac Newton’s falling apple and Benjamin Franklin’s electrified kite. You may remember last year’s AU Las Vegas Innovation Forum, when Roman Mars told us the incredible story of Almon Brown Strowger, the Kansas City undertaker who invented an automatic telephone switching system to outsmart his rival—whose telephone operator wife was sending all the funeral business in town to her husband—and revolutionized the telephone system in the process. But have you heard about Nike co-... READ MORE >

You know the AU Las Vegas 2016 Call for Proposals (CFP) is open, right? But did you hear about the early bird contest we’re holding this year? We’re so excited to get our hot little hands on your proposals (seriously, we’re chomping at the bit over here) that we’re entering everyone who submits a proposal before Wednesday, May 11, at 9 a.m., Pacific time, into a drawing for a chance to win early bird prizes—$100 Amazon gift card, VIP tour of the Autodesk Gallery (if you’re in San Francisco), and some AU swag. Everybody loves free stuff, right? So get a move on. Ándale. Chop-chop. Get those pr... READ MORE >