The Re/Cap Podcast

Ellis Malmgren is joined by Dr. Maya Ackerman, a globally renowned expert in the field of generative AI, the author of Creative Machines: AI, Art, & Us, and CEO/co-founder of WaveAI. Dr. Ackerman has been researching and developing innovative generative AI models for text, music, and art since 2014, with a focus on harnessing the power of AI to enhance and elevate human creativity. With over 5...

Ellis Malmgren Re/Caps Emily Warren Roebling, a woman high in the running for Most Criminally Unsung Hero in built environment history. In 1869, The Brooklyn Bridge almost didn't get built, when chief engineer Washington Roebling fell severely ill from decompression sickness. So dude’s wife, Emily, who had neither studied nor sniffed engineering, taught herself everything. She ran the whole op...

Dr. Manuelian’s Photo by Laurie ThomasDr. Peter Der Manuelian is Harvard University’s Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology, and holds a joint appointment in the Anthropology Department and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. He is also director of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East (HMANE). He came to Harvard in 2010, after serving on the curatorial staff of the Bo...

Dr. Eric Jankowski is a professor, and Director of the Micron School of Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University, where he also leads the Computational Materials Engineering Laboratory. He earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2012, where he developed computational tools to study the self-assembly of nanoparticles.  Dr. Jankowski’s LinkedIn: h...

Photographer and interdisciplinary scientist Chris Millbern is Head of Field Capture for CyArk, providing key technical and field experience in the areas of 3D mapping and cultural preservation. From Mt. Everest to underwater caves, Chris has led dozens of teams across the globe for everything from filmmaking to conservation, specializing in remote and hazardous environments. Having earned a degre...

While layering up for the occasion, Ellis Malmgren covers the 145 years of the Arctic data-collection extravaganza known as the International Polar Year, or IPY - and why only four have occurred since 1881. He then connects the history to a modern-day case study in Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, involving drones, AI, machine learning, and emergency response. Sources: IPY: https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/arc...

Ellis Malmgren details the history and causes of the leaning towers in Santos, Brazil, before explaining what reality capture and construction technology could have done to mitigate it…and why that’s still relevant today. 00:00 If You Think Watching a Lean Is Distracting…00:10 Brazil’s Soccer Supremacy… and an AEC Red Card00:20 Santos’ Three Claims to Fame00:40 651 Buildings That Forgot “Plumb”00:...

Jason Jamerson is the Director of Virtual Production at LSU, and Director of the XR Studio. He is also a professor and a 20 year veteran of the entertainment industry in NYC as a Design Supervisor and Production Designer for film and TV clients including HBO, Netflix, Paramount, and The History Channel, as well as both on and Off-Broadway. Today he creates momentum at the intersection of the Arts...

Description Ellis Malmgren explains how one of the most innovative 3D rendering techniques ties back to one of history’s most accomplished mathematicians - Carl Friedrich Gauss. Plus, a breakdown of today’s “world models” (Marble, JEPA, Google Genie 3) and the competition around them.  00:00 Introduction and Overview 00:43 The Legacy of Carl Friedrich Gauss 03:06 Gaussian Splatting in 3D Rendering...

Rogers “Caldwell” Buntin is a researcher, lecturer, and drone pilot who received his Ph. D. in Ocean & Earth Sciences from Old Dominion University. He specializes in interpreting subtle fossilized traces that reveal how dinosaurs interacted with their environments. He joins Ellis Malmgren to explain his recent discovery at Dinosaur Ridge in Colorado; an apparent 100-million-year-old “dinosaur...

Matthew Byrd is Founder & CEO of Reality Capture Network, where Phillip Ellering serves as VP of Creative. They talk with Ellis Malmgren about the 5 year journey of RCN’s flagship conference, R-CON, which just hosted its fifth rendition and will be expanding next year into Boise, Idaho’s largest venue. The RCN Collective is a new membership-based community platform that channels R-CON's si...

Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Retired) is a licensed attorney with 28 years of combined active duty military and federal civil service to the U.S. Air Force. She is the CEO & Founder of P3 Tech Consulting, Publisher of Autonomy Global and an internationally recognized expert on uncrewed aircraft system law and policy, featured on Fox News, CNN, Forbes and Newsweek and on the PBS television n...

Dr. Tessa Lau is an experienced entrepreneur with expertise in AI, machine learning, and robotics. She is currently Founder/CEO at Dusty Robotics, whose mission is to create robot-powered tools for the modern construction workforce. Prior to Dusty, she was CTO/co-founder at Savioke, where she orchestrated the deployment of 75+ delivery robots into hotels and high-rises. Previously, Dr. Lau was a R...

Matt Cook supports Harvard’s students, faculty, and researchers with emerging computational methods, engaging learning spaces, and a campus-wide network of technological expertise. His research interests include 3D technologies (e.g. photogrammetry & VR) and embodied cognition. After studying philosophy at the undergraduate and graduate level (at the Universities of Florida and Oklahoma, respe...

The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) is a force of heroism, safeguarding America’s cultural heritage by bridging the gap between preservation and innovation. As a research and education hub within the National Park Service, the NCPTT supports the development and application of advanced technologies to preserve historic buildings, landscapes, archaeological sites, an...

Well well, it’s The Re/Cap Podcast with Ellis Malmgren! What’s cappenin’ this week:The seminal scan of a national parkA Utah national park scans for safety & serenityThe Paris Air Show made France a simulation nationThe world’s largest 3D-printed building…smack dab in a Middle Eastern desertHawaii research initiative leverages photogrammetry and 3D scanning for an engrossing study on extinctio...

Yep. The Re/Cap Podcast with Ellis Malmgren! What’s cappenin’ this week.: The serendipitous 1980s birth of the Agri-Drone Sesame farmers enjoy newfound knowledge courtesy of daring drone imaging Nemetschek-out this collaboration with a university to remedy housing shortages in Iowa MIT tech gives robots special vision LiDAR, 3D modeling, and digital twins eagle on golf course design An infamous AE...

Coral reefs, the rainforests of the sea. Teeming with life, these underwater cities support 25% of marine species despite covering less than 1% of the ocean floor. They shield coastlines from storms and erosion, and sustain millions of people via food, tourism, and fishing. But coral reefs are also vital indicators of ocean health, and their rapid decline is a warning siren for the planet. Dr. Ori...

If you thought an autographed sports card or concert poster was cool, how about a NASA satellite?!Cutter Shea is one of very few who have penned their name on such a surface. Re/Capped in issue #40, his engineering prowess and broad technical knowledge led to his signature being riveted to the side of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx satellite, which leaned heavily on digital twins. This was the first U.S. missi...

For 3D knowledge, Michael Rubloff is like if the Library of Alexandria was bipedal and could run a website. And yet, his wisdom is somehow matched by his passion. His stories have been Re/Capped numerous times, as he is the Founder and Managing Editor of RadianceFields.com, created in late 2022 to document emerging radiance field technologies. These methods, such as NeRFs and Gaussian Splatting, e...

Oh hey, it’s the Re/Cap Podcast with Ellis Malmgren! This week’s cappenings: Capturing a 4th-century BCE Greek shipwreck…20 years ago A Titanic digital twin we’ll never let go of, Jack 300,000-image Gaussian splatting A tacklebox of tech for offshore wind farms and the life around them Four contech firms proving AI ain’t no buzzword An AEC error of the Week in which the world’s tallest library thr...

Description It's The Re/Cap Podcast with Ellis Malmgren!  This week’s ‘cappenings: The 2011 mega-capture of a famed 1,000-year-old French monastery A Harvard 3D Exhibit is a PhD in photogrammetry and historic preservation NASA seeks to safeguard our drones Construction bots get the Top 5 treatment Digital twins and sustainable design approach peas-and-carrots status An AEC Error of the Week at...

Welcome to The Re/Cap Podcast with Ellis Malmgren! This week’s ‘cappenings: The queen of seafloor mapping circa the 1950s Uncrewed autonomous ocean drones do work Is ConTech adoption as easy as 3 steps? AI & LiDAR are like a seatbelt for pedestrians and cyclists Say awe for dentalgrammetry An AEC Error of the Week so catastrophic, load bearing analysis was never the same Quick caps: [Video] We...

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 t...

Welcome to The Re/Cap Podcast with Ellis Malmgren! What’s Cappenin’ This Week:- An 1854 mapping story that changed public health forever- GIS steadies pandemic mayhem- The world needs minerals, so mines need SLAM drones- The Middle East wants to build insane stuff, and robots might allow it- Digital twins expedite stroke recovery- An AEC Error of the week of a football stadium’s personal foul, rou...