Trendwatch Design & Manufacturing: July 15, 2020

Forbes: 10 Ways AI Is Improving New Product Development

From startups to enterprises racing to get new products launched, AI and machine learning are making solid contributions to accelerating new product development     

Venturebeat: AI at the Edge Is Enabling the Push Toward Defect-Free Factories           

If there’s one goal every manufacturer in the multi-trillion-dollar industrial segment shares, it’s operating a factory free from production defects

Forbes: How Digital Replicas Can Help Manufacturers Future-Proof Their Supply Chains

A digital twin acts as a virtual exploration lab, a safe space in which manufacturers can simulate potential issues, uncover opportunities and, ultimately, make course corrections that help them grow and improve operational performance   

O'Reilly: Automated Coding and the Future of Programming

How automation is likely to change professional software development.

Wall Street Journal: Apartments Become Silicon Valley’s Hot New Thing 

Real-estate startup Juno plans to build its projects using techniques familiar to car makers