Randall Newton

Randall S. Newton is Managing Director of Consilia Vektor, a boutique consulting firm serving the engineering software industry and related technologies. He is a Contributing Editor at Digital Engineering Magazine and AEC Magazine (UK). Mr. Newton has been in the engineering software industry since 1985 as a journalist, business analyst, publisher, programmer, and marketing consultant. His recent research explores the use of blockchain technology for industrial applications, and the rise of new design technologies for additive manufacturing.
Autonomous Vehicle Challenge: Balancing Ethics, Regulation and Innovation

Autonomous Vehicle Challenge: Balancing Ethics, Regulation and Innovation

Published on March 30, 2021
The automotive industry is working furiously to bring autonomous vehicles (AVs) into widespread...

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Digital Transformation Starts with Concept Design

Digital Transformation Starts with Concept Design

Published on January 21, 2021
2020 was a challenging year for Aerospace & Defense, but especially so for commercial aeros...

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Three Additive Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2021

Three Additive Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2021

Published on January 15, 2021
2020 forced manufacturing companies to rethink every aspect of business operations. Collaborati...

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Uncovering the Challenges of Using Blockchain for AI in Manufacturing

Uncovering the Challenges of Using Blockchain for AI in Manufacturing

Published on December 29, 2020
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in manufacturing has rapidly moved into the mainstream conversatio...

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Meeting the Challenge of Wearable Medical Device Design

Meeting the Challenge of Wearable Medical Device Design

Published on December 14, 2020
Advances on several technology fronts have led to an explosion of new wearable medical and heal...

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Rise of the Autonomy Economy

Rise of the Autonomy Economy

Published on October 19, 2020
We often use shorthand acronyms and metaphors to describe technology. The word “stack” became p...

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Sorting Out the Next Generation of Additive Manufacturing

Sorting Out the Next Generation of Additive Manufacturing

Published on September 21, 2020
We continue a conversation with Dr. Michael Grieves, Chief Scientist for Advanced Manufacturing...

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Dr. Michael Grieves: Additive Manufacturing’s Mythbuster

Dr. Michael Grieves: Additive Manufacturing’s Mythbuster

Published on September 10, 2020
I recently sat down — virtually, of course — for a chat with Dr. Michael Grieves, the visionary...

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Three Really Big Deals and Five Strategies for Digital Transformation

Three Really Big Deals and Five Strategies for Digital Transformation

Published on August 17, 2020
The subject of digital transformation always reminds me of the “good news/bad news” genre of jo...

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When Data is Bigger than Big: 5G, Edge Computing and IIoT

When Data is Bigger than Big: 5G, Edge Computing and IIoT

Published on July 21, 2020
When we speak of some new technology becoming “big”, the discussion is all too ofte...

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How Virtual Twins Can Overcome the Challenges of Additive Manufacturing

How Virtual Twins Can Overcome the Challenges of Additive Manufacturing

Published on July 15, 2020
We don’t think about it much, but there is a considerable amount of culture wrapped up in our e...

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Conceptualization, Comparison, and Collaboration: The Three C’s of Additive Manufacturing and Digital Twins

Conceptualization, Comparison, and Collaboration: The Three C’s of Additive Manufacturing and Digital Twins

Published on June 17, 2020
There is considerable buzz these days about the use of Digital Twin technology for manufacturin...

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