A very new and very large report on 3D Technology came out this month that “takes a realistic view of 3D display technology and its future in the professional and consumer electronics sectors.” Being familiar with developing a product in 3D, you may like to know 3D display technology is spreading and could affect how…
Whoa there buddy, I think you’re getting carried away with all of those colors. That much color is certainly not per procedures and we’re gonna have to beat you black and white. It happens, I know. You want an accurate color for your model and you can’t help but spend hours dragging your cursor through…
So, I was in the sphere yesterday, right, and the boss says, “You’re 3d models are all mis-shappened, are you using this thing right?” He just doesn’t understand the stress of having to be in this thing for hours. Ya gotta just love those virtual reality developers. They’re always thinking of the next way to…
Just about everybody wishes SolidWorks could do this or that or complains that it doesn’t do something really cool. I could throw down a list of things I don’t like, but that’s just makes the selection of fresh organic produce seem even worse than it actually is. Which is actually better than the selection of…
So these OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) are the posh new way of illuminating those dark research laboratories. Flexible OLED’s aren’t new, but GE’s is the latest with this fancy printable OLED sheet. These OLED’s are so thin they could be used in just about any capacity that requires some sort of lighting… and more.…
But that wasn’t all, there were some dancing mice and this little face that just stared past you saying, you want some more beets? have some more beets. High Quality High Res Wallpapers – You can never, ever have too many cool wallpapers. These are a bit natury, but they look hot. How My Net…
Awww, look. That tiny assembly is so… tiny and cute. Makes you want to grab a million of ’em and just give ’em hugs. Now, I know some of you aren’t that attached to your bracket or gasket assemblies, but you gotta admit there’s a special place in that documentation system for those little boogers.…
Man, that looks painful huh. This is the cover art on a CD of a band I listen to called Norma Jean. Do you ever feel like this? A lot of times you’ll get demands from work or a client that just seem completely unreasonable. You can dish out a sarcastic attitude and get a…
Looks like Kenny is firing up the furnace at the SolidWorks EV and Beta News Feed. Gettin’ out the cobwebs so to speak. I’m sure they’ve been getting ready for a while, but you just can’t forget about the Beta Feed now. “Testing, Testing. Hello, is this thing on? More me in the monitor please.”…
I came across what is probably the most interesting job title I’ve seen associated with SolidWorks. A SolidWorks Visualiser. It’s on a job posting out of Northern England and is listed in the Creative Media Industry. The pay for this is 25k-30k pounds (50k-60k USD) full-time. The job description reads like a typical engineering position.…
Oh, the joys of putting a product online. All you want to do is get it out there. But what is the best way to actually do that without searching and testing and paying way too much for something really frustrating to use? Well, you’re in luck. I’ve been looking at online web stores and…
Really now, that wall you currently have built between you and the outside world with cereal boxes and plastic spoons is lookin’ a bit dated. It’s time you had a look at Bloxes. Bloxes is a unique and completely cardboard way of creating or recreating that bubble of nonconformity you live in. Heck, you could…
This weekend I got a chance to do a bit of Parkour, or Freerunning, with a friend also interested in it. Now at first glance (see video below) you may think it’s a bunch of idiots trying to break their legs acting like monkeys, but, yeah, it’s actually much more. I would define Parkour as…
Actually, coffee could make me grow arms out my face as long as I was able to have some. I’m sure there’s studies on this, but what there probably isn’t any study on is, “If bloggers get free flavored coffee, will Starshucks stop selling cinnamon scones and greeting people in a overly-friendly fashion?” Joffreys Coffee…
If you do a lot of searching for photos or just like better ways to search for things I think you’ll like these two plugins from Cooliris. PicLens PicLens is an incredibly slick and easy way to search and view images. You can search Google, Yahoo, Flickr, PhotoBucket, DiviantArt and some others. What would be…
Now if beans had little legs, that would be just plain creepy. Little beans walking about, no thank you, I’ll have these delicious links. Wall Graphics – From fonts to plants, this site has a lot of great ideas to decorate your walls. 10 Sweet Adobe Air Apps – Adobe Air allows web apps to…
I know you woke up this morning just rearin’ to be an overachiever that knows absolutely everything possible about solid modeling and then how it relates to the molting season of yaks. All I can tell you is that yaks molt once a year and the wool is woven into blankets and tents. Also, the…
That crazy orange SolidWorks Real logo is at it again and I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep till I find some answers. If you get the SolidWorks Express Newsletter, it probably popped up in your inbox yesterday around 9:58 a.m. when your at the peak of efficiency. They have a nice photo of…
It’s official. Microsoft Office Live Workspace, that was previously invitation only, has launch its public beta for the entire world to feast upon. “An Online extension of Microsoft Office.” This is just one more way to share your documents, but if you company is built on spreadsheets, there are a few things unique to Workspace…
I’m really enjoying the Nikon D40 I purchase a little while back. I was going to check out the new D60 and saw Nikon had a really slick new interface for the Nikon USA site. The photos kinda hover ethereally in space until you move the pointer over them. When you click one, the photo…
Well, the top secret Microsoft technology that was speculated a couple weeks ago, is indeed the Microsoft Research Worldwide Telescope project of Roy Gould and Curtis Wong. This will be a free download early this Spring at WorldwideTelescope.org. I have to admit it pretty inspiring and it will be incredible to open of the sky…
You’ve probably been there – tease and ridiculed for organizing other people’s features, “accidentally” fixing someone else’s sketches or finding the last keyboard combination for a shortcut. It’s a condition that use to be treated with humidifiers and Malox, but that made the affect and smell even worse. So, I’ll just list some of these…
60 cubic inches of usable space that is. At least that’s what I thought until at sat down. I’m sitting in a corner with a 24″ LCD pushed up against the sides of the wall. Forget that it’s in a dirty basement with tortured screams and no sunlight. Now, I’m imagining this screen stretched and…
Have you seen that commercial with the sleeping Badger family and the guys cellphone goes off and wakes the badgers, then all you here is a growl and a scream. That’s funny. Pattern Vintage Background Patterns – I’m telling ya, this is just what your computer screen or Powerpoint presentation needs. Fix your sad cubicle…
Hop down off the copy machine for a minute cause I’ve got a treat for ya. I talked with Dan Gustafson from NextEngine. Ya know, that company that makes the comparatively inexpensive and ultra-small 3D scanner? If you’re intersted in 3D scanning, SolidWorks Premium comes with NextEngine’s ScanTo3D utility. But NextEngines own RapidWorks utility looks…
A black cloud rose over London, children abandoned the lush playgrounds of Bishop’s Park and all the produce had gone rotten. Time slowed and what was once a heralded historical moment suddenly became a memory lost. And then all that nonsense was blasted away with a couple two-week notices, a set of final articles and…
Some of you may have jobs that allow you to get close and personal with the CNC equipment operators. If you’re not so lucky you may be interested in this video I came across at Core77. Plastic Injection Molding
There’s this stylish new keyboard that’s been floating around the sphere of tech-hungry computer users. One with programmable keys. Oh, and each key is a separate full-color OLED display. If you frequent tech blogs, you’ve probably seen this or a video. It’s certainly cool, but also makes one think of how antiquated a keyboard seems…
Oh boy, large assemblies. How incredibly fun and dreadful. It’s as if the rest of the day is slowly being eaten away by a horrible flesh-eating bacteria… that has given up flesh because of guilt and eats time…instead. Why? A lot of people fear having to open a large assembly. I didn’t want to feel…
I can’t help it. It’s rare you take a day off and come home with a baby girl. Isabella Grace – 8lbs 3oz – 20.5″ – No tattoos You can see more photos on our personal site or flickr site I’m stoked. I think she’ll be in charge of graphics and letting me know when…
Oh boy! cheese balls! just lok at ’em all! Hands down, it’s the greatest type of ball on the face of the earth. Date Stamps – A gallery of date stamps and resources? why didn’t you say so!! Good for scrapbooking, web or making your own calendar. Ajax Periodic Table – You never know when…
Some of you might know my wife Maggie is about to have a baby. Looks like it’s about that time. Forgive the absence of enlightening posts for, ya know, at least a few hours. UPDATE: Woo! a Baby girl! Name: Isabella Grace Born: Thursday, February 21st, 9:31 am Weight: 8 lbs 3.5 oz Length: 20.5…
Wait till you wrap your head around this… or rather warp this around your head. Emotiv Systems is preparing to launch the Emotiv Epoc. A wireless device that senses brain activity and allows you to interact with an interface. “The $299 headset has a gyroscope to detect movement and has wireless capabilities to communicate with…
Who makes a commercial with creepy little monochromatic people anyway? The SolidWorks parent company Dassault Systemes does. And while it has the feel of that movie where the guy brings that little clay man to life, it’s very cool. Dassault Systemes Future of 3D Commercial from Solidsmack on Vimeo. They showed this at SolidWorks World…
Yesterday I speculated that Microsoft could be bringing out some new 3D visualization technology. Thanks to Pete Yodis. He got to the TechCrunch article first revealing Microsoft Will Announce the WorldWide Telescope On February 27. Cat out of Bag… or is it? The reason I kinda wonder is that this was in the news last…
Yes, that’s right. Ugly, rabid monkeys with three toes and high tariffs. Ponoko, the design-it, make-it, sell-it web site has quelled the fears of their users and completely slashed the prices for shipping around the entire known world. If you’re in the US, shipping prices from New Zealand can be downright frightening. Actually, shipping prices…
Something really cool just happened today. I guy I hung out with in Switzerland IM’d me and said, ‘The first 20 shirts are printed and sold!!’ He just had twenty screen-printed shirts made of a design he created and proceeded to sell them all. No big deal right? Well, he’s wanted to do this since…
I love errors. Those kinds that riddle a FeatureManager Tree with red like the list of a persistent hitman with refined and distinguished taste. Errors can be a disgustingly vicious act and a lovely dinner all tied up together. Errors force a solution Or rather, errors force determining a solution. The hitman’s hitman to keep…
The tech sector has been buzzing like a physician induced, caffeine-like high about a post Robert Scoble wrote last week. A post that revealed that Microsoft will reveal something never revealed by those that reveal things previously unrevealed. And that is about all you can get out of it… unless you look a little deeper.…
…you could win a SolidWorks compliant video card. CGSociety.com is tempting you to make something more inspirational that a block sitting on a mound of dirt. With some of the submission already, it’s more like a dare for SolidWorks users. Personally, I’m not sure if anyone can do create an architectural marvel in SolidWorks that…
I would have to say its a bit like being pinned under a horse. At first its all pins and needle, then it starts nipping at you… repeatedly. It’s downright antagonizing, much like these links. Stunning Desktop Wallpapers – I like nice backgrounds for the ‘puter. Makes everyone what you’ve been doing all day. Pay…
For those who use the Firefox Web Browser (and you should of you don’t) or are interested in trying new stuff you may be interested to know that Firefox 3 is in Beta now. You can download the Beta Version here or the portable version here that won’t interfere with your existing version. It definitely…
Good gravy, I’ve been waiting for the new Indiana Jones Trailer since… I don’t know, 1989. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull comes out May 22nd and the trailer is rockin’. If you don’t think so, tell me, but I will ignore it. Here it is or you can see the Indiana…
But not in a weird, creepy, I-wish-I-wasn’t-alone-I-think-he-has-a-knife way. Happy Valentine’s Day and here’s to hoping that you’ve found a nice card… and that it takes you less time to pick out, than it does for your models to load. Oh, look here, I’ve made a special 3D heart for you. You can turn it black…
Oh, stop it. That title is just too clever. It’s hard to believe there would be any rude, self-serving miscreants in the realm of SolidWorks, but you watch. One day your helping old ladies take their meds, next day your making everyone change part colors and capitalize the ‘S’ and ‘W’ in SolidWorks for all…
One of the most interesting things to come out of the continuing saga of Microsoft buying out Yahoo is a group of people that have banded together in a Flickr Photo Pool aptly named Microsoft Keep your Evil Grubby Hands off our Flickr. For those that don’t know, Flickr is owned by Yahoo. Some think…
There’s a few products out there that I think are exceptional for the problems they address. Typically, its a fancy electronic consumer product that promises to save more time or remove hair or whatever. Recently I’ve been seeing products that are designed to save space. The Verticulture planter concept is one of my favorite. It’s…
You’ve been working on a 13,000 part mega-assembly in SOLIDWORKS with the most well thought out top-down assembly structure ever devised by man. The next morning, you gingerly sip your coffee as the model ooooopens, and then… something doesn’t look right. Suddenly, that pastry loses its sweetness as you come to grips that all your…
So, tell me. What would you do if you could peel back your skin (the body’s largest organ) and examine your endocrine system and lack of muscle fibers? I’d do it… if it didn’t sting so much… and now you can to with the painless and, yes folks, amazing, VisibleBody.com. No assembly required As a…