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I’m telling ya, you wake up one morning and screens are just sliding out all over the place. Soon they’ll be yelling, ‘touch me!’, ‘no, touch me!’ - but for now look what Lenovo is sliding out to the masses January 5th at CES.
The Lenovo W700ds. A laptop with a slide-out secondary screen. Magnificent, don’t ya think? Kinda malignant tumor looking, but with the specs this thing has, you could run a little 3D modeling, a little video editing and more. Check it out.
Continue reading ‘The Lenovo Dual Screen Laptop. How Would You Use It?’
How many times do you get to tell somebody what they need to do better during the day without being unduly ignored?
Time’s are a’changin folks, and SolidWorks has whipped up a socially acceptable way to get your insight and look real cool while they take all you can dish out.
Each year at SolidWorks World, the Top 10 Enhancement Request submitted by users are showcased. How that happens is now even more transparent.
Now there’s SolidWorks Brainstorm (via the customer portal). A quick, easy way to submit, vote and comment on improvements for SolidWorks.
Continue reading ‘Join the Brainstorm: Submit, Rate and Comment On SolidWorks Enhancements’
Hmmm, Scooby flavored. Now doesn’t that just sound appetizing? Not so much, but if you’re into testing your SolidWorks installation and comparing it with others, you may want to sink your geek teeth into this 3D interpretation of old-school, mystery-solvin’ cartoonery.
Anna Wood, at SolidMuse, is gather quite a collection of benchmarks to test rebuild times on your Workstation. It’s fast and simple as opposed to other benchmarks and results are shared via Google Docs.
It was almost inevitable, but tree bark and buttons? Small woodland creatures don’t just gain the ability to mechanically modify their skeletal structure and innate jumping habits. It had to be these links.
Best Sci-Fi art of the YEAR - Besides yours of course, but this is pretty darn good too and it will make your friends go OOOoooo.
How to Win Any Job on eLance, oDesk, Guru.com - Any Job? yes, any. And it mostly has to do with how cool your reply is.
70 Stunning Works of 3D Street Art - It’s a 3D Streety Friday and these will probably inspire some skepticism about what is actually reality.
MorphThing - jJust in time for the holidays. Morph your Child with a bunny and put it in a frame for Christmas. How thoughtful.
SpyFilms.com - Sweet 3D? yes. Robots? Yes. Total Insanity? Definitely.
Workshop of the Future Contest - Make an Instructable, win Craftsman tools. You know that’s all you want under the tree.
FiLife.com - Money and Finance made a little more fun. You might need this after buying way too many discounted Christmas ornaments.
Oh the craziness of climbing on a stationary bike and pretending you’re escaping a beating with poorly designed bike locks. What can you do? How about designing a bike that calms your fears, enhances your environment and well-being?
That’s exactly what Mark Hagen did with his new take on a exercise device often seen crumpling upon the less dexterous. Mark used Rhino and SolidWorks to create this concept. That’s cool - you want to know why? Read on.
Continue reading ‘Sculpted in Rhino, Detailed in SolidWorks. It’s All About the Process.’
