| Design, Technology, CAD and FAB
As reported on SolidSmack back in February, music streaming service Spotify is getting into the hardware game—as evidenced by three job postings for hardware engineers or supply chain managers. “Spotify is on its way to creating its first physical products and setting up an operational organization for manufacturing, supply chain, sales & … [Read more...]
If you've been on the fence about finally entering into digital tablet sketching (or notetaking) territory, both Google and Apple revealed some great news for you this week. First up is the all-new $329 9.7-inch iPad. While marketed towards educators as a low(er) cost of entry to bring iPads into the classroom (the education-adjusted cost … [Read more...]
Although IKEA takes the cake for masterminding the ready-to-assemble (or flat-pack) furniture, the concept was initially captured in an 1878 US patent described as "(A) class of furniture which is so constructed that it may be packed and transported in parts, and put together for use by skilled or unskilled persons." Either way, decades of … [Read more...]
Modeling a 3D object and prepping it for 3D printing on a 2D screen sounds counterintuitive... because it is. You're stabbing your mouse at a 2D plane in 3D space to make something which can be interacted with in the real world. I thought we were in the future? So, what if you could design the object in 3D as it is printing in 3D? *pop* The … [Read more...]
Whether it be music, movies, documents, or photos of your cat - everyone has something precious they keep as digital data. But let’s be real – that’s a lot of data you have to keep stored. Those photos of your cat alone might not even fit the 1TB hard drive you keep. Keeping backups of your data is usually a smart thing, but not when you have to … [Read more...]
