If you create ads for Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, using the right fonts can affect how well your promotion works. Eye-catching fonts are a great way to get your reader’s attention and ensure that your content sticks out from the rest. On that note, if you’re ready to boost interactions with your social media posts,…
Tablets and smartphones are technical wonders that have completely transformed our social scene. They entertain, allow you to work from anywhere, and keep you in touch with coworkers, family, and friends. You can turn your phone into an art canvas, recipe manager, mobile movie theater, workstation, and more with the appropriate mobile apps. Unfortunately, installing…
Everyone adores freebies and gets excited whenever they learn that someone is offering something as valuable as free coffee cups. As customers tell others where they got the coffee cups containing all the useless plastic items from your competitors’ displays, your company’s display will be crowded. Nobody will even notice even if the same key…
Storing files/data digitally is indeed one of the simple media to keep data/files safe. However, are our files/data safe when stored in digital storage, such as hard drives, flash drives, SD cards, etc.? Of course not. This is because data/files stored digitally can be lost at any time. The causes of loss of data/files also…
Executing successful marketing plans and campaigns is not always a breeze. There are lots of marketing ideas that don’t flourish and rather become a big failure for the company. At times, you can’t even identify what kinds of strategies you should utilize to ensure that you can raise your company’s brand awareness. But fortunately, even…
The robust world of technology makes it easy to achieve anything you want. Every tool you need is at your fingertips, from creating 2D animated characters to 3D movies. No more do you need to enroll in animation courses. You do not even need to have any animation experience. With the best beginner animation software…
Video chat apps are proving to be indispensable tools for any type of business. A video chat app helps connect and network individuals on a larger scale than the standard chat rooms. These kinds of apps provide a wide array of advantages for businesses, from being more engaging than audio conferencing to providing more structure…
Sneaker copping is a practice of purchasing highly valuable or limited-edition sneakers, usually in high quantities, and at the time they drop. A drop is a limited release of sneakers, people that chase drops are called sneakerheads. They consistently outperform ordinary buyers, and most of us have been in situations when the sneakers we were…
How are modern sinks different? Which models are suitable for compact, and which ones are suitable for spacious bathrooms? How do you connect a sink yourself? What is the most practical and dependable method of installing a washbasin? When choosing a sink, it is important to understand its exact dimensions and the desired configuration. The…
Have you considered adding some 3D elements to your eCommerce website? It’s a great way to stand out. You can use it to promote items, allow for a better customer experience, or create a more dynamic website to draw in new customers. Adding elements of 3D design can even improve your sales while lowering costs.…
A photograph might not turn out as clearly as expected in certain cases. A blurred impression can be created by even the tiniest movements of the lens, detracting from what should be a sharp picture. Even the object of the shot might be in motion, such as when the breeze rustles the branches of a…
Design is one of the most important aspects of any product. It can make or break how successful a product is. Clever design can help increase product sales by making products more appealing to consumers. This article will discuss some of the ways design can be used to increase sales and boost your bottom line!…
When it comes to product release, video production is one of the crucial things to make it successful. Whether these are games, movies, trailers, or other kinds of videos, visual content helps reveal its best sides to the audience. That’s why animated video production is essential for companies and their products. When we want to…
Creating a modern software system is a very laborious task: the typical size of the software exceeds hundreds of thousands of operators. To effectively create such software products, a specialist must have an understanding of the methods of analysis, design, implementation, and testing of software systems. It is also important to understand existing approaches and…
You have definitely heard this statement from your friends or relatives. Or maybe you yourself blame constant stress for your insomnia. You will be very surprised to learn that the opposite is true. You don’t have insomnia because of stress. Insomnia changes your mental state, and any problem that you would easily deal with in…
These days, many individuals suffer from worry and stress. Almost everyone’s life is changing in some manner due to the COVID19 pandemic, which has generated both a health and financial catastrophe. This has added to the world’s worry, leaving many people feeling helpless. If your anxiety or stress symptoms are so severe that they interfere…
It’s still pretty chilly outside during this time of year, so why not heat things up with some barbecue? YouTube channel Totally Handy found a nifty method of turning an old propane tank into a portable grill. All you need is some paint stripper, a good rotary tool, and a little imagination. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTqj2e6s_iE&ab_channel=TotallyHandy Before the…
In these times of uncertainty and COVID (mostly COVID), it’s hard to remember how things used to be. Activities that used to be mundane, such as eating in restaurants or going to a movie theater, feel like things of the past, forever lost to memory. Eager to give some hope in these trying times, Korean…
If you want to make your steel projects stand out, you might consider bluing them. “Bluing” – the process by which steel is darkened – is more than a way of coloring metal. It also protects the steel, preventing it from oxidizing and rusting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sty5upsadY&ab_channel=mymechanicsinsights Swiss YouTuber My Mechanics Insights shows the two methods he…
Being one of the world’s most popular toys for 90 years now, it’s no surprise that there have been many attempts to recreate LEGO’s iconic blocks. I mean, it can’t be that hard, can it? But something about the Denmark-made blocks feels different from its competition and knock-offs. The materials are sturdier, the shapes more…
The holidays may be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t start leveling your gift wrapping skills for this year! You could improve your hand wrapping by watching a 5-minute video tutorial, or you could splurge on LEGO Technic pieces and make your own gift wrapping machine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW0lTxCEEcI&ab_channel=TheBrickWall The Brick Wall YouTube channel created this massive…
My eyes light up at anything with a sleek design, so you can bet they were as wide as golf balls when I saw that square tube knife by YouTube knife maker Koss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_M-ChNcArg&ab_channel=Koss Koss used 01 high carbon alloy steel (non-shrinking steel which hardens in oil) for the blade of his project. He started shaping…
While I’ve written about my fair share of dangerous products, none of them are inherently made to harm people. That changes right now, as science man and YouTuber Steve Mould covered an assassin teapot too cool to pass up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJL0XoNBaac&ab_channel=SteveMould Originating in China, the assassin’s teapot was made to poison your enemies. It does this using two…
Everyone loves quality keyboards. They’re fast, responsive, and let you encode your thoughts into a digital format easily. A high-end keyboard can run you up to hundreds of dollars, but you can get a good, solid one for just a couple of bucks. Or… you could also try to make one, just as YouTuber Flurples has done…
We’ve featured tons of wood-turned pieces on SolidSmack before, but never something as complicated as a double-helix goblet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl45nkMaYvY&ab_channel=JackMackWoodturning Earlier this year, YouTube channel Jack Mack Woodturning decided to turn an old piece of applewood into a goblet. The wood was a tad long, but instead of whittling it down, Jack Mack rolled with the punches and made the…
For many, a line of LEGO-inspired 3D printed jewelry is sure to bring a wave of nostalgia. For others who still regularly buy LEGO sets, it’s simply an ingenious way to repurpose those extra bricks as fashion accessories. Such is the premise behind the new jewelry line from French design studio Hint Lab. Thomas and…
Average drivers of cars are content with getting from point A to point B in one piece. Other drivers – those who chase the adrenaline rush or have a death wish – want to go faster. It’s why racing has been a thing for years and why certain car companies spend tons of money to…
Don’t be fooled by the clickbait title of his video; not everything in America is poorly designed in the eyes of Oliver Bahl Franke. All it boils down to are problems in transportation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K8KEoZwMRY&ab_channel=OBF To be more precise, Oliver has an issue with how American infrastructure focuses more on cars than any other mode of…
Making something on a 3D printer these days is easy. You upload the files to your computer, add in the filament, and you have your brand spanking new item within a couple of hours. Casting metal, on the other hand, is much more complicated. But Seth Robinson of Robinson Foundry could marry the two methods…
You know, when you’re strutting down the street, shooting that end-of-summer vibe into the eyes of the passersby, 99.2 percent of that make-tastic mojo is emanating from the 3D-printed adornment around your neck. Hot Pop Factory makes it, and given that you need a ring and some other 3D printed jewelry to complete the look,…
It’s been almost a lifetime ago since we first heard of Michelin’s plans for their 3D-printed tire movement. We’ve seen prototypes since that initial unveiling back in 2017, but not anything close to a release date. But why is that? To help us understand it, here’s racing driver and host of Driven Media Scott Mansell.…
A good clock should be easy to read. You should never spend more than a few seconds looking at one to determine the exact time and get on with whatever you’re doing. Nonetheless, it’s interesting to see the Author Clock go against this design philosophy. Created by Mechanical Design Labs, the whole point of this…
You may have heard it before: the metronome-like beat that progresses to a rapid, thumping sound that instinctively calls for rapid movement. This beat, which is used in Billie Eilish’s 2019 hit “Bad Guy”, is that of the Australian pedestrian crossing. Besides that sound, however, what makes this particular pedestrian crossing stand out globally? To…
According to Internet meme culture, really strong people only need to make one grocery-carrying trip to and from the car. But even if that’s true, you could end up with smashed fruits and veggie items or even bruised fingers. So, yes, it isn’t an elegant way of carrying your sustenance, nor is it practical. Nonetheless,…
Earlier this year, the Hahns Atelier leathercraft YouTube channel received a message from a subscriber asking them if they could restore her husband’s wallet. With over 30 years of use and age, this money holder was breaking at the seams. The problem was that the company which made the wallet (Rolfs and Amity) no longer…
How do you turn a flat object into something round? Well, you don’t need magic to do it. All you have is the right strategy to make it possible. That’s what YouTuber The Q did in one of his videos. Witness how this artist produced a playable bowling ball with nothing but planks of plywood…
We’ve seen before creations of DIY vases, bowls, and even an eyeball. All of those things had humble beginnings as raw materials which were taken to a lathe and turned into wonderful creations. But while containers and living room pieces are great, they don’t do much in terms of entertainment. So why not wood turn…
Wait! I know this is about a reusable menstrual pad, but hear me out! Its design is incredibly ingenious that it can catch anyone’s attention! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgYSI1vcbL0&ab_channel=LastObject LastPad takes the concept of reusable diapers and upscales it for grown women. Whereas reusable diapers take in infant pee and poop, LastPad takes in… well, menstruation. There’s no…
If you have some extra galvanized steel lying around your home and a ton of free time, then why not make your very own ball bearing track? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPguktA674w Designer and machine maker Daniel de Bruin shows some easy tricks you can do to make use of the excess materials lying about your workshop. With the…
Straight wooden legs are cool, but curved wooden legs are even cooler. Unfortunately, it usually takes more wood to make the latter. This is why not all woodworkers spend too much attention on them. James Hamilton of Stumpy Nubs is not one of those folks. In one of his projects, James showed an easy woodworking…
Have you ever passed by a construction site and seen all the rebars making up the skeleton of a structure? Apart from serving as a great way to forward the plot of a movie or show with injuries, rebars are essential in reinforcing the concrete they are cast into. It’s not such a big ask,…
Over the past year or so, people have been doing their best to improve living conditions inside their homes. This is the “new normal” after all, so we might as well make the best of being cooped up in a single place for the time being. One important aspect of home improvement is lighting; it…
If you haven’t seen it yet (in which case, you definitely should), Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle is a… well, moving story about the love between two opposite characters. Think Beauty and The Beast, only instead of a gorgeous woman and beast-like man, you have a gorgeous young man and a woman cursed with age.…
You have probably seen an igloo before (even just on videos) and wondered just how in the world some frozen water can keep a person warm. I mean, it’s made out of ice! But according to Joe Hanson of It’s Okay To Be Smart, there are specific reasons that can explain the igloo’s ability to…
After carving a wooden spoon using a spoon, you would think craftsman Alex Apollonov wouldn’t have any more inception-like tricks up his apron. Well, you would be sorely mistaken for thinking so. Upon discovering a stray tree stump in his backyard, Apollonov decided that the best way to get rid of the said tree would…
Back in 2009, LEGO partnered with Japanese company Muji and it’s hard to see why. The former is a Danish toy company known for making plastic bricks while the latter is a retail company widely known for its clothing, furniture, and stationery, just to name a few. So, what really spurred LEGO and Muji to…
Owning pets is like having 5-year-old children around you 24/7. While their Instagram photos and videos paint a picture of a perfect world, life behind the scenes is anything but. You have to train them, feed them, and worst of all… clean up their mess, specifically their dung! No one likes to clean someone (or…
When you buy a safe, padlock, or any kind of security device, you want that device to keep your stuff safe. Sadly, a lot of these devices aren’t up to snuff and do a poor job of keeping your valuables away from prying hands. So how do you tell the good security devices from the…
Metalworks require a lot of time, patience, and hard work. Moreover, the materials for metalworking aren’t cheap or easy to come by, so it’s always nice to see some old chunks of metal get recycled into something new. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-846gmAeNU8&t=648s&ab_channel=BlackBeardProjects Italian metalworker Black Beard Projects thought it would be a good idea to break down a…
Unless you’ve been in a vehicular accident (which I hope you haven’t), you won’t notice how much road barriers have evolved over the years. Despite what you see on television, these accident prevention materials have actually gotten better at saving lives rather than ending them. It just so happens that the small percentage of deaths…