In ROCKIN

The SolidSmack Weekend Reader | Week 13.15

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Don your favorite bath robe, cream that coffee and get comfortable with this weekend’s SolidSmack Weekend Reader.

This week we saw everything from an exclusive interview with the founder of Frame – which aims to put all of your Windows-based apps in the cloud – to a unique project that blends 3D printing with mold making, how Santa Cruz Bicycles gets their eye-melting colorways and more…

So lay back, relax and take a load off while reading the top ten stories on SolidSmack this past week.

Oh and uh…don’t forget to shed some much-needed sunlight on your face, too.

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Squirrel-bone Stump Leg

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He was a wee titmouse with an apple and a bag of cracked corn. A long journey lay ahead, fortunate to have a new mechanical leg to replace the squirrel-bone stump he recovered from a skin after the great battle. He was more robot than mouse, he thought as the sun gleamed off his forearm,…

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In FAB

The Copy/Pour Molds Housewares out of Earth Material

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Some of the best conceptual manufacturing equipment designs that we’ve seen over the past few years have involved altering traditional processes into more simplified approaches that strip away the complexities in favor of the bare minimum. Among others that come to mind instantly is Dave Hakkens’ Precious Plastic project – where he has simplified traditional…

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