Whether working with a shop, a local supplier or a company you think operates out of the Southern Guangdong province, there’s always a need to find a reputable manufacturing team that can take on your high capacity runs or one-off chunks of production-ready prints. Usually, a search for such a shop takes you online, and every once in a while you find a site that makes you want to celebrate by consuming food from the rotating spindle of a high-speed power tool. RP Marketplace is new on the rapid prototyping scene, but for those keeping folders full of RP suppliers and cost, they’re that site to make supplier searching and part procuring loads faster.

Time for another round of apps that cover the spectrum of your beloved mobile device, be it iPhone, Android or Windows!

The Weekly App Smack is the best of design and productivity apps (and maybe a couple of fun ones, too) for the busy design or engineering professional and this week we have a list sure to make you more efficient.

This week we saw everything from an app that promises to make you a DSLR camera master to the ultimate TED companion for getting inspiration on-the-go!

Have an app suggestion that’s made your life easier or changed up your workflow?

Let us know in the comments below or send it in to tips@www.solidsmack.com.

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