One doesn’t normally associate magnets with plastic…unless of course that magnet is embedded somewhere behind the housing. But what if the plastic material itself was magnetic? As they begin unveiling a collection of new 3D printing materials they have been developing over the past few years, Oregon-based ProtoParadigm is launching a series of Kickstarter campaigns…
After years of humans figuring out ways of getting analog sketches into a digital platform, design engineer Ken Nakagaki is reversing that notion and wants us to put our digital sketches onto an analog ‘platform’ with his COMP*PASS design…which was recently shortlisted for a 2014 James Dyson Award. Armed with the goal of drawing a…
While virtual reality applications are a dime a dozen these days, we’re still yet to see any sort of a mainstream adoption of the virtual reality headsets themselves…at least at a consumer-friendly price point. When virtual reality headsets become ‘the next iPad’ however, we’re sure in for a change of pace when it comes to…
This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist brings an entirely new playlist of face-melting great music to help propel you through those laborious, tedious design tasks for the next few days. This week, we’re packing our bags and getting ready for Autodesk University 2014 in Las Vegas next week.
We’ll start off our journey into the desert with ‘Little Girl‘ from Death From Above 1979 and work our way through everything from Blonde Redhead to Caribou and YACHT to Tricky before wrapping up with ‘Love Bomb‘ from Nick Cave’s Grinderman.
Do you have any suggestions for next week’s playlist? How about a playlist specific to a design task? Let us know in the comments!
When it comes to tearing through the steps required to build a CAD model, everybody has their own proven method. While some might prefer a 3D mouse paired with a traditional mouse, others prefer to keep their hotkeys close and one hand on a Wacom tablet. Ultimately, there is no right or wrong way…but everybody…