Well, 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 professional and this week we have a list sure to make you more efficient.
When it first launched, few people could have ever expected the Coolest Cooler to be as successful as it has been…it would have been impressive just to hit the $100,000 mark for a product whose sole purpose is to keep beverages cold at a picnic. Currently sitting at just above the $10 million funding level,…
They come in peace. Interesting insight from Scott Eckert, who is making robot happen with Rethink Robotics founder Rodney Brooks and their product Baxter, the human-friendly, assembly-line co-worker… “…a year-and-a-half after Baxter’s commercial debut, manufacturers who’ve added the bot into the mix haven’t laid anyone off as a result, according to Brooks’ company, Rethink Robotics…
As far as internet video celebrities go, genius inventor and all-around mad man Colin Furze is certainly one of our favorites. The plumber, stuntman, inventor, and filmmaker from Stamford, Lincolnshire, England is known for his wild and downright impressive inventions ranging from ‘The World’s Fastest Pram’ (complete with a flamethrower and World Record to boot)…
This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist brings an entirely new face-smack of great music to help propel you through those laborious, tedious design tasks for the next few days. This week we’re heading uptown to dip into a handful of groovy acid jazz tracks.
We’ll start off this week’s radio with the groovy ‘Extend the Knowledge’ from The Cheebacabra and work our way through some Billy Hinton, Diazpora, Kloud 9 and others before wrapping up with ‘Sultan’ from Will Bernard.
Have any suggestions for next week’s playlist? How about a playlist specific to a design task? Let us know in the comments!